Walmart and other retailers start $42 million Bangladesh safety fund
Gap, Walmart and other North American retailers agreed to establish a $42 million fund to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh factories in the next five years.The plan requires all factories...
View ArticleAkron’s 7signal gets another money award
An Akron tech startup called 7signal attracted $2 million in investments last year, and has raised another $1.1 million so far this year.The latest infusion of money: $250,000 from the nonprofit...
View ArticleCattle herd at 60-year low cuts Tyson beef margins
A third year of drought in Texas, the biggest U.S. cattle producer, is leaving the national herd at a six-decade low as meat industry leaders Tyson Foods and Cargill fight to boost margins amid excess...
View ArticleMeat groups sue USDA over meat labeling rule
Requiring meat labels to have more details about a product’s origins is too costly and serves no public health or safety benefit, industry groups said in announcing a lawsuit against the U.S....
View ArticleBET’s Robert Johnson wants ‘Rooney Rule’ for business to aid minorities
Robert Johnson, the first black billionaire in the U.S., said corporations should copy a National Football League policy designed to address inequality and interview minorities for every senior...
View ArticleNokia phone’s potent camera is bid to regain share
One-time cellphone powerhouse Nokia Corp. is hoping to lure people back from iPhones and Android phones with a powerful smartphone camera that tops many point-and-shoot imaging devices.The new Nokia...
View ArticleWholesale prices increase more than forecast in June
Wholesale prices rose more than projected in June, reflecting higher costs for energy and automobiles.The 0.8 percent gain in the producer price index was the biggest since September and followed a 0.5...
View ArticleHow to choose an auto infotainment system
In just five years, talking to your car has gone from a whispered prayer when you fear the battery is dead to a reason to choose one brand over another. Leading automakers have poured resources into...
View ArticleBusiness calendar — July 14
TuesdayToastmasters Akron 151 — 6:30 to 8 p.m., Summa St. Thomas Hospital, 444 N. Main St., Akron. Information: 330-733-7683.Northeast Ohio Business Alliance — 7:30 to 9 a.m., Real Estate Capital...
View ArticleBusiness news notebook — July 14
COMPANIESPrentke Romich Co.Dell OEM Solutions said it has partnered to provide OEM technology, development and deployment expertise to Prentke Romich Co. of Wooster, which works in technology and what...
View ArticleBusiness news: On the move — July 14
Akron GeneralJim Armstrong was named director of public relations and communications. He returns to Akron General, having previously served as director of media and public relations for almost five...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — July 14
AGRICULTUREU.S. corn output surgesU.S. corn production is rebounding the most in two decades as farms recover from last year’s drought-plagued harvest. Hedge funds are bearish on prices for the first...
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View ArticleBusiness news solutions briefs — July 14
publishingBeacon seeks advertising VPThe Beacon Journal is seeking a vice president of advertising to replace Alton Brown, who is leaving the newspaper to become a publisher in Lynchburg, Va. Brown...
View ArticleWomen taking ‘on-ramp’ to golf courses
ATLANTA: Hannah Wagner, 25, of Woodstock, Ga., was ebullient as she waited to take her place on the range at the Charlie Yates Golf Course at East Lake. She was among 10 public relations professionals...
View ArticleDetroit Three take three different paths to infotainment
General Motors is the pioneer, Ford the innovator and Chrysler the sleeper dark horse in the battle for the best infotainment system among domestic automakers.Detroit’s automakers have followed three...
View ArticleFive years later, a more global Anheuser-Busch
ST. LOUIS: It has been five years since Anheuser-Busch Cos. agreed to be acquired by Belgian brewer InBev, creating the world’s largest brewer and setting off ripples of worry as uncertainty loomed...
View ArticleMarketing executive finds calling with Certified Angus Beef
Tracey Erickson envisioned earlier in her life that she would be an equine veterinarian — the fancy term for horse doctor.She grew up in the community of Farmingdale, N.Y., on Long Island and headed...
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Adult daughter discovers elderly dad still leasing phone...
As Denise Petras of Kent and her sisters have been cleaning out their 90-year-old dad’s files, they discovered some old bills they thought surely had to be a mistake — bills for a leased telephone.“I...
View ArticleGoodyear’s high-tech airship gets new skin
SUFFIELD TWP.: The first of three Goodyear state-of-the-art airships, which will replace the current fleet of its iconic but outdated blimps, is approaching the halfway construction mark just southeast...
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