Fred Martin moves 800 cars to former Rolling Acres mall lot to get away from...
Duane Huff and others at the Fred Martin Auto Group thought they got through Wednesday afternoon’s deluge of rainstorms unscathed.But when Huff, who co-owns the Fred Martin dealership on Barber Road in...
View ArticleA primer on injection wells for drilling-waste disposal
Explanation of injection wellsInjection wells can be developed from a formerly producing gas or oil well, an exploratory well or drilled specifically for underground disposal.They are drilled into...
View ArticleWaste volumes deposited in Ohio injection wells in 2012
Thirty-eight of Ohio’s 88 counties are licensed to accept drilling waste liquids for disposal in injection wells. Here are the volumes deposited in each county in 2012. (Each barrel represents 42...
View ArticlePortage County injection wells
Eight injection-well operators in 2012 hauled 835,471 barrels of well fluids from Ohio and 1,522,900 barrels from out of state to Portage County wells, according to state records.That means that 64.6...
View ArticlePortage County is No. 1 in Ohio for injecting liquid drilling wastes; volume...
Portage County injected enough drilling wastes deep into the ground in 2012 to fill a train of tanker cars that would stretch nearly 37 miles from downtown Akron to the center of Garrettsville.State...
View ArticleScott Burns: The ever-increasing value of parsimony
We’re in a bull market for parsimony. Maybe even a parsimony bubble. Parsimony, which is a polite way to talk about penny-pinching, has never been a more valuable habit. Even with investment yields up...
View ArticleReview: TurboProject software is a project in itself
The folks who produce Turbo- Project have been sending emails to please, please try their products, which promise to organize projects ranging from building a solid-fuel rocket to remodeling your broom...
View ArticleSmall-business owners neglect retirement savings
Kari Warberg Block calls it her day of reckoning. It was the day 10 years ago that she realized she had saved nothing for her retirement.“I started thinking about all the money that had run through my...
View ArticlePrice for simplicity in new Google phones
Two new Android phones will look and sound familiar to those who have been paying attention to phones. That’s because these two devices are replicas of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and HTC’s One, except they...
View ArticleOhio gas prices up 28 cents to start week
COLUMBUS: The roller coaster that is Ohio gas prices is climbing back up.The state average for a gallon of regular gas was $3.65 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service...
View ArticleU.S. economy looks weaker after subpar retail sales
WASHINGTON: The U.S. economy appears to be weaker than many economists had thought after a report Monday showed consumers spent cautiously in June at retail businesses.Americans bought more cars and...
View ArticleFirstEnergy nuclear plant back in service after leak fix
OAK HARBOR, OHIO: A nuclear power plant in northwest Ohio has returned to service after a two-week shutdown to fix a coolant leak.The operator of the Davis-Besse plant located east of Toledo says it...
View ArticleTwinkies may be smaller than people recall
NEW YORK: Twinkies are back, but they may be a bit smaller than you remember.The new boxes hitting shelves this week list the spongy yellow cakes as having 270 calories and a weight of 77 grams for two...
View ArticleHulu owners in talks with Time Warner Cable for investment
Hulu LLC’s owners are in talks to sell a stake in the streaming service to Time Warner Cable Inc. as they seek to create a stronger competitor to Netflix Inc.An agreement, while not imminent, could be...
View ArticleRetail sales rise 0.4 percent in June on autos
WASHINGTON: Americans spent more at retail businesses in June, buying more cars and trucks, furniture and clothes. But consumers cut back on many other purchases, a mixed sign for economic growth.The...
View ArticleHyundai U.S. chief says automaker on track to meet sales target
Hyundai Motor Co. is “on track” to see sales rise 4.4 percent to 734,000 vehicles in the U.S. this year, even as factory capacity constraints have limited the automaker’s sales growth to just 1.2...
View ArticleUtilities ask users to reduce load for hot weather
This week’s expected hot weather has some electric utilities encouraging customers to reduce their power usage.The city of Cuyahoga Falls, which has a municipally owned electric system and purchases...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — July 15
LOCAL BUSINESSAssociated Materials filingPrivately held Associated Materials Group Inc. in Cuyahoga Falls has filed paperwork for an initial public offering of stock.The siding and building materials...
View ArticleHealth bulletin board: Local hospitals named ‘Most Wired’
Several Northeast Ohio hospitals recently received national recognition for their efforts to adopt technology.Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron-based Summa Health System and the Cleveland Clinic...
View ArticleWal-Mart faceoff with D.C. fuels minimum wage debate
WASHINGTON: The bitter standoff between Wal-Mart and Washington, D.C., officials over the city’s effort to impose a higher minimum wage on big-box retailers is fueling a wider debate about how far...
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