Stocks fall as investors pull money, weigh timing of stimulus moves
NEW YORK: Stocks fell on Friday, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 index its biggest weekly loss since June, as investors pulled money from exchange-traded funds and weighed growing signs the...
View ArticleJRayl expands its marketing to continue growth
Growing trucking company JRayl Transport Inc. of Akron — dealing with the country’s truck driver shortage — has contracted with one of the region’s largest marketing and communications companies to...
View ArticleSurvey ranks vehicles with fuel cost
DETROIT: Every new car window sticker shows the estimated cost of fuel for a year, but that figure may not reflect the miles you drive. A new survey does that math for you.GasBuddy.com, a website that...
View Article2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE DIESEL
• Rating: 3 (out of four stars).• Type of vehicle: Front-wheel-drive five-passenger compact sedan.• Engine: 2.0-liter direct-injected turbocharged DOHC variable timing 16-valve four-cylinder diesel.•...
View ArticleChevy Cruze diesel rolls up with power, great mileage
The 2014 Chevrolet Cruze diesel hits the highway with a winning combination of power and fuel economy, but the compact sedan’s interior is falling behind the leaders, despite a roomy passenger...
View ArticleMary Kay Cosmetics billionaire drives pink Escalade
Richard Rogers was 20 years old when he and his mother, Mary Kay Ash, began enticing housewives to sell makeup to their friends at house parties.Fifty years later, Rogers is a billionaire. Mary Kay...
View ArticleKent company revs up with motorcycle visor
Kent’s AlphaMicron Inc. has sold a few thousand of its original motorcycle visor inserts that instantly grow lighter or darker, changing tint to block out the sun.That might not seem like much, but it...
View ArticleBeer stacked in aisles to help Walmart plan to double alcohol sales
Last September, 500 representatives from the alcohol industry gathered at the Sam’s Club auditorium in Bentonville, Ark., for an “adult beverage summit.”Attendees, some of whom had never been to...
View ArticleMother and daughter make a fortune selling erotic novels
Ellora’s Cave publishes the kind of paperbacks that, before e-books, women might have hidden in a dresser drawer beneath their unmentionables. The books are hot and steamy, with covers that are just an...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Aug. 11
AUTO INDUSTRYGM keeps truck namesGeneral Motors will keep the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon names when it rolls out redesigned midsize pickup trucks next year.Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann...
View ArticleAdviser who doesn’t charge fee is simply hiding it well
Q: I’m retiring at year-end and am interviewing financial planners. The planner who I’m considering hiring doesn’t charge any fees. He said that he does not charge a management fee because all the...
View ArticleBusiness news notebook — Aug. 11
COMPANYJRayl Transport Inc.The Akron-based transportation company named Hitchcock Fleming & Associates, a marketing and communications agency, as its agency of record. Truck Sales & Services...
View ArticleBusiness news solutions briefs — Aug. 11
INVESTINGLooking for stock valueA value-investing strategy determines whether a particular stock is priced less than its intrinsic value.Developed by professors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd at the...
View ArticleBusiness news: On the move — Aug. 11
Ruhlin Co.George Seanor joined the company as general manager of the Industrial Division. He is responsible for coordination of operations, including resources, staffing, quality and...
View ArticleInvestors’ say-on-pay voice gets CEO’s attention
The chance to say “yea” or “nay” to executive pay may not be driving down CEO compensation, but it’s forcing corporate board members to pay much closer attention to their shareholders.Three years since...
View ArticleBusiness calendar — Aug. 11
TuesdayToastmasters Akron 151 — 6:30 to 8 p.m., Summa St. Thomas Hospital, 444 N. Main St., Akron. Information: Tim Gallagher, 330-389-9869 or http://151.toastmastersclubs.org.Northeast Ohio Business...
View ArticleUnions get creative to halt decline in membership
WASHINGTON: With union membership on the decline, labor leaders are getting more creative — and some say more desperate — to boost sagging numbers and rebuild their waning clout.Unions are helping...
View ArticleHow mileage taxes could replace gas taxes
Two years from now, thousands of Oregon drivers could get a taste of what the future may hold for the rest of us: They will pay taxes not on the amount of gasoline their cars burn, but on the number of...
View ArticleLocal researcher continues quest to build better breast implant
For more than a decade, a researcher has been trying to build a better breast implant inside her Akron lab.Judit E. Puskas, a materials scientist at the University of Akron College of Engineering, is...
View ArticleOmnova anticipates savings after upgrading Mogadore polymer plant
Omnova Solutions is upgrading its Mogadore plant and shifting production from its Akron facility to give it greater polymer manufacturing flexibility.When the 20-month project is complete,...
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