Business news briefs — August 26
LOCAL BUSINESSJob fair today The Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com and the Job Center and the Metro RTA bus service are sponsoring a job fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the center at 1040 E. Tallmadge...
View ArticleMyers Industries Inc. gets tax break
Akron maker of rubber and plastics products Myers Industries Inc. plans to expand its plant in Geauga County and add an expected 65 full-time jobs, with the help of a tax credit from the state.A...
View ArticleStocks fall after decline in durable-goods orders
NEW YORK: Stocks fell in Monday trading, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s halting two days of gains.Tyson Foods Inc., the largest U.S. meat processor, slid 7.3 percent after Bank of America...
View ArticleJury told Ford did not break truck dealer contract
By Margaret Cronin Fisk and Harlan SpectorFord Motor Co. didn’t break pricing contracts with commercial truck dealers or overcharge them, a lawyer said in the retrial of a lawsuit that initially...
View ArticleUAW Akron local OKs contract extension with Meggitt
The union representing about 180 hourly workers at Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems in Akron has a six-month contract extension.Members of United Auto Workers Local 856 overwhelmingly approved the...
View ArticleHealth Bulletin Board: Physician leader rejoins Akron General
A familiar face has returned to Akron General to lead its physician practice. Dr. Benito Alvarez recently rejoined the health system as senior vice president of physician alignment and president of...
View ArticleCleveland area, U.S. area home prices rise
Staff and wire reportU.S. home prices rose 12.1 percent in June from a year earlier, nearly matching a seven-year high. But monthly price gains slowed in most markets, a sign that higher mortgage rates...
View ArticleShell seeks ethane suppliers for proposed Pennsylvania cracker plant
PITTSBURGH: Shell Oil Co. is seeking ethane suppliers for its proposed petrochemical complex in western Pennsylvania.The company says in a statement Tuesday that it will accept bids from August 27 to...
View ArticleApple updates TV box to add Disney, music and weather programming
Apple Inc. announced it added programming from Walt Disney Co., Weather Channel LLC and music-video service Vevo LLC for its Apple TV service, stepping up the pace of bringing on new video content to...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Aug. 27
LOCAL BUSINESSTiffany opening Ohio storeJewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. will open its first store in Northeast Ohio at 10 a.m. today at the Eton Chagrin Boulevard shopping center in Woodmere,...
View ArticleGoodyear looks to fund then freeze union pensions under new contract
Goodyear expects to fully fund and then freeze the pensions of its 8,000 or so union factory workers sometime in the next four years.The option allowing Goodyear to freeze pensions for its United...
View ArticleWalmart expands benefits to domestic partners
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will extend its health-care benefits to its U.S. workers’ domestic partners, including those of the same sex, starting Jan. 1.The nation’s largest private employer, which has been...
View ArticleAkron job fair attracts more than 900
A job fair held Tuesday at the Job Center in Akron attracted more than 900 people.Attendees were lined up outside the Job Center’s doors at 9 a.m. — an hour before the fair began — said Yolanda Rhynes,...
View ArticleMounting tensions with Syria sink U.S. stocks
NEW YORK: Fears of an escalating conflict in Syria rippled across financial markets on Tuesday, sinking stocks, lifting gold and pushing the price of oil to the highest in a year and a half.The...
View ArticleBurger King to offer ‘French Fry Burger’ for $1
NEW YORK: Burger King says it will start offering a “French Fry Burger” for a buck, as it looks to fend off McDonald’s aggressive push for its Dollar Menu.The Miami-based chain says the burger will be...
View ArticleFast-food strikes set for cities nationwide
NEW YORK: Fast-food customers in search of burgers and fries on Thursday might run into striking workers instead.Organizers say thousands of fast-food workers are set to stage walkouts in dozens of...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Aug. 28
LOCAL BUSINESSWelty opens Columbus officeWelty Building Co. Ltd. of Fairlawn has opened an office in Columbus.Welty’s new office is at Regus suites at 20 S. Third St. in the Galleria building in...
View ArticleFord says U.S. is losing as yen’s foreign currency exchange value allows...
Stepping up criticism of Japan’s auto industry, a Ford executive said the U.S. could miss out on more jobs as a weaker yen trading in foreign currency exchange lets carmakers led by Toyota avoid...
View ArticleDow posts 48-point rise
NEW YORK: Stocks on Wednesday advanced for the first session this week, with oil producers leading the gains as the price of crude settled at a more-than-two-year high above $110 a barrel. Oil...
View ArticleToyota says new Prius, fuel cell car due in 2015
YPSILANTI, MICH.: Toyota has two important vehicles coming in 2015: the next-generation Prius hybrid and the company’s first hydrogen fuel cell car.Satoshi Ogiso, a top Toyota engineer who helped...
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