Business news briefs — Jan. 12
ELECTRONICSApp store popularApple said people spent more than $10 billion in its app store in 2013, on apps such as Minecraft, Angry Birds Star Wars and Sleep Cycle alarm clock.December was the most...
View ArticleArea 2013 Weatherhead 100 companies
Here are companies in Summit, Stark, Portage, Medina and Wayne counties that made the 2013 Weatherhead 100 list, based on sales growth for the prior five years:• Laudan Properties LLC, Twinsburg...
View ArticleBusiness news notebook — Jan. 12
BUSINESSESE & H Hardware GroupThe Wooster enterprise purchased Scott Supply of New Philadelphia. Scott Supply was founded in 1948 by William H. Scott, and has been operated by grandsons Gary and...
View ArticleArea business stirred by housing crisis ranks No. 1 on fast-growing companies...
The housing crisis helped birth a Summit County company that is now one of the fastest-growing in the region.Laudan Properties LLC of Twinsburg, which began in 2008 to focus on managing, maintaining,...
View ArticleBusiness calendar — Jan. 12
TuesdayToastmasters Akron 151 — 6:30 to 8 p.m., Summa St. Thomas Hospital, 444 N. Main St., Akron. Information: 330-389-9869.Northeast Ohio Business Alliance — 7:30 to 9 a.m., Real Estate Capital...
View ArticleAkron optician selected for national leadership role
Tom Barracato has his sights set on serving as a national leader to help others in his industry.Barracato, owner of Adolph Optical Service on West Market Street in Akron, recently began a two-year term...
View ArticleBusiness moves — Week of Jan. 12
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and PeaseLaura A. Kulwicki was named a partner. She is a member of the tax group in the Akron office, focusing on Nexus matters, multistate and local tax planning, tax issues and...
View ArticleAmid cord-cutting in cable industry, billionaire Malone returns to...
John Malone is empire building again.The billionaire made his fortune by assembling the largest cable operator in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s. Now, companies backed by Malone have announced, or are...
View Article2013 RETURNS FOR THE BLOOMBERG NORTHEAST OHIO INDEX
Stock performances during 2013• Ferro Corp., Mayfield Heights. +206.9 percent*• YRC Worldwide Inc., Overland Park, Kan. +157.3 percent• Stoneridge Inc., Warren. +149 percent• Park Ohio Holdings,...
View ArticleMany Northeast Ohio stocks finish 2013 on a high note
The chemicals company that A. Schulman Inc. of Fairlawn tried to buy had the best stock price increase in the Bloomberg Northeast Ohio Index for 2013.Shares in Ferro Corp., a specialty chemical maker...
View ArticleSummit attractions get financial boost
A variety of Summit County attractions and venues — including a planned downtown Akron movie theater, a miniature golf course, and the tiny, picturesque village of Peninsula — are getting a financial...
View ArticleNeiman Marcus is latest victim of security breach
NEW YORK: Luxury merchant Neiman Marcus confirmed Saturday that thieves stole some of its customers’ payment card information and made unauthorized charges over the holiday season, becoming the second...
View ArticleSupreme Court to hear Aereo case
The U.S. Supreme Court could settle the fate of a new technology company that television broadcasters fear would destroy their business.On Friday, the high court said it would hear arguments that Aereo...
View ArticleHere’s how drilling companies include unwilling landowners in a project
Unitization: Action of last resort in the drilling industry, in which companies gain permission to tap the mineral rights of property owners who object.Purpose: The goal of the statute is to balance...
View ArticleRadio Disney drops Rocking in Ohio school program with drilling industry,...
Radio Disney has withdrawn from an educational program with the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program, citing strong opposition from activists across Ohio and elsewhere.The decision comes after 21...
View ArticleState and drilling companies forcing landowners into gas exploration projects...
SUFFIELD TWP.:Steve Neeley did not want to get involved in Utica shale drilling.He had invested heavily in building a country estate on 9½ acres off Pontius Road in the southwest corner of Portage...
View ArticleElectric race car makes debut
LAS VEGAS: A new kind of race car has made its debut with cartoonish loud revving, the smell of burning rubber and not a trace of exhaust.That’s because the new FIA Formula E Championship car is all...
View ArticleAnother kind of investing
The letter comes several times a year. Each is different, but they say essentially the same thing:“Why don’t you write about real people? Why do you write about people who have so much money — people...
View ArticleFord’s visionary move to raise wages has lessons today
It’s been 100 years since automaker Henry Ford announced one of the most famous business decisions of all time, cited to this day as an example of the economic benefits of boosting workers’ wages.Ford...
View ArticleWearable technology is in a race for a killer app
It appears the gadget industry has decided to make 2014 the year of wearable technology. In other words, there’s going to be a chaotic proliferation of smartwatches and magical bands until someone...
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