High-tech product announcements get holiday shopping ideas started
It’s high season for consumer electronics. Manufacturers of various gadgets are unveiling their holiday lineups. And a new version of Windows just came out Friday.Here’s a recap of the announcements so...
View ArticleA part-time life, as hours shrink and shift
SPRING VALLEY, CALIF.: Since the Fresh & Easy grocery chain was founded five years ago, it has opened 150 markets in California and positioned itself as a hip, socially responsible company.A cross...
View Article(Nearly) free at last: A new opportunity at Schwab
Discount broker Charles Schwab has opened a new kind of office in Dripping Springs, Texas. Don’t worry if you didn’t hear about it. I only noticed because that’s where I live.Both Schwab and Fidelity...
View ArticleAPPLE IPAD MINI
A look at the new iPad Mini from Apple:• First take: 7.5 (out of 10).• Likes: Extraordinarily thin and light; solid aluminum case; less expensive than larger iPad; runs same wide range and number of...
View ArticleAOL wants to organize your email clutter with Alto
The Internet icon that bought email to the masses with its classic “You’ve got mail” slogan now wants to help people organize the flood of messages in their Gmail, Yahoo mail and other accounts.AOL...
View ArticleApple sees schools buying more iPads
Julie Garcia handed Apple Inc. iPads to students in her seventh-grade pre-algebra class on a recent morning before showing the pupils how to use the tablet to graph data, hunt for correlations and...
View ArticleApple’s iPad Mini a great device at the wrong price
SAN JOSE: In many ways, the iPad Mini is an amazing device. If it were $200 or even $250, it would be a steal.But at $330, not so much.I briefly tested the new iPad Mini at Apple’s unveiling last week....
View ArticleOhio gas prices continue to drop
COLUMBUS: Ohioans can again expect to see lower prices at the gas pump compared with last week.The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the state was $3.33 in Monday’s survey from auto club...
View ArticleStock exchanges shut down before Hurricane Sandy
Associated PressNEW YORK: U.S. stock markets are closed as Hurricane Sandy nears landfall on the East Coast and are likely to remain closed Tuesday.The last time the New York Stock Exchange had an...
View ArticleSumma community event features national health-care policy experts; deadline...
National health-care policy experts are coming to Akron on Wednesday to talk about the presidential election and health-care reform during the Summa Health System 2012 Community Leadership Briefing.The...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Oct. 29
LOCAL BUSINESSMyers sets dividendMyers Industries Inc. (NYSE: MYE) declared a regular quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share, payable Dec. 28 to shareholders of record Nov. 30.SHIPPINGUPS has holiday...
View ArticleToyota on top in latest Consumer Reports survey
DETROIT: And the winner is … Japan.Japanese brands took the top seven spots in Consumer Reports’ annual reliability rankings, pushing aside their U.S. and European rivals. Toyota Motor Corp.’s Scion,...
View ArticleAre fears of an economically weak third quarter overblown?
WASHINGTON: It’s halftime for the season of corporate earnings reports, and investors are in desperate need of a locker-room pep talk.Before Alcoa reported its third-quarter results Oct. 9, marking the...
View ArticleFord, GM set to lose combined $1 billion in Europe
General Motors and Ford, struggling to reverse growing losses in Europe, will each post plunging profits this week as they take different paths to fixing their operations in that economically ravaged...
View ArticleProgram helps to resolve, pay for winter heating bills
The Winter Crisis Program for assistance with heating bills is taking appointments and soon will offer walk-in hours for customers whose utility services have been turned off.In Summit County, Akron...
View ArticleHospital decreases its costs by increasing employee wellness
A Northeast Ohio hospital has found a cure for its own rising health-care bills.Southwest General Health Center President and Chief Executive Thomas A. Selden credits an aggressive wellness program...
View ArticleDoes It Work? Tell us what you think about products
The “Does It Work?” team — food writer Lisa Abraham, home writer Mary Beth Breckenridge and consumer writer Betty Lin-Fisher — is getting ready for another round of product reviews, to be published...
View ArticleFiat to introduce new models, releases finance details
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said Tuesday he will ramp up production of the Maserati, Alfa Romeo and Jeep brands in Europe by 2016 to put idled Italian plants back to work.A new industrial plan for Fiat,...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Oct. 30
LOCAL BUSINESSKent revitalization recognized Kent’s efforts to revitalize its downtown have garnered first place in the Best Projects category of this year’s Ohio Economic Development Association...
View ArticleFord profit slips as North America counters loss from Europe
Ford said Tuesday that third-quarter profit exceeded estimates, slipping 1.1 percent, as its North America unit delivered record earnings that made up for higher taxes and losses in Europe.Ford...
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