More tax questions answered by experts
Questions about prize earnings and foreign employers were among the calls fielded Wednesday night during the second of three free Tax Call-In programs. The final call-in will be this morning from 9...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Feb. 21
AUTOSUAW challenges VW voteThe United Auto Workers on Friday challenged last week’s close vote by workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., that rejected the UAW’s bid to represent them.In...
View ArticleStocks slide to end week
NEW YORK: Stocks slipped Friday, pushing the market to a weekly loss, as investors assessed the latest round of company earnings.Express Scripts, the largest U.S. pharmacy benefits manager, fell after...
View ArticleProposed National Interstate buyout gets messy
Alan Spachman, who founded insurer National Interstate in 1989, says he has significant reasons for not liking the proposed $285 million buyout of the Richfield-based business.He alleges in Securities...
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Good news for natural gas pricing; update on deed project
There’s good news for customers who purchase their natural gas at what is called a utility’s standard offer, or the Standard Choice Offer (SCO).The latest auction to determine the price for the monthly...
View ArticleUAW regroups after Volkswagen election loss
The United Auto Workers could be forced to reconsider its efforts to organize at foreign-owned factories in the U.S., a labor expert said, as the union vowed to keep fighting after losing a closely...
View ArticleLocal company markets upscale nurse apparel
A local company is trying to create a niche with nurses who want an upscale alternative to the scrubs commonly worn throughout the medical industry.Brenda June Inc. of Akron is selling a line of fitted...
View ArticleComcast CEO Roberts emerges from Malone shadow as king of cable industry
Brian Roberts is putting an end to John Malone’s cable cowboy era.The Comcast Corp. CEO, who secured a deal to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. for $45.2 billion in stock, has long operated in the shadow of...
View ArticleHealth law brings questions from small businesses
Rick Beechy figured it was a morning well spent.The owner of Goddard School preschool in Green was among business owners and executives attending a free seminar Friday in Akron on the Affordable Care...
View ArticleTax call-in volunteers
Tax call-in volunteers The following tax professionals volunteered for Wednesday night’s tax call-in sponsored by the Beacon Journal and the Ohio Society of CPAs:From BCG & Co. of Akron: Todd...
View ArticleMexico to trump Japan as top car exporter to U.S.
CELAYA, MEXICO: Mexico is on track to become the United States’ No. 1 source of imported cars by the end of next year, overtaking Japan and Canada in a manufacturing boom that’s turning the auto...
View ArticleAkron ADDY awards honor year’s best advertising
About 300 area advertising professionals gathered Friday night at the Akron Civic Theatre downtown for the annual Akron ADDY awards, which honor the best in local work.The Akron ADDY awards are...
View ArticleFinal Tax Call-In answers variety of calls
Questions about Identity Theft and home use for a business were among the calls fielded in the final Tax Call-In program on Saturday. The program, co-sponsored by the Beacon Journal and the Ohio...
View ArticleTax Call-In Volunteers
The volunteersThe following tax professionals volunteered for Saturday’s tax call-in sponsored by the Beacon Journal and the Ohio Society of CPAs:From Akron-area firm SS&G: Doug Klein, CPA; Dave...
View ArticleUAW official says union remains financially strong
DETROIT: The man who appears poised to take over leadership of the United Auto Workers later this year says car companies’ fears about the union’s demise are unfounded.Membership has dropped from a...
View ArticleA look at the stealth tax on retiree income
Older people start grinding their teeth when they get their taxes done. This year is no different. The grinding starts when retirees discover that their tax bill is a lot higher than they thought it...
View ArticleT-Mobile’s a wily competitor; let’s keep it that way
T-Mobile is one of the few bright lights in the wireless industry. Here’s hoping that regulators ensure that it stays in the game.That’s a big question right now because, according to published...
View ArticleEngineers not seen as leaders, survey finds
Satya Nadella, the new chief executive of Microsoft, has an engineering background. So does Mary Barra, who became CEO of General Motors a month ago.Yet a vast majority of Americans believe engineers...
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