Windows Phone 8 an upgrade with some failings
Lauded by many critics, but struggling to catch on with consumers, Microsoft’s Windows Phone smart-phone software has gotten an overhaul.The new version, Windows Phone 8, gains new features that should...
View ArticleGas prices in Ohio start higher to begin the week
COLUMBUS: For the first time in nearly a month, Ohio drivers are seeing an increase in gas prices as the week begins.The average price for a gallon of regular gas was $3.40 in Monday’s survey from auto...
View ArticleTarget has earlier start for holiday kickoff
NEW YORK: Target Corp. will open its doors at 9:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving, three hours earlier than a year ago, to kick off the holiday shopping season.The discounter joins several other major retailers,...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Nov. 12
LOCAL BUSINESSFinding hidden jobsThe hidden job market — job openings that are not advertised or sometimes not crystallized yet in the minds of employers — will be the topic of a free workshop from 10...
View ArticleSherwin-Williams spends $2.34 billion on Mexican paint maker
CLEVELAND: Sherwin-Williams is buying the privately held Mexican paint company Consorcio Comex in an all-cash deal valued at about $2.34 billion.Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V., sells paints and coatings...
View ArticleEngineers union saluted for work in oil-related jobs
The Ohio Energy Resources Alliance and Energy in Depth-Ohio were in Akron on Monday to thank members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 18. The union members were hailed for their...
View ArticleTarget has earlier start for holiday kickoff
Target Corp. will open its doors at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, three hours earlier than a year ago, to start its retail holiday shopping season.The discounter joins several other major retailers,...
View ArticleNo butts about it, Great American Smokeout coming
Want to be a quitter?Several local hospitals are offering help for people who want to kick the smoking habit this week during the American Cancer Society’s 37th Great American Smokeout.Akron General...
View ArticleU.S. stocks erase gains as finance chiefs meet on Greece aid
U.S. stocks erased gains, failing to rebound after the Standard & Poor’s 500 index’s biggest weekly retreat since June, as investors awaited budget talks in Washington and European finance chiefs...
View ArticleRIM to unveil new BlackBerry phones Jan. 30
TORONTO: Research In Motion said Monday that it will hold an official launch event for its new BlackBerry 10 smart phones on Jan. 30. The new phones are seen as critical to RIM’s survival.The Waterloo,...
View ArticleRay Meyo, former Telxon CEO and University of Akron trustee, dies at age 71
Raymond D. Meyo, who led former high-tech hand-held computer pioneer Telxon Corp. in Fairlawn to dizzying heights before leaving the company in 1992, has died. He was 71. Friends said he died of a...
View ArticleMovie theater in play for proposed Portage Crossing development in Cuyahoga...
A movie theater might be coming soon to the proposed Portage Crossing retail development in Cuyahoga Falls.City officials and the developer are mum about whether that could mean Menard’s or Giant...
View ArticleU.S. stocks decline as concern over budget debate erases rally
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, halting a two-day gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, as concern about the federal budget debate erased a rally led by Home Depot Inc.Microsoft Corp....
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Nov. 13
LOCAL BUSINESSAkron stair company acquiredA Hagerstown, Md., maker of spiral staircases says it plans to add at least 50 jobs following its acquisition of Sharon Stairs, an Akron maker of interior...
View ArticleJudge dismisses big part of Fair Finance lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions
A U.S. District Court judge in Cleveland has dismissed significant parts of a major lawsuit seeking to recover more than $1 billion in damages for thousands of Fair Finance Co. fraud victims.Fair...
View ArticleHome Depot third-quarter results edge up, beat Wall Street’s view
ATLANTA: A boost from the gradually recovering housing market helped boost Home Depot’s net income in its fiscal third quarter.For the period ended Oct. 28, Home Depot Inc. reported Tuesday it had net...
View ArticleFair Finance victims have Thursday deadline to speak at sentencing
Fair Finance Co. victims in Ohio have until Thursday to tell court officials in Indianapolis if they will attend the Nov. 30 sentencing date in Indiana for Tim Durham, James Cochran and Rick...
View ArticleSliding doors. Seats 7. Not a minivan, Ford says
DEARBORN, MICH.: It looks like a minivan. It has sliding doors like a minivan. So why isn’t Ford calling its new seven-seater a minivan?For the same reason you don’t wear mom jeans or listen to Barry...
View ArticleOhio renews injection-well permitting; new site in Portage County
COLUMBUS: Ohio began issuing its first new permits Tuesday for deep injection of chemically laced wastewater from oil and gas drilling since a New Year’s Eve quake in Youngstown prompted an unofficial...
View ArticleSierra Club’s billboards target FirstEnergy Corp.
The Sierra Club is taking to the streets — that is, on billboards in Akron and Columbus — with a public message criticizing Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp.Late last week, three billboards went up around...
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