Staff at Cleveland newspaper ratify labor agreement in face of layoffs
CLEVELAND: Unionized newsroom employees at Ohio’s biggest daily newspaper have ratified an agreement intended to minimize layoffs after job cuts planned next year.The Plain Dealer in Cleveland plans to...
View ArticleTwitter adds photo tools to mobile app in challenge to Instagram
Twitter has unveiled tools to adjust the color, size and style of photos uploaded via applications for Apple iPhones and Android phones, as the social-media site adds features to compete with...
View ArticleDow posts 3-point loss
NEW YORK: Stocks finished little changed Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned the Fed does not have the ability to shield the economy from the fiscal cliff.Stocks had jumped to...
View ArticleOhio reaches agreement on coordinated medical care
COLUMBUS: Ohio and the federal government reached an agreement Wednesday on a plan aimed at better coordinating medical care for some of the state’s sickest and most-expensive patients.Gov. John...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Dec. 12
LOCAL BUSINESSPUCO fines DominionThe Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday fined Dominion East Ohio $500,000 for a series of fires in 2011 in Fairport Harbor.The fires in January 2011...
View ArticleIRS looking to pay unclaimed tax refunds
It’s holiday time — and have you received your tax return yet?While that’s not typically on most people’s to-do list, thousands of Ohioans are owed tax refunds by the Internal Revenue Service. The...
View ArticleWalmart CEO Duke says low prices, factory safety are compatible
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke said he sees no conflict between paying low prices to suppliers that source merchandise from overseas and being able to maintain safe conditions...
View ArticleRight-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task
LANSING, MICH.: Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members to continue paying for their...
View ArticleWeekly U.S. jobless aid applications drop to 343,000
WASHINGTON: The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply for a fourth straight week, a sign that the job market may be improving.The Labor Department says weekly applications for...
View ArticleUniversity Hospitals reaches $1 billion fundraising goal, adds $500 million...
University Hospitals wants to expand throughout the region by adding another $500 million to its fundraising goal after reaching the initial $1 billion target a year ahead of schedule.The...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Dec. 13
LOCAL BUSINESSInternet service speeds upTime Warner Cable Inc. is boosting the speed for its standard Internet service.Effective this month, the company is increasing maximum download speed from 10...
View ArticleGoodyear CEO Kramer says transformation saved company
In the not-so-distant past, Goodyear’s North American tire business was fighting for its life, the Akron tire maker’s chief executive officer recalled.Now, the critical North American tire division,...
View ArticleOSHA seeks to fine Timken more than $170,000
The federal government on Thursday said it is seeking to fine the Timken Co. $170,500 for 12 safety violations it said it found in a June inspection at the company’s Canton roller bearings plant on...
View ArticleApple caves after maps outrage adding Google tool for iPhone
Caving to user outrage over faulty directions in its home-grown navigation tool, Apple has let Google’s mapping application back onto the iPad and iPhone mobile devices.The free Google Maps app is...
View ArticleStocks lower as investors watch Washington
NEW YORK: The Dow Jones industrial average finished down 74.73 points, or 0.6 percent, to 13,170.72, in Thursday trading.The Dow drifted lower all day and was down 98 points at its low, just after 3...
View ArticlePlaza Cinemas to close in Akron
Plaza Cinemas at Chapel Hill will shut down early next year, about two months after celebrating its 25th anniversary.The eight-screen complex, part of The Plaza at Chapel Hill shopping strip off Howe...
View ArticleHoliday shoppers may see big discounts soon
NEW YORK: If shoppers don’t show up in stores soon, more 70 percent off sale signs will.After a promising start to the holiday shopping season over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, sales have slowed...
View ArticleDow, S&P halt long stretch of weekly gains
NEW YORK: Stocks declined Friday, with the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 halting their longest stretch of weekly gains since August, as investors fixated on the lack of a federal government...
View ArticleU.S. consumer prices fall more than forecast in November
The cost of living fell more than forecast in November as energy prices dropped, a sign inflation in the economy remains under control.The 0.3 percent decrease in the consumer price index was the first...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Dec. 14
local businessSurvey: Outlook is dimAn economic outlook survey by KeyBank of Cleveland released Friday did not have an optimistic forecast.A Key summary of the survey said: “It’s business as usual —...
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