Roku set-top boxes to stream live TV in Time Warner Cable pact
Roku Inc., the privately owned online video service, said Monday it is adding 300 live television channels through a partnership with Time Warner Cable Inc.The deal allows Time Warner Cable subscribers...
View ArticleSigns of Children’s growth sprouting in downtown Akron
The latest sign of Akron Children’s Hospital’s growth is sprouting in downtown Akron.Construction is under way on a 1,250-space parking garage across from the hospital’s campus on West Exchange...
View Article10 banks agree to pay $8.5 billion for foreclosure abuse
WASHINGTON: Ten major banks agreed Monday to pay $8.5 billion to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.The banks,...
View ArticleGoogle executive chairman arrives in North Korea
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA: Google’s chairman wanted a firsthand look at North Korea’s economy and social media landscape during his private visit Monday to the communist nation, his delegation said,...
View ArticleSuper Bowls ads selling for more than $4 million
NEW YORK: Super Bowl ads have sold for more than $4 million for some 30-second spots for this year’s game.CBS Corp. CEO Leslie Moonves said Tuesday that all the commercials for the NFL championship...
View ArticleAnheuser-Busch debuts beer with Super Bowl ad
ST. LOUIS: Anheuser-Busch InBev said Tuesday it is introducing a new specialty beer — an amber lager with a higher alcohol content — and will promote its new brew with a Super Bowl ad. The maker of...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Jan. 9
ADVERTISINGChevrolet changes slogansChevrolet is dropping its “Chevy Runs Deep” slogan and replacing it with the new tagline “Find New Roads,” saying that it’s better geared toward drivers outside the...
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TUESDAY: Commerce Department to report December retail sales. JAN. 16: Consumer Price Index report due for December.
View ArticleSears’ chairman Lampert adds title of CEO
Sears Holdings Corp. announced that chairman and hedge fund billionaire Edward Lampert will take over as chief executive officer also.The company offered an update on holiday sales that showed some...
View ArticleRPM International’s second quarter earnings miss expectations
RPM International Inc.’s second-quarter earnings were lower than a year ago even as the Medina-based holding company’s sales were up.Shares of RPM stock took a hit Tuesday as the company’s adjusted...
View ArticleTarget unveils year-round online price match
NEW YORK: Target Corp. is pledging to match prices of select online rivals year-round, a move that underscores how physical and online retailing are being meshed together.Matching online prices is rare...
View ArticleSterling Jewelers’ holiday sales up 4.7%
Holiday sales at Sterling Jewelers Inc. stores open at least a year — including Kay Jewelers and the Jared chain — were up 4.7 percent.That increase comes despite a drop in U.S. consumer confidence...
View ArticleArmy will keep tanks rolling out of Ohio plant
By John SeewerAssociated PressTOLEDO, OHIO: A new defense spending plan will keep the nation’s only tank manufacturing plant working for at least the next couple of years.Fighting on Capitol Hill over...
View ArticleU.S. stocks advance amid optimism about fourth-quarter earnings
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks advanced Wednesday, snapping a two-day decline for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, amid investors’ optimism about fourth-quarter corporate earnings.Alcoa Inc., which reported...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Jan. 9
LOCAL BUSINESSEngineers schedule banquetThe Akron Area Engineers Week Group will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a banquet Feb. 21 at Emidio’s Banquet Center, 48 E. Bath Road, Cuyahoga Falls.The...
View ArticleDebate flares on issue of ‘smart guns’
Gun owners and advocates are fond of saying, “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”This might be a more useful aphorism: Smart guns don’t kill the wrong people.Technology exists, or could exist,...
View ArticleNew study suggests U.S. high-end manufacturers continue to lose to imports
With implications for Ohio manufacturers, a new study released Wednesday by the United States Business and Industry Council said that imports continue to capture more of the U.S. market for high-value...
View ArticlePNC boosts reserves for Fannie, Freddie mortgage-putback demands
PNC Financial Services Group Inc., the seventh-largest U.S. bank by deposits with operations in Akron, is recording a $254 million pretax provision in the fourth quarter for expected increases in...
View ArticleForum on oil and gas in Stark on Jan. 30
A former Pennsylvania county commissioner will speak to the Stark County Oil and Gas Partnership on Jan. 30.Rebecca Burke, a former Lycoming County official, will discuss the local impacts, benefits...
View ArticleElectronic fork nags you about eating
LAS VEGAS: If you’ve always wanted a fork that spies on your eating habits, you’re in luck: A company has developed a utensil that records when you lift it to the mouth.The electronic fork is one of...
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