Ohio moves closer to natural gas deregulation
COLUMBUS: Two utility companies will be allowed to eliminate regulated natural gas pricing for businesses in another step toward the deregulation of natural gas in Ohio.The change only affects...
View ArticleGasoline prices predicted to fall in 2013
NEW YORK: At least gasoline should cost you less in 2013.Hamburger, health care and taxes are all set to take a bigger bite out of the family budget this year. But drivers’ annual gas bills are...
View ArticleHonda will build hybrid Accord in Ohio
COLUMBUS: Honda will add about 50 new jobs at its central Ohio assembly plant as it starts building a new hybrid Accord sedan there this year, the company announced Thursday.The Japanese automaker said...
View ArticleLocal postal workers accepting buyout
More than one-third of local U.S. Postal Service workers eligible for a retirement incentive have said they might take the offer.A total of 58 members of the local branch of the American Postal Workers...
View ArticleAmazon offers digital music with CD bought in web store
Amazon.com Inc. said Thursday it will offer users free digital copies of CDs bought on its site, as it competes with Apple and Google to attract music lovers choosing to store their songs on the...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Jan. 10
LOCAL BUSINESSSave-A-Lot isn’t part of saleGrocer company Supervalu Inc. has agreed to sell its four largest conventional supermarket chains to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management — a...
View ArticleFord family hauling in $28 million a year with doubled dividend
Ford on Thursday doubled its quarterly dividend to 10 cents a share, a move that will boost the annual payout to the Ford family to more than $28 million.The first-quarter dividend, which will cost the...
View ArticleOwner of Macedonia’s Patio Enclosures expanding
The owner of Patio Enclosures — the Macedonia-headquartered manufacturer and installer of sunrooms — continues to add to its home improvement portfolio.Great Day Improvements LLC said Thursday it had...
View ArticleCheap chic, luxury didn’t blend well for Target, Neiman Marcus
Just as Homer Simpson once yelled “be funnier!” at his TV set, shoppers looked at the holiday season’s Target + Neiman Marcus collection and wished it were cooler — and cheaper.Target Corp., which has...
View ArticleCabela’s to open first Ohio store March 7
Outdoors retailer Cabela’s has announced that March 7 will be opening day for its first Ohio location — at 1650 Gemini Place in the Polaris area of Columbus.Like the company’s other stores, the Polaris...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Jan. 11
LOCAL BUSINESSCandy recalled over labelingA Medina County candy company has recalled nearly 500 bags of its coconut haystack candy because their labels don’t list milk as an ingredient.Island Delights...
View ArticleFord plans 2,200 salaried hires in biggest boost since 2001
Ford plans to hire 2,200 salaried employees in the U.S. this year, the most in more than a decade, in an expansion that shows the strength of the recovery in the second-largest U.S. automaker’s home...
View ArticleHuge stock fund flows have Wall Street abuzz
NEW YORK: With the S&P 500 near a five-year high and data showing whopping inflows into stock funds at the beginning of the year, the cult of equity might not be quite dead yet, after all.In a...
View ArticleAkron shop hopes to sweep up success in new spot
After nearly 58 years in one spot, after tens of thousands of shiny new vacuum cleaners sold and thousands of models repaired, United Vacuum Cleaner got swept away.Its big neighbor, Akron Children’s...
View ArticleTarget ad campaign puts food in the spotlight
Is Target’s grocery aisle ready for its close up?Target is pushing its food, laundry detergent and other groceries in a national ad campaign that pokes fun at high-fashion advertising by featuring...
View ArticleUniversity Park Alliance announces 2013 ‘Urban Innovators’ speakers
Three “urban innovators” will highlight this year’s University Park Alliance Speaker Series.UPA, a nonprofit group working on the redevelopment of 50 city blocks around the University of Akron,...
View ArticleSamsung unveils bendable phone screen
LAS VEGAS: By showing off a phone with a flexible screen, Samsung is hinting at a day when people might fold up large phone or tablet screens as if they were maps.The Korean electronics company...
View ArticleNew option for repaying student loans: Pay As You Earn
In the last week of December, the federal government offered recent borrowers struggling with their federal student loans a new, improved and simplified option to manage repayment. It’s called Pay As...
View ArticleRedbox Instant CEO sees potential for 35 million users
Redbox Instant, the online-video service owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Coinstar Inc., has signed 10,000 users to what it is calling a public test and says it sees the potential for 35...
View ArticleUSDA final report details crop losses to drought
DES MOINES, IOWA: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its final crop report for 2012, showing heavy losses due to the drought still gripping much of the nation.The year-end report shows...
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