Akron General reopens gift shop under new management
Akron General Medical Center officially reopened its Petite Bazaar gift shop on Monday under a new management contract with a national firm.The gift shop remains a project of the Akron General Women’s...
View ArticleGoodyear move prompts redevelopment initiative in East Akron
The Goodyear redevelopment project has a new name, the East End, complete with a logo that incorporates the tire company’s East Market Street clock tower.And the East Akron site will be getting a new,...
View ArticleMore dog treats pulled from shelves
After chicken jerky treats containing antibiotics not approved in the United States were pulled from store shelves earlier this month, the Hartz Mountain Corp. announced Friday it is voluntarily...
View ArticleNew Saturday stock report coming to Beacon Journal
The Beacon Journal’s Saturday stock report will be in a convenient abbreviated format starting this weekend. The new Saturday Market Report will be one page with the following highlights:• Local...
View ArticleThey’re back: J.C. Penney adds sales
J.C. Penney is bringing back sales.The struggling department store chain this week will begin adding back some of the hundreds of sales it ditched last year in hopes of luring shoppers who were turned...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Jan. 28
LOCAL BUSINESSStouffer Realty expandsStouffer Realty, based in Fairlawn, has expanded into Cuyahoga County with a new office in Chagrin Falls.Realtor Joanne Zetti, a long-time Chagrin Falls realtor and...
View ArticleFord, Daimler, Nissan to research hydrogen cars
DETROIT: Ford is joining with Daimler and Renault-Nissan to speed development of cars that run on hydrogen, with hopes of bringing a vehicle to market in four years.Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles generate...
View ArticleStocks mixed on uneven economic signals
NEW YORK: Stocks meandered between small gains and losses Monday, cooling off after a rally that had pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above 1,500 for the first time since December 2007....
View ArticleCrucial, long-overdue BlackBerry makeover arrives
TORONTO: The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone is promising a speedier device, a superb typing experience and the ability to keep work and personal identities separate on the same phone. It’s the...
View ArticleApple debuts iPad with more memory amid mounting competition
Apple Inc. debuted an iPad with twice the memory of older models, offering users more space to store movies, videos and books amid mounting competition in the tablet market.The new iPad with 128...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Jan. 29
LOCAL BUSINESSAkron mayor to receive awardAkron Mayor Don Plusquellic will receive this year’s H. Peter Burg Award at the 106th meeting of the Greater Akron Chamber on March 19. Plusquellic is the...
View ArticleNew Saturday stock report coming to Beacon Journal
The Beacon Journal’s Saturday stock report will be in a convenient abbreviated format starting Feb. 2. The new Saturday Market Report will be one page with the following highlights:• Local stocks,...
View ArticleFord sees European losses growing worse since October outlook
Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, said Tuesday it expects to lose about $2 billion in Europe this year as a likely recession in the region continues to sap demand for cars.Ford Europe...
View ArticleHome prices accelerate in November
WASHINGTON: Home prices accelerated in November compared with a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available homes.The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price...
View ArticleKey Building in downtown Akron going on auction block
The Key Building, one of downtown Akron’s landmark office towers, is going on the online auction block.The 11-story building, at 159 S. Main St., sits nearly 70 percent vacant and was foreclosed on...
View ArticleHundreds apply for Akron area postal service jobs
Nearly 2,000 people have applied for U.S. Postal Service letter carrier jobs in Northern Ohio, and 400 of them are seeking positions in the Akron area.Sunday night was the deadline to apply for the new...
View ArticleManufacturing driving growth in Ohio
DAYTON, OHIO: Manufacturing is again driving Ohio’s economic expansion, with more than half of the state’s counties dependent on the sector, according to a newspaper analysis.The Dayton Daily News...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Jan. 30
LOCAL BUSINESSOil and gas series continuesThe Canton Small Business Development Center and Kent State University Stark will present the third event in the four-part Oil and Gas Education Series from...
View ArticleNew Saturday stock report coming to Beacon Journal
The Beacon Journal’s Saturday stock report will be in a convenient abbreviated format starting this week. The new Saturday Market Report will be one page with the following highlights:• Local stocks,...
View ArticleU.S. operations help Fiat profit more than double
MILAN: Fiat SpA, the Italian automaker that controls Chrysler LLC, said Wednesday it had reduced its fourth-quarter losses in Europe last year, helping earnings more than double as North American...
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