Akron building demolished
Top, Akron Children’s Hospital Chief Executive Officer and President Bill Considine (right) watches workers from Ray Bertolini Trucking demolish the former Wally Waffle building at Locust and West...
View ArticleNew York drilling plans on hold as Cuomo awaits report
ALBANY, N.Y.: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo came as close as he ever has to approving fracking last month, laying out a limited drilling plan for as many as 40 gas wells before changing course to await...
View ArticleHospitals, others lobby for Medicaid expansion
Mary Stout knows all about the pains of being uninsured.A hospital has offered to provide her much-needed knee replacement surgery for free under its charity care program. But the 60-year-old Cuyahoga...
View ArticleRequired minimum distributions are not a bad thing
It isn’t wise to complain about some things too loudly. Yes, I’m talking about the people who mutter about the cost of repairing their BMWs, or the scare they had landing their jet at Aspen’s...
View ArticleMid-2013 expansion for Internet names targeted
By Anick JesdanunAssociated PressHundreds of Internet address suffixes to rival “.com” should be available for people and businesses to use by the end of the year, the head of an Internet oversight...
View ArticleWireless connections creep into everyday things
BARCELONA: A car that tells your insurance company how you’re driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner when electricity gets...
View ArticleOhio gas prices up to start week
COLUMBUS: Gas prices are up slightly in Ohio as the new work week begins.The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was about $3.73 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price...
View ArticleOhio Walmart stores roll out solar power
DAYTON, OHIO: Walmart is rolling out solar power at a dozen Ohio stores.The giant retailer has installed solar power arrays atop the stores in a process that’s been in the works during the past year....
View ArticleDow climbs to five-year high as Fed bets offset China concern
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks rose Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level since 2007, as speculation the Federal Reserve will continue stimulus measures overshadowed concern over...
View ArticleKinder Morgan eyeing Tuscarawas County for gas processing, fractionation plants
Could Ohio be getting another natural gas processing plant and a fractionation plant in the Utica shale region?Texas-based Kinder Morgan, the nation’s largest pipeline company, is eyeing Tuscarawas...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — March 4
LOCAL BUSINESSGoodyear honors truck heroesA Ravenna man is among the finalists for this year’s national Goodyear North American Highway Hero Award. The award honors professional truck drivers who put...
View ArticleMercy Medical Center names new CFO
Mercy Medical Center in Canton has named a new leader to oversee the Canton facility’s finances.David K. Stewart, 44, of Jackson Township became the nonprofit hospital’s new senior vice president and...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s Golf named Europe’s car of the year
GENEVA: The Volkswagen Golf has been named Europe’s Car of the Year by automotive journalists from more than 20 countries. Introduced in 1974 and recently redesigned, the hatchback is the company’s...
View ArticleSCHULMAN-FERRO FACTS AT A GLANCE
■ Founded in 1928 by Alex Schulman as a rubber brokerage■ Headquarters is in Fairlawn■ $2.1 billion revenue, fiscal 2012■ Approximately 3,300 employees worldwide■ Makes resins and plastic compounds...
View ArticleA. Schulman may need to sweeten initial $855 million offer for Ferro Corp.
Fairlawn polymer company A. Schulman Inc. wants to buy a reluctant Ferro Corp., a Mayfield Heights electronics materials and coatings maker, for about $855 million in cash, stock and debt.The...
View ArticleInfoCision founder Gary Taylor dies
Gary L. Taylor, founder of the telemarketing services company InfoCision and community philanthropist, died Saturday at age 59.The lifelong Akron-area resident was a University of Akron graduate and...
View ArticleOhio company offers chance at a year’s pay
CINCINNATI: Job seekers could win more than employment this weekend from a Cincinnati-based company.Freight brokerage firm Total Quality Logistics has a national “open house” Saturday at its 18...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — March 5
STATE BUSINESSLegal challenge soughtA lawyer who lost her leading role in a legal challenge to Gov. John Kasich’s private nonprofit job-creation agency has asked Ohio’s high court to allow her to argue...
View ArticleLittle job growth seen in early spring for Summit County
There may not be many new jobs sprouting this spring in the greater Akron area.The latest leading economic indicator index for Summit and Portage counties was flat, according to figures released...
View ArticleMeggitt’s new CEO keen on acquisitions
Meggitt, the British-based largest provider of wheels and brakes for military aircraft, said it’s ready to make purchases following any decline in the price of aerospace assets that might result from...
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