Business calendar — March 17
MondayNetworking Your Way to a Job — 3 p.m., Hudson Library & Historical Society, 96 Library St. Presented by Dan Toussant, managing director of the Interview Doctor. Free. Registration:...
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Natural-gas updates for nonresidential and residential...
I have received several calls and emails from small-business owners and church volunteers asking me what to do about a letter they recently received telling them that as of April 1, they no longer will...
View ArticleBusiness news solutions — March 16
WORKPLACEConfidence must be shownQ: After being promoted to a deputy director position in my agency, I initially felt excited and grateful. However, I have now become disillusioned, because the...
View ArticleOhio business briefs — March 17
ACCOUNTINGPrograms for minoritiesThe Ohio Society of CPAs and the Ohio CPA Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio chapters of the National Association of Black Accountants, are helping Ohio minority...
View ArticleAkron developer hopes shoppers will scan for savings
An Akron software developer has created a smartphone app that he hopes will revolutionize the way shoppers use coupons. It has taken 11 years for Jim Wilson of Insight Market Data to bring his idea to...
View ArticleMcDonald’s doubles down on Dollar Menu
On a recent lunch break, John Kurzatkowski was enjoying two McDouble cheeseburgers, fries and a large Coke at a McDonald’s in Oak Brook, Ill.“I like that they’re $1,” Kurzatkowski, 31, said of the...
View ArticleDuryea named new division manager for Northeast Ohio's Chase operations
Veteran commercial banker Phil Duryea recently took over as division manager in Northeast Ohio for JP Morgan Chase.Duryea, 49, who was promoted in January, is based at the division's headquarters in...
View ArticleAbout the H. Peter Burg Award
About the mayorName: Don Plusquellic.Party: Democrat.Personal: 63. Divorced, with two children and six grandchildren.Education: Law degree from the University of Akron. Bachelor’s degree in business...
View ArticleAkron mayor to receive Burg award for economic development
Something Mayor Don Plusquellic didn’t expect happened when he spoke in East Akron last fall to drum up support for the pending school levy. When he mentioned that business leaders from another...
View ArticleReport: More youth use smartphones as route to Web
CHICAGO: Keep computers in a common area so you can monitor what your kids are doing. It’s a longstanding directive for online safety, but one that’s quickly becoming moot as more young people have...
View ArticleTroy Wolverton: Monitoring your vitals with webcam
You might have used a webcam on your computer to make a video call. Someday that same camera — or one like it — might help doctors monitor your health.A team of researchers at Xerox is working on...
View ArticleApple’s mobile dominance is done for now, analyses find
Apple Inc. has dominated the mobile device market since basically inventing the sector with the iPhone and iPad, but tablets running the Android operating system will overtake the iPad in 2013 much as...
View ArticleLeap jumps to capture next step in motion control
AUSTIN, TEXAS: In a bustling tent set up in a parking lot at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival, people were pointing their hands and gesturing with chopsticks as they guided various actions...
View ArticleActivists seek review of Ohio’s handling of fracking wastewater
COLUMBUS: A coalition of environmental and community groups is asking the federal government to consider suspending Ohio’s authority to oversee deep injection of chemically-laced wastewater from oil...
View Article2012 cars will set new mpg record
The Environmental Protection Agency said model year 2012 cars and trucks will have the highest ever real-world average fuel economy at about 23.8 miles per gallon.That would be 1.2 mpg higher than the...
View ArticleGeico expands in Indiana, plans 1,200 jobs in Carmel
CARMEL, IND.: Geico plans to open a customer service center just north of Indianapolis, creating as many as 1,200 jobs by 2016, Gov. Mike Pence and company Chairman Tony Nicely announced Monday.The...
View ArticleNew Jersey allows casinos to operate fantasy sports tournaments
New Jersey will allow casinos in Atlantic City to run fantasy sports tournaments this year after an attempt to legalize betting on professional and college games in the state was blocked by a federal...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — March 18
LOCAL BUSINESSJo-Ann to open 800th storeHudson-based Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores will be opening its 800th store on Thursday.The store in Slidell, La., will join eight other stores across the...
View ArticleNational neurology group issues concussion position
Athletes with a suspected concussion should be immediately pulled from play and not allowed to return until assessed by a licensed health-care professional, according to new guidelines issued Monday by...
View ArticlePerry plant set for refueling shutdown
FirstEnergy Corp. said its Perry Nuclear Power Plant will shut down at midnight today for scheduled refueling, maintenance and a turbine upgrade to improve efficiency and reliability.While the unit is...
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