Google laptop impressive, but not for all
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA: Google’s first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine. It feels light and comfortable in my hands and on my lap. Its high-resolution display makes photos...
View ArticleTax Day information for last-minute filers
Today is Tax Day.Your federal, as well as state and local tax returns will be due, unless you file for an extension.If you are mailing your return, you will have until 7 p.m. to get it postmarked at...
View ArticleOhio gas prices dip as work week begins
COLUMBUS: Ohio motorists have something to smile about as they begin a new work week: a significant dip in gas prices.A gallon of regular gas in Ohio was listed at an average of about $3.38 in Monday’s...
View ArticleDish Network offering to buy Sprint in $25.5 billion deal
NEW YORK: Dish Network is offering to buy Sprint Nextel Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal it values at $25.5 billion, saying its bid is superior to that of Japanese phone company SoftBank.Sprint’s stock...
View ArticleNumber of wealthy Ohioans increasing again
DAYTON, OHIO: The number of wealthy taxpayers in Ohio is on the way back up after a decline during the recession, according to a newspaper analysis of state tax information.Nearly 6,300 taxpayers who...
View ArticleAkron Area YMCA offers free activities for families
The Akron Area YMCA is encouraging kids to get active with free activities at branches throughout the region on April 27 for its Healthy Kids Day. The event is part of a national YMCA initiative to...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — April 15
LOCAL BUSINESSAdvertising winners namedTwo student members of the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF-Akron) will be advancing to the national competition of the ADDY Awards in...
View ArticleBiggest stock market drop of 2013
NEW YORK: A steep fall in commodity prices led the stock market to its worst day this year on Monday, as worries about the global economy resurfaced.The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 265 points,...
View ArticleGoodyear looks to continued success in challenging times
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. had a successful 2012 and is on the path to improved profitability this year and beyond, the chairman and chief executive officer told shareholders at the tire company’s...
View ArticleTimken shareholders up pressure to split company
The two Timken Co. shareholders pressuring the Canton manufacturer to spin off its steel business are ratcheting up a public relations campaign with strongly worded criticisms.Relational Investors and...
View ArticleCascade history
CASCADE HISTORY■ The Cascade Plaza complex was once downtown Akron’s urban renewal centerpiece.■ One Cascade Plaza was built in the late 1960s, the first building in a project that eventually included...
View ArticleFirstMerit to receive city, state tax credits; Cascade Plaza to get makeover
Akron will invest an estimated $3.2 million to spruce up the aging Cascade Plaza and the parking lot below it — a request of FirstMerit Corp., which is keeping its headquarters and expanding in the...
View ArticleJimmy Haslam talks about Pilot Flying J criminal probe, apologizes to...
NASHVILLE, TENN: Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said Tuesday the federal government has launched a criminal investigation into rebates offered by the truck-stop chain owned by his family, including his...
View ArticleAlliance reaches out to entrepreneurs with fund
Alliance is joining other cities in the region who are putting out the welcome mat to entrepreneurs, offering them funds.Alliance has created the Alliance Startup Fund, seeding it with $300,000. The...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — April 16
LOCAL BUSINESSB&W wins federal contractBabcock & Wilcox Co. is getting $79 million from the federal government this year to continue developing its small modular nuclear reactor, called...
View ArticleProposed Ohio Utica shale land deal collapses, EV Energy Partners seeking new...
A Texas-based energy company has scrapped a proposed deal to sell nearly 104,000 acres in Ohio’s Utica shale.EV Energy Partners Executive Chairman John B. Walker, in a Tuesday teleconference from New...
View ArticleBanks rethink the branch, but will it work?
NEW YORK: In an age when checks can be deposited by smartphone and many people retrieve cash from ATMs, a bank branch can seem like a relic, with its paper deposit slips, marble countertops and tellers...
View ArticleConsumer prices drop 0.2 percent on cheaper gas
WASHINGTON: Consumer prices declined last month as the cost of gas fell sharply and food prices were unchanged. The tame reading is the latest evidence that the sluggish economy is keeping inflation in...
View ArticleTeamsters engaging in sympathy strikes
Trash pickups have been delayed in several area communities because of a strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste.A company representative said Republic could not provide a list of the communities it...
View ArticlePNC profit increases 24% as bank cuts costs, boosts revenue
PNC Financial Services Group Inc., the second-largest U.S. regional bank that has operations in Akron, reported Wednesday a 24 percent increase in first-quarter profit, beating analysts’ estimates, as...
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