Betty Lin-Fisher: Some credit-card protections
Here are a few of the protections from the CARD Act, compiled by Consumers Union. For the full list and more details, go online to www.tinyurl.com/creditcardprotect.• Restricts interest rate increases...
View ArticleStates rack up victories in bids to collect online sales taxes
The days of shopping online without paying sales taxes may be ending. States are cracking down, and a nationwide system for collecting sales tax on online sales may be coming soon.Several developments...
View ArticleWith big changes, can labor grow again?
CHICAGO: Organized labor is no longer in denial about its dwindling numbers and diminished political power: Unions lost 400,000 members last year, and states such as Indiana and Wisconsin have clipped...
View ArticleEast End’s leasing agent works to tap into history at former Goodyear campus
Tim Todaro is trying to fill a lot of space.He’s the leasing agent for the East End development — the newly renamed and vacated former Goodyear headquarters campus. That means finding people who want...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital markets 3-D analysis for athletes
Mark Mittiga was looking for a way to make his fastball even faster.The 18-year-old senior at Walsh Jesuit High School turned to 3-D motion analysis to find answers that coaches, trainers, his father...
View ArticleBusiness solutions news briefs — April 21
REAL ESTATEGetting out of a property dealQ: I bought a vacant lot a few years ago on the Internet, sight unseen. Turns out, the property is unusable because it’s on the edge of a development and on a...
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TUESDAY: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to report county unemployment rates for March.
View ArticleScott Burns: Investors may find more glitter with silver
Gold and silver aren’t lining a cloud these days. They’re under it, big time. Both precious metals dropped sharply recently, extending a nasty slump. Silver, for instance, has lost nearly 50 percent of...
View ArticleBluetooth speaker with features to spare is a winner
I review lots of gadgets, and I like quite a few. But it’s a rare treat when one earns an immediate spot in my computer bag.This review subject, the Divoom Bluetune Solo Bluetooth speaker, won me over...
View ArticleKia adds full-size sedan
Buyers looking for a roomy sedan with a lot of luxury features get a new choice this year, and it’s a good-looking, well-powered, impressively mannered 4-door with a Kia badge on the front.The 2014 Kia...
View ArticleHome shields you from non-Facebook tasks
When I got my first smartphone in 2010, I checked Facebook obsessively. But over time, the novelty wore off and opening Facebook’s app to check photos, links and posts from friends turned into a...
View ArticleDistrict approves sale of water from two Ohio lakes for Utica shale drillers
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District on Friday approved two deals with Utica shale drillers for water from Seneca Lake and Clendening Reservoir, despite continuing objections from a grass-roots...
View ArticleUPA leaders say group is still on task with sudden departure of director
While the sudden departure of the head of the University Park Alliance came as a surprise, it should not jeopardize any projects or the overall mission of the organization, neighborhood group leaders...
View ArticleOhio gas prices shoot back up
COLUMBUS: The big drop in gas prices in Ohio didn’t last long.A gallon of regular gas in Ohio was listed at an average of about $3.65 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information...
View ArticleGeorgia company asks for class action lawsuit against Pilot Flying J
Five days after federal authorities raided Pilot Flying J headquarters on Lonas Road, a Georgia trucking company on Saturday became the first client to file a lawsuit based on the allegations in the...
View ArticleNFL said to be ‘very, very concerned’ about Haslam
The National Football League is “very, very concerned” about investigation into Pilot Flying J and CEO Jimmy Haslam, who also owns the Cleveland Browns, an unnamed source told USA Today.“The league is...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — April 22
LOCAL BUSINESSJob outlook optimisticThe latest leading economic index for Summit and Portage counties rose 0.5 point in January, suggesting stronger job growth in coming months. The two-county Akron...
View ArticleFair Finance Co. account now holds nearly $6 million
The trustee for bankrupt Fair Finance Co. has collected nearly $6 million that is sitting in a money market fund, according to the latest status report on the years-long case.A monthly status...
View ArticleSummit home sales pick up; supply remains tight
Summit County home sales increased in March, after year-over-year declines in the first two months of the year.Summit County home sales last month totaled 457, up 4.3 percent from 438 in March 2012,...
View ArticleBrowns owner Jimmy Haslam: Pilot Flying J's reputation swings from best to worst
NASHVILLE, Tenn.: Browns owner Jimmy Haslam on Monday acknowledged a massive hit to the credibility of the family-owned Pilot Flying J truck stop chain following FBI allegations of widespread fraud...
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