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Ohio gas prices drop again, average $3.34 a gallon
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsThe auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express puts Ohio's average price at $3.34 for a gallon of regular-grade gasoline. That's down 15 cents from the average of $3.49 a week ago but remains well above the price a year ago, -
Newsmakers Q&A: Summa CEO talks about health-care reform
Posted on April 3, 2011 | No CommentsStrauss talked about his outspoken advocacy for reform - and what's at stake for Summa - in an interview with ONN-TV's Ohio Means Business program. Q: You've gone places where, frankly, a lot of CEOs and a lot of individuals leading in the private Columbus Dispatch -
Thrill is back, so are crowds at amusement parks
Posted on April 3, 2011 | No CommentsTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Amusement parks thrown for a loop by the slumping economy during the last few years are starting to rebound, drawing bigger crowds during the past year and spending more money on new attractions and shows this season. -
Job searches complicated by checking your credit
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsJustin Millay, 28, a central Ohio native who moved to Kentucky with his wife after he lost his job in Columbus, can speak to the problem. He said he thought he had a new job lined up as an assistant manager of a sporting-goods store - until the company -
Group seeks Kasich support for Cleveland-Pittsburgh rail
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsA group of Ohio legislators has written to Gov. John Kasich asking for his support in seeking public funding for a high-speed rail line in northeast Ohio that would connect the Cleveland area to Pittsburgh, Crain's Cleveland Business reports. -
Ohio House Prepares to Vote on SB 5
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsBy George Nelson YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The firestorm over Senate Bill 5 moves to the front burner again this week, as the controversial legislation that proposes changes to collective bargaining rights for public workers in Ohio is poised for approval Youngstown Business Journal -
OSU Extension: Growing Jobs in Ohio
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsLaunched in 1986, the Business Retention and Expansion ( BR&E ) program has worked with community leaders in 77 of Ohio's 88 counties, helping them prioritize, plan and implement community development initiatives. In the past five years alone, -
Kasich set to channel JobsOhio mission
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsJohn Kasich signed into law to create the independent, economic development body known as JobsOhio could make Ohio a more attractive place to do business by providing companies with a fuller plate of financing options than has been legally available -
Pentagon Orders Work Stopped on Jet Engine in Ohio
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsAP By LISA CORNWELL AP The Defense Department on Thursday ordered work to stop on an alternate engine being developed at a GE Aviation plant in southwest Ohio for the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet. The Obama administration and the department -
Why FirstEnergy Corp. wants you to use compact fluorescent light bulbs
Posted on March 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe Ohio Edison toll-free is 1-800-633-4766. If I want to order six CFL bulbs from FirstEnergy what number do I call? The number to order the bulbs is 1-888-846-2235. The company requires a consumer's FirstEnergy account number. The company said about Plain Dealer