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Gas industrial complex has us over a barrel
There are a few certainties in life: the sunshine will come out tomorrow if you are lucky, you’ll be taxed (particularly if your name is Tea Party Patriot Johnson), someday you know will die and gas prices will rise. I don’t make up the rules, I simply write about them. ...
United starts flying Boeing 787s again
United restarts 787 flights after groundingBy Joshua FreedAP Airlines WriterUnited Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide.A United 787 flight took off from Houston on Monday morning and landed in Chicago.United Continental Holdings Inc. has six 787s. Battery problems ...
Ohio to bolster checks on home health care workers
Ohio officials plan to bolster criminal background checks for those home health-care workers who provide direct care to the disabled and elderly.The state has received a $2.1 million federal grant to provide increased reviews for more than 100,000 workers who serve patients in Medicaid- and Medicare-funded settings.Gov. John Kasich’s administration ...
Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
By Michael LiedtkeAP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times.The deal announced Monday is Mayer’s boldest move since she left Google 10 months ago to lead ...
Project expected to bring 105 jobs to Hamilton
A project expected to bring 105 full-time jobs to Hamilton was approved for a tax credit today. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a 55-percent, seven-year Ohio “job creation tax credit” for Valeo Climate Control Corp. Monday in a meeting in Columbus. Valeo is an automotive parts supplier. The Hamilton ...
P&G sues Utah-based company for alleged patent infringement
CINCINNATI —The Procter & Gamble Co. today filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio against CAO Group Inc., a Utah-based manufacturer and distributor of dental products.The lawsuit alleges that CAO Group is violating P&G’s intellectual property by manufacturing and selling its “Sheer White,” “Sheer FluorX,” and “Sheer DesenZ” ...
Dark clouds hang over air shows after budget cuts
Federal budget cuts that eliminated military flying acts triggered the cancellation of dozens of air shows, meaning lost income for performers, air show announcers, concessionaires, vendors and others who depend on air shows and the millions of spectators. All told, 64 air shows including the Great State of Maine Air ...
AK Steel back in coal mining business
AK Steel Holding Corp. could start mining coal next month, another significant step forward in the steelmaker's efforts to become more self-sufficient for raw materials to lower supply costs.Spikes and volatility in the cost of key raw materials such as iron ore, coke and coal have in recent years have ...
Cincinnati Financial’s “winning” strategy
Cincinnati Financial Corp. CEO Steven Johnston recently gave an interview to the Hamilton JournalNews/Middletown Journal while he was in town for the company’s annual meeting.Ohio native Johnston was named in 2011 president and chief executive officer of Fairfield’s Cincinnati Financial, a holding company for five insurance subsidiaries that offer business, ...
Basket-maker branches into pottery
By Tim FeranThe COLUMBUS DISPATCHNewark, Ohio-based basket-maker Longaberger Co. will take its first steps toward its goal of selling only U.S.-made pottery through a just-announced partnership with Niagara Ceramics of Buffalo, N.Y.Longaberger announced last week that it will begin making pottery in a 300,000-square-foot facility to be known as Longaberger ...
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