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Salon Lofts to enter Dayton market
The Columbus-based Salon Lofts will enter the Dayton beauty-care market this fall by opening locations in the Town & Country Shopping Center in Kettering and in Washington Park Plaza in Washington Twp., the company’s CEO said Friday. Nora’s Design Group in the Town & Country space will become Salon Lofts ...
CEO poll tabs Ohio as most improved among states
Two separate surveys released Tuesday — one of CEOs, the other of small businesses — concluded that Ohio has greatly enhanced its business climate, with the CEOs declaring Ohio the most-improved among the 50 states. “Both of these studies, especially since they were released on the same day, just highlight ...
Ohio’s aging workforce continues to grow
Ohio’s graying manufacturing workforce threatens to saddle some employers with labor shortages and hefty costs associated with training and replacing retiring employees. About one in four manufacturing workers in Ohio is 55 and older, which is up from more than one in seven workers a decade ago, according to a ...
Tax plan stirs clash of titans
An online sales-tax proposal has triggered a divisive debate among business owners and attracted a strange-bedfellows mix of supporters that includes the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. The “Marketplace Fairness Act,” which will be voted on by the U.S. Senate as early as Monday, ...
Jobless claims drop in Ohio, nation
First-time U.S. jobless claims last week unexpectedly fell to the lowest level in more than five years, a positive sign for the economy, but the good news could be tempered by weak job growth, according to new data and experts. In the week ending April 27, initial claims for unemployment ...
Women-owned firms on the rise in Ohio, but lags behind other states
More women than ever own businesses in Ohio, but the state has experienced some of the weakest growth in women-owned firms in the nation, according to a recent report. The weak growth may partly stem from the state’s anemic population growth and its heavy reliance on some male-dominated industries, such ...
Best and worst jobs for 2013
CareerCast.com released the ranking of 200 jobs taking based on five criteria: physical demands, work environment, income, stress, and hiring outlook. Here are the top 10 and bottom 10 jobs from that report.
Senator stumps in Oregon District for minimum wage hike
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown acknowledges it will be an uphill battle to pass a law boosting the federal minimum wage to more than $10 an hour, but the Ohio Democrat is traveling the state to push for the legislation that he co-sponsored. “This would be food for workers, it would ...
Career advice from 4 local women
Many have heard recently about Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and author of a new best-selling book, “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead.” Although the topic of women’s struggles in the work force and in their personal lives to achieve equality isn’t new, the idea ...
1.3 million Ohioans have lost company-sponsored health coverage
The number of Ohio residents who received health insurance through their employers dropped precipitously over the past decade as fewer employers offered insurance and an even greater number of workers declined coverage when it was offered, according to a report released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. About 6.2 ...
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