Business Stories for October 2009
Stories for Wednesday, October 28
Air fares down by 13 percent from a year earlier, government says
Good news for consumers: The average domestic air fare during the April-to-June quarter this year fell to the lowest level for that period since 1998, tumbling by 13 percent from the second quarter of 2008, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics said Wednesday, Oct. 28.That was the ...
Airbus wants to expand business with Ohio suppliers
Airbus, the European aircraft manufacturer, spent almost $4 billion with Ohio aerospace suppliers last year and wants to reach out to others in the state, a top U.S. official of the company said Wednesday, Oct. 28.“About 45 percent of what Airbus buys for its aircraft, parts and systems, comes from ...
Trustee returns $5,000 donation from cancer center executive
MIAMI TWP. — The president of the Miami Twp. trustees board said she has returned a $5,000 campaign contribution from the president of a California company that plans to build a high-tech cancer treatment center in the township, because she did not want politics to overshadow the good news. Deborah ...
400 jobs coming to Austin interchange with cancer center
MIAMI TWP. — Aggressive networking with developers throughout the country led to the announcement Wednesday, Oct. 28, of plans to build a high-tech cancer treatment center at the Austin Boulevard interchange, township officials said. Miami Twp. Trustee President Deborah Preston and Administrator Greg Hanahan announced that Optivus Proton Therapy Inc., ...
Stories for Monday, October 26
Strong federal policy on clean jobs could create up to 61,000 Ohio jobs, report says
COLUMBUS – With the U.S. Senate set to debate clean energy and climate legislation, a new economic analysis released on Monday, Oct. 26, found that the strongest federal policy could create up to 61,000 jobs in Ohio, increase annual incomes by $992 and grow the state’s economy by $3.7billion.The study ...
Stories for Thursday, October 22
Machining, manufacturers offer online database to attract business
DAYTON — Manufacturing and machining companies from the Dayton and Cincinnati areas have introduced a new online system designed to help them attract new business from customers across the United States and abroad.The new Edison Manufacturers Network went into operation at the Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association’s annual advanced manufacturing ...
Stories for Tuesday, October 20
Reds legend Joe Morgan to open Honda dealership in Monroe
MONROE — A groundbreaking ceremony has been scheduled next month for a new automotive dealership in Monroe.The Nov. 17 ceremony is for Joe Morgan Honda, said Kevin Chesar, director of development for the city.The dealership, which bears the name of the former Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame second baseman who ...
Stories for Sunday, October 18
Former Central Avenue movie theater slated for demolition
MIDDLETOWN — It originally opened nearly 80 years ago as a place to catch a movie on a Saturday.But by year’s end, the former Strand Theater on Central Avenue, later known as the Studio, will be demolished.The former movie theater and the former bar adjacent to it in the 1300 ...
Stories for Friday, October 16
State jobless rate dips as more drop out of labor force
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s jobless rate dipped to 10.1 percent in September, down from 10.8 percent in August, as more Ohioans dropped out of the labor force. Data released on Friday, Oct. 16, by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, showed that employment dropped by 5,900 over the month, ...
Stories for Thursday, October 15
Sunday alcohol sales will start earlier in Ohio
Restaurants, bars, carryouts and other vendors licensed to peddle wine and spirits on Sundays will be able to hawk them two hours earlier thanks to a change in Ohio law that takes effect Sunday, Oct. 18. The change allows vendors holding D-6 liquor permits to begin selling wine and spirits ...
Stories for Monday, October 12
TechSolve, aerospace institute to work together
TechSolve and the Ohio Aerospace Institute said they will collaborate to serve Ohio’s aerospace industry by helping deliver new services in research, technology, design and manufacturing.The organizations said in a joint announcement Monday, Oct. 12, that they want to promote aerospace as a market for manufacturers looking for business opportunities ...
Stories for Wednesday, October 7
Austin project could push growth beyond interchange
The impact of the Austin Pike I-75 interchange is expected go far beyond the land abutting the exit ramps, flowing three miles west to Miamisburg’s Mound business and tech park, and three miles east to Washington Twp.’s Social Row Road corridor.But that domino effect may take time after the interchange ...
Monroe nonprofit offers grants to businesses to invest in city
The newly reformed Monroe Area Community Improvement Corporation is planning to increase its presence in the city by assisting local businesses through two funding programs that encourage investment.The city recently adopted legislation that allows the nonprofit group — that has been participating in community projects during the past year — ...
Stories for Tuesday, October 6
Home heating costs this winter should be lower, feds say
Household heating costs should be lower this winter than last, with the biggest beneficiaries being consumers who heat with propane and natural gas, the government said Tuesday, Oct. 6. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said it expects natural gas consumers to pay 12 percent less and propane users to pay ...
Stories for Friday, October 2
Business owners expect sales, profits to grow in next six months, survey shows
Ohio business owners are cautious about prospects for the economy, but are not as pessimistic as they were early in 2009, according to a new economic-outlook survey commissioned by PNC Financial Services Group, the banking company.A total of 33 percent of those surveyed in the latest assessment expect that their ...
Time Warner Cable adding 10 cable networks to HD programming
CINCINNATI — Time Warner Cable said it plans to add 10 new high-definition cable networks to its HD video tier on Oct. 27.The company identified the new networks as The Weather Channel, Speed network, MSNBC, Headline News, Disney XD, AMC, Travel, E!, Versus and Biography.The added channels are being offered ...
Stories for Thursday, October 1
Bring more jobs to Ohio the goal of solar energy tour
DAYTON — The hope that new manufacturing jobs follow a broadening base of renewable energy sources is the message of this weekend’s Ohio Solar Tour throughout 91 communities, including Dayton.The free tour isn’t just about solar power. It’s also about how wind, biomass and energy efficiency have harnessed savings for ...
Springboro firm gets contract to digitize medical records
SPRINGBORO — Business Data Solutions will digitize the charts of PriMed Physicians’ 183,000 patients.Springboro-based BDS signed a letter of intent with PriMed to make digital copies of about 10 million paper records kept by the physicians’ group on their patients.The companies said the agreement was “a million dollar investment.”The work ...
Garnetto’s opens new location in Monroe
MONROE — The owner of Garnetto’s Pizzaria is opening her second restaurant in Monroe today, Oct. 1, at 2 East Ave.With business "skyrocketing" at the first location in the small farming town of Fayetteville in Brown County, Garnett Centers said she hopes a larger location will equate to even more ...
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