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Businesses push solar, wind power growth
Renewable energy use in Ohio is rising at a pace thought unlikely only a few years ago, with retailers, manufacturers and commercial businesses speeding up the transition. Since the start of 2012, large projects have sprung up in Springfield, around Dayton, and Cincinnati. Today, western Ohio hosts a fifth of ...
Japan remains Ohio’s top foreign investor
Japanese direct investment in Ohio includes 423 Ohio-based facilities that employ 65,690, a new annual survey from thethe Consulate General of Japan in Detroit said Friday.The survey said that although there was a slight decline in the overall facility number in the past year, 7,992 more residents were employed in ...
Midmark to move headquarters to Dayton by July
Midmark Coporation will relocate its corporate headquarters to Dayton by July.The medical, dental and veterinary healthcare equipment provider said Thursday it has completed lease negotiations and will move the headquarters, to be renamed Midmark Center, to the 1700 South Patterson Building on the University of Dayton’s River Campus. The building ...
Commerce Department reaffirms duties on China candles that hurt domestic manufacturer, Turner announces
Congressman Mike Turner Thursday announced a final decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to broadly apply antidumping duties on petroleum wax candles from China, ensuring that a majority of imported Chinese candles are subject to antidumping duties.“I want to thank the Department of Commerce for their decision clarifying that ...
Flooding and climate change subject of University of Dayton talk tonight
A panel discussion on potential flooding from climate change will be held at the University of Dayton tonight from 7:30 p.m. until 9 p.m..Titled, “The Dayton Flood and a Changing Climate: Engaging Leadership for a Healthy Future,” the panel will present at Sears Recital Hall, Jesse Philips Humanities Center, 300 ...
Company to bring headquarters, jobs to Dayton
Midmark Corp. is preparing to move its corporate office and 51 jobs to the former NCR Corp. headquarters building at 1700 S. Patterson Blvd. as part of a proposed deal with the city of Dayton.The 51 current jobs and six new jobs the company plans to create will generate more ...
Southwest, Airtran bookings combined
It’s taken some time, but Southwest Airlines said it has integrated AirTran’s booking network with its own, allowing customers to purchase trips to the airlines’ combined 97 destinations, including international, in a single transaction. The newly connected itineraries are on sale through Southwest and AirTran sales channels for service starting ...
Arrests signals end to violent months of shooting deaths, gunplay
A sudden swell of gun violence in Dayton — 11 homicides and as many drive-by shootings into homes this year — appears to have calmed in recent weeks. Police won’t disclose what, if any, clear links they’ve established among the incidents — and many appear to be unrelated — but ...
Cities view Pittsburgh as model for riverfront growth
Cities along the 80-mile Great Miami River corridor now have a model to follow in their quest to fund millions of dollars in projects to draw residents and tourists to the riverfront.A program in the Pittsburgh region has pulled together cities and towns to create a successful recreational and tourist ...
Pittsburgh program could be a model for Great Miami River development
A program in the Pittsburgh region that has pulled together cities and towns to create a recreational and tourism draw along the Monongahela River could be the model for the Great Miami River corridor, local officials said at a summit Friday at the University of Dayton.The idea of a coordinated ...
Production to start later this year for covetics
A research and development company near downtown Dayton will begin production later this year of an enhanced meterial that offers promise for many industrial and defense applications, company officers said.Louis A. Luedtke, CEO of Third Millennium Materials LLC, and Harry Couch, chief science officer, both with histories at the National ...
Dow surges to new all-time high
The Dow has never been higher. The Dow Jones industrial average surged 125 points Tuesday, reaching 14,253.77 and beating its previous record high set in October 2007. The gains represent a remarkable comeback for the stock market. The Dow has more than doubled since falling to a low of 6,547 ...
Trade problems explored at forum
Weak and uncompetitive national tax and trade practices hobble American manufacturing as it tries to recover from huge job losses, a panel of local business executives said at a forum Monday held by U.S. Rep. Mike Turner.The forum at Sinclair Community College also included Ohio legislators Sen. Bill Beagle, R-Tipp ...
Area Wal-Marts go solar
Wal-Mart today will reveal a major project that it has quietly pursued throughout 2012 — the installation of solar power arrays atop a dozen Ohio stores, including nine in the Dayton-Cincinnati area. The installations occurred without any bother — or notice apparently — among customers, said Franklin Wal-Mart Supercenter manager ...
DP&L parent warns utility still faces challenges
The parent company of Dayton Power & Light Co. reported stronger earnings Wednesday, but warned that the local utility continues to face business and regulatory challenges.“We have not realized the anticipated benefits and cost savings of the DPL acquisition, and DPL continues to face business and regulatory challenges,” The AES ...
Congressman Turner to host forum on trade, taxation reform and China
Congressman Mike Turner will host a forum for business people and others on trade and taxation reform aimed at building a stronger climate for manufacturing and exporting in the Miami Valley.The forum will be Monday at 8:30 a.m. on the Sinclair Commmunity College campus in Building 12, the Ponitz Center, ...
Vectren offers new rebates for home insulation
Vectren Energy Delivery is launching a new rebate program for ratepayers willing to add attic and wall insulation or seal air leaks. The natural gas utility said Tuesday that gas customers can receive rebates for up to $700 for wall insulation and up to $600 for attic insulation. A rebate ...
All American Clothing growing with demand for USA-made goods
ARCANUM — All American Clothing Co. is expanding production with the purchase of an El Paso, Texas, factory and the launch of a new line of women’s jeans.The company, with headquarters, warehouse, shipping and now a showroom housed at a 45,000-square-foot factory complex here, is making strategic moves as a ...
Pact designed to preserve Harshman wetland
A wetland area bulldozed on Harshman Road years ago will be permanently protected under an agreement involving the developer, the Ohio attorney general and nonprofit County Corp., the development arm of Montgomery County.The consent order in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court could mean the end of the long-running legal saga. ...
Vectren warns consumers of prepaid card scam
The Vectren Corporation said it wants customers to be on the alert for an elaborate multi-state bill payment scam aimed at swindling ratepayers out of cash.As part of the scam, Vectren said, customers receive an “unsolicited phone call from a fraudulent individual claiming to be a representative for the utility ...
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