Economy
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 ...
Treasury Dept. agrees to meet with Delphi workers about pensions
Representatives of the U.S. Department of Treasury say they will meet with Delphi retirees who saw their pensions slashed by up to 70 percent as a result of the 2009 auto bailout. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and three other U.S. senators sent a letter to Treasury ...
Building projects indicate economic rebound
Investments in new residential and commercial construction projects in Fairfield in 2012 reached their highest levels since the start of the Great Recession, according to city records.Building permit valuations, which reflect the cost of a construction project when a permit is filed, hit $30.5 million last year, according to Fairfield’s ...
Home, garden centers expect big business today
Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year at southwest Ohio home-improvement and lawn and garden stores, with the nation’s largest home-improvement retailer calling this the springtime equivalent of “Black Friday” weekend. This year’s frigid and occasionally snowy March — in stark contrast to last ...
Auto sales bring jobs
Americans flocked to showrooms to buy new cars in March, with several major automakers reporting their strongest monthly sales since before the recession began six years ago. One analyst said the robust auto sales will create more jobs — and perhaps more manufacturing plants — in the U.S. Major automakers ...
Ohioans’ personal income on rise
Ohio’s per capita personal income rose at one of the fastest rates in the nation last year, another sign that the state’s economy is recovering more quickly than most of the country, according to data analyzed by the Dayton Daily News.Per capita personal income — which includes all earnings such ...
Sales tax collections up across region
Counties throughout the area collected more in sales tax revenue in 2012 than the previous year, and the outlook for 2013 is also positive as consumers cautiously emerge from the recession and boost the region’s economy through increased spending. Sales tax collections are a closely watched barometer of the health ...
Gen X and Gen Y falling behind parents’ wealth
For young people today, the American dream of working hard, saving money and becoming richer than their parents may be out of reach, according to a new study. Americans in their mid-30s and younger have accumulated less wealth than their parents did at that age more than 25 years ago ...
Restaurant industry barometer turns negative in February
Softer same-store sales and lower customer traffic levels drove the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) below 100 in February, association officials announced Friday morning.The RPI – a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry – stood at 99.9 in February, ...
Area businesses deliver on job promises
Greater Dayton-area businesses made good on 88 percent of the jobs they pledged to create as part of $10.9 million in incentive agreements with counties between 2008-2012 and more than $4 million in tax abatements, some extending back nearly two decades. The Dayton Daily News analyzed data on economic development ...
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