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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 ...
Cool March chills retail sales
Americans shopped modestly in March, their enthusiasm to spend dampened by economic uncertainty and by cold weather that lingered across most of the country, including southwest Ohio. U.S. retailers reported a key revenue figure rose only slightly during March. According to a preliminary tally of 15 retailers by the International ...
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 ...
Growth found in weak manufacturing job sectors in Ohio
The state forecasts that Ohio’s manufacturing employment will remain flat between 2010 and 2020. Some fields, such as paper and printing manufacturing, are shedding jobs because of technological advancements and changing consumer habits. But other fields that were projected to shrink, including machinery manufacturing, are adding jobs. While the future ...
Caribou Coffee announces store closings, re-branding of remaining shops
The two Dayton-area Caribou Coffee shops appear to have escaped the corporate axe that will fall on all five Cincinnati-area Caribou locations, including two in the West Chester area. The stores are scheduled to close for good on Sunday. The two Dayton-area Caribou stores will remain open but will be ...
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 ...
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, ...
Veterans struggle to find jobs in Ohio
Unemployment among veterans is falling in Ohio, but it’s not because veterans are suddenly finding work. It’s because many of them are giving up trying to find jobs, according to a Dayton Daily News review of federal data. Many veterans struggle to market and translate their military skills to civilian ...
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