Business Stories for August 2012
Stories for Thursday, August 30
Farmers worried about heavy rain forecast
The prospect of heavy rains this weekend is not filling every farmer’s heart with joy. Winegrape growers in the Miami Valley and throughout Ohio are watching the remnants of Hurricane Isaac with a wary eye, because heavy rains at or near harvest can wreak havoc on the quality of the ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 29
Pending home sales up 16 percent in July
Staff and wire reportPending sales of homes in Ohio rose 16 percent in July compared with July 2011, another sign the housing market is growing stronger, a trade association said Wednesday.Ohio’s July Pending Home Sales Index of 110.8, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, rose from the July 2011 ...
Wellpoint CEO Braly resigns
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — WellPoint Inc. President and CEO Angela Braly resigned Tuesday amid investor frustration with disappointing financial results at the nation’s second-largest health insurer.The Indianapolis-based company announced that its executive vice president and general counsel, John Cannon, will serve as interim president and CEO. With Braly’s departure, lead director ...
Stories for Monday, August 27
Ohio’s exports industry jump 12% in first 6 months of 2012
Ohio’s merchandise exports reached record levels in the first half of 2012, propelled by a strong global demand for transportation equipment produced in the state, according to new data analyzed by the Dayton Daily News. By the end of June, Ohio companies had already shipped $24.6 billion worth of goods ...
Government seeks more info on WellPoint-Amerigroup merger
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking for more information about the merger involving a major Ohio managed care plan and a major Ohio health insurer.WellPoint, the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio, and Amerigroup each received requests last week from the justice department for ...
Stories for Friday, August 24
Local firms adding jobs to serve shale gas industry
A Springboro construction company and a Washington Twp. engineering firm are among Dayton area companies already expanding payrolls to serve the developing shale gas industry in eastern Ohio, a trend that means more jobs and income for the Miami Valley.Industry projections say tens of thousands of jobs and billions in ...
Area physicians selected for pilot program
This week, 75 physician practices were selected to participate in the region’s pilot program to pay primary care doctors more for providing higher quality, better coordinated care. The Cincinnati-Dayton-Springfield region was picked in April by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be one of seven regions in the ...
Stories for Monday, August 20
Cincinnati casino hiring starts Wednesday
Hiring begins Wednesday for dealers and supervisors for the casino to open in downtown Cincinnati next year.Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati is accepting applications starting Wednesday until Sept. 16. Recruiters are looking to fill about 750 table game and poker dealers, and game supervisors, with plans to do more hiring for other ...
Kings Island to hire 500
EMPLOYMENTKings Island hiring 500 for Halloween HauntOpen interviews are being held weekends this month and into September for “scareactors” for the amusement park’s annual Halloween Haunt.Kings Island will conduct interviews now through Sept. 9 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fridays; and from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturdays and ...
Stories for Saturday, August 18
Business calendar
MondayFranklin Area Chamber of Commerce: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. monthly chamber networking/learning luncheon meeting at Deardoff Senior Center, 605 S. River St., Franklin. There will be a panel of speakers from Warren County United Way and United Way Agencies: Abilities First, Franklin Area Community Services, LifeSpan Inc., and Big ...
Stories for Thursday, August 16
Ohio auto industry adding thousands of jobs
Ohio’s auto industry is rebounding from a long slide, having added thousands of jobs as pent-up demand for new and more fuel-efficient vehicles has pumped up production, according to environmental advocacy group and the federal government. Ohio, Indiana and Michigan — three key auto industry states — lost an estimated ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 15
Analysis: Recovery weakest since Great Depression
By PAUL WISEMANAP Economics WriterWASHINGTON — The recession that ended three years ago this summer has been followed by the feeblest economic recovery since the Great Depression.Since World War II, 10 U.S. recessions have been followed by a recovery that lasted at least three years. An Associated Press analysis shows ...
Stories for Saturday, August 11
$6 million plan for former Der Dutchman site
Local leaders are offering about $1.6 million in incentives to developers weighing whether to invest $6 million in the former Der Dutchman restaurant property. Initial plans call for a cluster of businesses employing more than 100 to go on the 40-acre site where the former Der Dutchman building and an ...
Business calendar for Butler County
TUESDAYWEST CHESTER LIBERTY CHAMBER ALLIANCE holds its August Monthly Member Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Wingate by Wyndham, 7500 Tylers Place Blvd., West Chester Twp. The speaker will be motivational speaker Tim Burgess, president of TCB Training Success. Burgess’ company, TCB Training, is devoted to developing and ...
Stories for Thursday, August 9
Foreclosure activity drops in July, but levels remain high
Fewer homeowners in the area had new foreclosure cases filed against them in July than the same month a year ago, based on statistics from area clerks of courts. More than 200 cases were filed last month in Butler County, 56 cases in Greene County, 36 in Miami County, 299 ...
Stories for Wednesday, August 8
Fresh Market sets opening date for new West Chester location
A specialty grocer is set to debut its new Butler County location in a few weeks.The Fresh Market’s new location at 7720 Voice of America Centre Drive is scheduled to open at 9 a.m. Aug. 22, according to a news release.Fresh Market’s opening means approximately 90 new jobs will be ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 7
30 employers expected at local job fair
Butler County Workforce One, the county’s only full-scale job placement agency, has organized a job fair from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday..Thirty employers have confirmed they would participate, including Hillandale of West Chester and Fairfield townships; Hamilton companies Neturen America Corp., Vinylmax and ThyssenKrupp Bilstein; FedEx Ground; Lowe’s; and Middletown’s ...
Stories for Monday, August 6
Ohio ranks No. 11 for closing costs
Ohio’s average mortgage closing costs dropped about 6 percent over the past year, but the decline couldn’t keep Ohio from moving up the list of the most expensive states for mortgage closings, according to a new Bankrate.com survey released Monday.Home buyers in Ohio can expect to pay an average of ...
Beavercreek doctor installed as state association president
Dr. Ratna Palakodeti was sworn in Saturday as president of the Ohio Academy of Family Physicians at the organization’s annual dinner in Dublin, the academy said.The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians is a statewide, professional association with more than 4,100 members, including practicing family physicians, family medicine residents and medical ...
McDonald’s launched ‘breakfast after midnight’
Many of the Dayton area’s McDonald’s restaurants have started serving breakfast after midnight. “McDonald’s is taking aim at quick-service restaurants’ last unconquered frontier: late night sales,” according to BurgerBusiness.com. “And it is doing so by treating the time from midnight to 5 a.m. as an early-breakfast opportunity rather than a ...
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