Business Stories for July 2009
Stories for Sunday, July 19
Discount air carrier JetAmerica folds
JetAmerica, a fledgling discount airline that garnered attention with $9 promotional fares, has folded without ever getting off the ground.JetAmerica’s was supposed to be the latest chapter in startup airlines organized by John Weikle, 59, a Tipp City entrepreneur who founded the ill-fated Skybus low-fare airline in 2007. Skybus failed ...
Stories for Thursday, July 16
Local family to get 'Extreme Makeover' of home
BEAVERCREEK — Area Homebuilder Coventry Fine Homes will be featured on the television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where it will — with lots of help — build a home over four days for a local family in need.An army of between 1,500 and 2,000 volunteers, armed with donated building ...
Stories for Tuesday, July 14
600 GM retirees seek answers on health-care benefits
DAYTON — More than 600 retirees, fearing their health care coverage through General Motors Corp. is at risk, packed the IUE-CWA Local 798 hall on Tuesday, July 14, in search of answers. While the retirees left the nearly two-hour meeting with plenty of uncertainty, one thing is clear: The Miami ...
Air Force, defense companies mingle at trade expo
DAYTON — Businesses wishing to serve the government got plenty to think about from the Air Force and NASA as the United States Air, Trade and Technology Expo opened Tuesday, July 14. Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, told a business ...
Worried GM retirees to meet today
DAYTON — Local General Motors Corp. retirees who believe their health-care benefits are at risk as a result of General Motors Corp. proceedings in federal bankruptcy court are invited to an informational meeting at 10 a.m. today, July 14, at IUE-CWA Local 798, 313 S. Jefferson St.“It’s a tough time ...
Stories for Saturday, July 11
Stock gains not likely to last, experts predict
After so many months of decline, the close of the stock market’s second quarter for 2009 looked much better on paper.The biggest gains for local stocks of interest were in the financial sector. Fifth Third Bancorp showed a more than 131 percent gain while Huntington Bancshares rose 120 percent.Most other ...
Slow-growing soybeans cause concern among area producers
Unlike the fast growing corn crop, soybeans still seem to be off to a slow start this year.I have been getting calls from producers that are worried about their slow-growing soybeans. Some of the common observations are stunted growth, with a “yellowing” that seems to be consistent through the leaf ...
So much hate, so much love and so little time
In the five months and three weeks since readers last took over this space, my snail mail and e-mail have taken on a decidedly red hot-ice cold nature. Those who enjoy the column smother me in roses. Those who can’t stand my views — and, often, the fact that I ...
Stories for Friday, July 10
Rex Stores president leaves company
HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County — David L. Bearden left as REX Stores Corp.’s president and chief operating officer late last month, according to a filing this week with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Bearden’s employment was terminated on June 30, according to the SEC filing. The filing gave no reason ...
Stories for Sunday, July 5
Cerium: From one-man operation to a booming business
A local company that started out more than two decades ago has branched out, adding partners, moving to new digs and expanding services for its clients. The Cerium Group, formerly The Wade Co., has moved out of the home of founder Buck Wade and into offices at 14 N. Lowry ...
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