Business Stories for February 2010
Stories for Monday, February 22
Dayton aviation director Iftikhar Ahmad offered New Orleans job
DAYTON — Dayton International Airport will have a new air traffic control tower and parking garage this summer, its terminal building’s lobby will have a new layout and look by year’s end, new airport restaurants have opened and the airlines’ costs of doing business there have been reduced. Now, the ...
Stories for Saturday, February 20
Former Eagle Tool exec hailed for civic leadership
SPRINGFIELD — The recipient of this year’s Richard L. Kuss Lifetime Community Achievement Award has been described as a sagacious, unassuming servant-leader by one local businessman who still looks up to the man he met more than a decade ago.Charlie Brougher, former president and CEO of Eagle Tool and Machine ...
Stories for Thursday, February 18
Tales of Adaptation
When Charles Darwin said it isn’t the strongest or the most intelligent that survive, but those most adaptable to change, he wasn’t talking about business.But he could have been.The recent economic downturn has forced businesses across the country that have followed the same path for years — even decades — ...
Former Miss Ohio runs successful area health center
In a brightly colored, roomy office in downtown Mechanicsburg, Ellen Spinner finished her morning workload joking with a patient and answering a few questions the woman had about her insurance.A few minutes later, another patient stopped in to drop off a music CD he had copied for her. As a ...
Med centers’ leaders see bright future downtown
Urban policy expert David Rusk, in a recent visit to Springfield, said one of the best things the city has done in the last 10 years is convince both of you to come downtown. Do you agree?Mark Wiener: I think the decision to relocate (Community Hospital and Mercy Medical Center) ...
Medical centers transforming downtown Springfield
Welcome to downtown — or in the case of the city of Springfield — welcome to a city that is transforming its core from the poster child for the transition from manufacturing’s demise to acres dedicated to the latest in state-of-the-art medical facilities.Ohio Valley Medical Center, 100 W. Main St., ...
Competition forces many to expand horizons
Being in business is a game of survival of the fittest. It wasn’t always that way. In the past, you could be mediocre and survive. Today, the competition is too strong.Strong leadership is one of the keys to success. This applies whether we’re talking about a one or two person ...
AdCare Health Systems poised for ‘good growth’
It’s a nondescript red brick building sitting on Ohio 41 amid a row of single-family homes. It gives no hint that from within there are close to 900 employees, controlling 16 senior living facilities that can be found on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: ADK).OK, all 900 employees don’t ...
Health care businesses, agencies vital to community
Champaign County may not be top of mind for many people when health care or the medical industry is mentioned, but to many Champaign County businesses play an important part in providing and preserving good health and nutrition.International Fiber Corporation’s (IFC), employs many area residents at their Urbana facility, which ...
Being a successful leader also means being a visionary
Being a successful leader begins with the evaluation process of your corporate culture. It’s imperative to have the ability to inspire and create an exciting, energetic and rewarding work environment. Everyone is looking for a place where their opinions and ideas are considered. An environment where everyone has a say ...
Defense jobs center to be established for region
DAYTON — DaytonDefense, the regional association of defense contracting companies, will receive $300,000 in federal funding to establish a center that will help Ohioans who have lost their jobs to prepare for new jobs expected as programs from military bases in other states are relocated to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.U.S. ...
Stories for Wednesday, February 17
Ohio foreclosures set record in 2009
COLUMBUS — Residential foreclosures in Ohio set a new record in 2009, with signs that the continuing crisis has spread to rural and upscale suburban counties, according to data released on Wednesday, Feb. 17, by the Ohio Supreme Court. Statewide, there were 89,053 foreclosures, up 3.8 percent from the 85,773 ...
Stories for Monday, February 15
State to use $50M for electronic medical records
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Health Information Partnership has announced more than $50 million in funding to help make electronic medical records more widely available across Ohio.OHIP, the state-designated entity for health information exchange development, received $43.3 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The state’s 2010-11 biennial ...
Stories for Saturday, February 13
PNC ready to complete change of local branches
SPRINGFIELD — When all area National City Bank branches close Friday, Feb. 19, it will be the swan song for the Cleveland-based bank that has had a local presence since 1984 when it merged with BancOhio.Pittsburgh-based PNC acquired Cleveland-based National City on Dec. 31, 2008, for $5.58 billion.National City customers, ...
Stories for Thursday, February 11
Ohio OKs Verizon-Frontier local telephone service deal
Ohio regulators on Thursday, Feb. 11, approved Frontier Communications Corp.’s acquisition of Verizon Communications Inc.’s local wireline telephone operations. That will make Frontier the second-largest local telephone provider in Ohio, serving residential and small-business customers in 77 of the state’s 88 counties. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved a ...
Loans to local small businesses down 28%
COLUMBUS — Loans to small businesses in Dayton dropped by 28 percent from 2006-2009, part of a statewide trend that hobbled the economy’s best engine for producing jobs, according to a study prepared by Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher’s U.S. Senate campaign and released on Wednesday, Feb. 10.In Dayton, the loans ...
Stories for Wednesday, February 10
State establishes fund to invest in energy projects
COLUMBUS — State officials have established a public-private partnership they hope will make at least $80 million available to invest in energy projects and energy technology companies, with a long-term goal of advancing Ohio’s economy by creating new jobs.The Ohio Energy Gateway Fund starts with a total of $40 million ...
Stories for Tuesday, February 9
Over 300 jobs expected from grants to Dayton, Springfield companies
Three area companies — two in Dayton and another in Springfield — will receive more than $845,000 in economic development grants from the Ohio Department of Development, the department said late Monday, Feb. 8.Together, these grants are expected to create 327 new jobs and retain 199 positions, the state said.Quickstep ...
Stories for Saturday, February 6
Woman opens organic grocery store
For more than two decades, LuAnn Shafer worked as an assistant director at Wittenberg University.Her new job, however, places more emphasis on fresh fruit and local food than on helping manage employee benefits. Although she enjoyed working at the university, Shafer resigned from her previous position, and last week realized ...
When doing your ’09 taxes, don’t overlook extra credits
Everyone with a job should have received an official W-2 form from employers by Feb. 1, which means it’s time to get serious about 2009 income tax preparation.Whether taxpayers choose the traditional paper method, rely on computer software such as TurboTax, or schedule a meeting with a tax preparer, there ...
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