Business Stories for March 2012
Stories for Wednesday, March 7
Unmanned aircraft conference April 17-18 at Sinclair College
DAYTON — Registration is open to businesses, military personnel and others interested in attending an April 17-18 conference on unmanned aerial systems, which include the aircraft and their sensor systems.Sinclair Community College will host the Ohio UAS Conference at its Ponitz Center in downtown Dayton. The Dayton region, which serves ...
Stories for Tuesday, March 6
Wright State wins patent for computing project
Wright State University has been assigned a patent for core techniques of the Twitris system, a web application for social media analysis, university officials said. The Twitris system was developed at Kno.e.sis, the Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing, on the Wright State campus. The patent, titled “Methods and ...
Ohio Supreme Court approves Champaign County wind energy operation
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for construction and operation of a wind energy facility in Champaign County, despite a dissenting justice’s conclusion that a public safety concern wasn’t adequately addressed.The court, in a 4-3 decision, upheld an order by Ohio’s Power Siting Board approving ...
DPL Inc. names new CEO
AES Corp. has named Phil Herrington president and CEO of DPL Inc., the parent company of Dayton Power & Light Co. He succeeds Paul Barbas, who left DPL in December following the acquisition of DPL by AES.Herrington currently serves as president of Global Wind Generation for AES where he is ...
Stories for Monday, March 5
PBS focuses on Springfield manufacturer
A PBS film crew visited Springfield’s McGregor Metalworking companies for a segment that this scheduled to run 6 p.m. today on the PBS Newshour, according to McGregor.PBS reporter Judy Woodruff visited the company to “learn about the challenges that face manufacturers and their views on the (presidential) candidate platforms,” McGregor ...
Stories for Sunday, March 4
Honda growth benefits other companies
SPRINGFIELD — Honda’s investment of more than $500 million in Ohio plants in the last 15 months is good news for its 13,500 employees in the state.It also benefits thousands more through work at area Honda suppliers.Auto industry analyst David Cole described growth at major manufacturers such as Honda as ...
Stories for Saturday, March 3
When it comes to scams, the elderly are often the targets
Elder financial abuse occurs when seniors’ finances are exploited by scammers preying on their vulnerabilities. The Better Business Bureau receives hundreds of calls annually from older adults about scams involving investments, Medicare, donations, door-to-door sales, travel deals, work-at-home jobs and prizes. Many victims don’t realize they’ve been taken. Or, if ...
Springfield famous as antiques mecca
SPRINGFIELD — People routinely come to Springfield from as far away as Japan and China in order to own mementos of the nation’s past.Hundreds of thousands of collectors bring with them as much as $103 million every year for the local economy, by one official estimate.Springfield has had a combined ...
Wedding destination, banquet center gets makeover
MONROE TWP., Miami County — The new owners of The Willow Tree at 1900 W. Ohio 571 just west of Tipp City are restoring the historic property and will host weddings, banquets and other gatherings this summer and beyond.Ben Bickert and his wife Erin already had a sentimental attachment to ...
Stories for Friday, March 2
Whirlpool Corp. Named One of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies
Whirlpool Corporation has been recognized as one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies in the Home Equipment, Furnishings industry sector. It is the second year in a row the Benton Harbor, Mich.-based company finished first in this sector, Whirlpool officials said in a news release.Whirlpool — the world’s leading ...
Stories for Thursday, March 1
Manufacturer to bring 240 jobs to Miami County
DAYTON — The $270 million nutritional drinks manufacturing plant that Abbott plans to build in Tipp City will be among the company’s most important, an Abbott spokesman said. Health goods manufacturer Abbott Laboratories said Thursday the plant will employ 240 people and produce two Abbott brands, Ensure and Glucerna, for ...
Air Force awards nearly $77 million in aircraft contracts
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — The Air Force awarded a $70 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. for seven new planes, and a $6.8 million contract to Hawker Beechcraft Defense Co. for a trainer aircraft.Lockheed is to provide four MC-130J resupply and refueling aircraft, two AC-130J gunships and one HC-130J ...
Retailers report sales gains for February
Several retailers with stores in west-central and southwest Ohio reported strong sales gains for February in the latest sign Americans are feeling more confident in the economy . Retailers including Target Corp., Macy’s Inc. and Limited Brands Inc., reported monthly sales figures that exceeded Wall Street estimates. In addition, Kohl’s ...
Manufacturing, Navistar jobs rebounding
SPRINGFIELD — Manufacturing jobs are on the rebound nationwide, and Navistar International is a prime example: employment levels at the company have ballooned 166 percent since 2010.The number of employees at Navistar has increased to 800, up from 300 at the end of 2010. In the last year alone, employment ...
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