Business Stories for December 2012
Stories for Sunday, December 30
Springfield pizza business reopens on Bechtle
Papa Murphy’s Springfield location is reopening less than two months after closing and losing all its workers. The pizza chain, at 1930 N. Bechtle Ave., is taking applications to staff the restaurant, which will reopen Sunday . “It reopens with a new owner, new management and new staff,” said Mike ...
Stories for Saturday, December 29
Game show helps local companies on team-building skills
Companies used a local disc jockey service’s game show at their holiday parties to help strengthen team-building skills among their employees this month.All Occasion Entertainment Services, owned by Springfield resident Brad Webb, performed its Game Show Mania event three times this holiday season at different corporate parties around the area ...
Stories for Friday, December 28
Want to be a smarter consumer in 2013? Here’s how
With the new year two days away, it’s never too late to prepare yourself to be a better consumer in 2013. The new year brings new challenges, including ways con artists are trying to separate you from your money. Your Better Business Bureau offers tips to keep you safe and ...
Small businesses had hopes for holiday surge/Some retailers feel late-season pinch, while others finishing strong
A week before Christmas, December sales at Patti’s Cards & Gifts in Middletown were comfortably ahead of last year’s pace, and store co-owner Bruce Robe was confident the business was poised to wrap up a successful holiday shopping season.“Then it got slow,” Robe said.By Christmas, sales were lagging behind last ...
Stories for Thursday, December 27
Use of e-books jumps
The Pew Internet Research Center released a new surveyon Thursday found the percentage of Americans aged 16 and older who read an e-book grew from 16 percent in 2011 to 23 percent this year. Readers of traditional books dropped from 72 percent to 67 percent. Overall, those reading books of ...
Robbins & Myers approve merger with National Oilwell Varco
Robbins & Myers Inc., which has operations in Springfield, announced Thursday that company shareholders approved the merger of Robbins & Myers with National Oilwell Varco Inc.Based on the terms of the merger agreement, Robbins & Myers will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco and shareholders of Robbins & ...
Fees undermine fliers’ ability to compare fares
By Joan Lowy Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For many passengers, air travel is only about finding the cheapest fare. But as airlines offer a proliferating list of add-on services, from early boarding to premium seating and baggage fees, the ability to comparison-shop for the lowest total fare is eroding. ...
Home prices rise across U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices rose in most major cities in October compared with a year ago, pushed up by rising sales and a decline in the supply of available homes. Higher prices show the housing market is improving even as it moves into the more dormant fall and ...
Stories for Monday, December 24
Audits for illegal workers rise
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reached its highest number yet of companies audited for illegal immigrants on their payrolls this past fiscal year. Audits of employer I-9 forms increased from 250 in fiscal year 2007 to more than 3,000 in 2012. From fiscal years 2009 to 2012, the total amount ...
Stories for Sunday, December 23
10 things you never knew about the North Pole
There's more to the North Pole than just snow and Santa. Ever since it was discovered by Robert E. Peary, Matthew Henson, and four Eskimo companions back in 1909, the North Pole has been a place of international intrigue—did you know several countries are now fighting over vast underground oil ...
Stories for Saturday, December 22
Hunting proves big business
Until a year ago, Springfield had limited options for hunters looking for supplies for the fall and winter hunting season.Now two large stores offer a range of items to accommodate hunters, campers and fishers locally.MC Sports, a sporting goods store in the Upper Valley Mall, expanded its store this winter ...
Speedway, local tech firm partner for mobile app
Speedway LLC turned to a Dayton-area technology startup to take its successful customer loyalty program digital. Marxent Labs of Kettering developed the new Speedway mobile application for the Enon-based convenience store chain, which has about 1,460 stores in seven Midwest states, including Ohio. Developing the Speedway mobile app was “complex” ...
Stories for Friday, December 21
Park National has new CFO
Park National Corp.’s chief financial officer has retired earlier than previously announced, the bank said.It was announced earlier this year that John Kozak would retire in 2013. He has retired as of Dec. 19.Chief Accounting Officer Brady Burt succeeds Kozak as CFO.Accounting Vice President Matthew Miller becomes chief accounting officer, ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 19
Kodak sells patents, gets closer to leaving bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday it has sold its digital imaging patents for about $525 million — a move the company hopes will speed its journey through bankruptcy. Part of that money will be paid by 12 intellectual property licensees organized by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp., with each licensee ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 18
State: Refund checks on way to possibly 11K companies
Thousands of Ohio businesses are due a tax refund. Ohio government is starting to return nearly $14 million to 3,500 Ohio businesses who “unknowingly overpaid” their commercial activity tax, Gov. John Kasich’s office said Tuesday. Kasich’s office said the state now will notify a business when it has overpaid and ...
Homebuilder confidence growing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Confidence among U.S. homebuilders inched upward this month to the highest level in more than six and a half years as builders reported the best market for newly built homes since the housing boom.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Tuesday increased ...
Stories for Saturday, December 15
Christmas travel tips for safety, avoiding rip-offs
Whether you’re hitting the roads or catching a flight this holiday season, try to stay calm and stress free. Your Better Business Bureau offers some tips to keep your holiday traveling safe. According to AAA Miami Valley and a study by Global Insight (IHS), one in four Americans or 93.3 ...
Stories for Friday, December 14
Local gas prices fall below $3 a gallon
Staff and wire reportGasoline prices fell below $3 a gallon Friday at several Dayton-area service stations, mirroring a nationwide drop toward their lowest level of the year.Nine area service stations were selling regular-grade gas for $2.99 a gallon as of 4:30 p.m. Friday, according to DaytonGasPrices.com, a website that monitors ...
Stories for Thursday, December 13
Ohio’s broadband availability gap shrinks
Ohio’s broadband availability gap is shrinking, but many state residents are still on the wrong side of the so-called “digital divide,” according to new research from a Columbus nonprofit group working to bring affordable high-speed Internet service to every household in the state.Nearly 98 percent of Ohio households can access ...
Wright-Patt Credit Union to offer video teller
Wright-Patt Credit Union said it will introduce next year video teller technology, beginning at its new branch offices opening in Springfield and Springboro. The credit union is one of the first in Ohio to have this technology, said Tracy Fors, spokeswoman for the Fairborn-based credit union. Customers will be able ...
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