Shale gas production soaring but processing company will move it south
COLUMBUS --- Anyone looking for evidence of the shale gas and oil boom in Ohio found it Thursday at the 67th winter meeting of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association. Gas and oil production are accelerating...
View ArticleUtica shale play smaller than thought but production is staggering
The shale boom will probably be confined for now to just a few counties on the eastern and southern side of Ohio, says the state's veteran geologist. View full sizeA shale drilling rig stands lit in...
View ArticleAldi hiring for more than 24 jobs at its stores in Cuyahoga, Medina, Lorain...
Store associates make $11.50 per hour; shift managers make up to $16 per hour; and manager trainees make $22.50 per hour. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Discount grocer Aldi Inc. will be hiring for more than two...
View ArticleCleveland's "trouble-making" demographer gets a center to plot the region's...
Richey Piiparinen will lead the new Center for Population Dynamics at Cleveland State University Richey Piiparinen now has his own research center at Cleveland State University in which to study and...
View ArticleApplied Industrial Technologies could buy Cleveland headquarters through...
Applied, in exchange for public subsidies, will buy its building and commit to keeping its headquarters and at least 300 jobs in Cleveland for a decade. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An industrial distributor...
View ArticleDick Pace, Trammell Crow tapped as Cleveland lakefront developers with big...
Their vision: A neighborhood of sorts, with more than 1,000 apartments, stores and restaurants, an office building, a public boardwalk and a downtown school. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The city of Cleveland...
View ArticleKPMG employees applaud the firm's flexible hours and family-friendly policies
KPMG Partner Nicole Hilbert said her managers told her: "We don't want you to quit. We want to keep good talent, so how can we make it work for you?" CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mamta Soni still remembers the...
View ArticleCosmax USA hiring 210 and on pace to start producing in Solon by the end of 2014
Cosmax spokesman Sok-Min Yu said the company's commitment to Solon and Northeast Ohio goes well beyond the 59 full-time and 151 part-time jobs it will create. CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cosmax USA, the South...
View ArticlePositively Cleveland rebrands Cleveland by giving people something to talk about
"We must change the narrative about Cleveland as a visitors' destination. That is absolutely the key," said David Gilbert, president and CEO of Positively Cleveland, the region's convention and...
View ArticleGrafTech proxy battle heating up, could continue into annual investor meeting
The contest for the future of GrafTech International is turning into a brawl. Craig Shular, former CEO of GrafTechMarvin Fong, The Plain DealerPARMA, Ohio -- GrafTech International, LLC, is headed...
View ArticleGeis nears halfway mark at The 9 in downtown Cleveland as financing jells...
As outside money starts flowing into the project, participants in the financing said the Ameritrust redevelopment is one of the most -- if not the most -- complicated deals they've tackled. CLEVELAND,...
View ArticleFirstEnergy Solutions billing customers for reserve power during arctic weather
January's arctic weather keeps on costing consumers, this time with a new charge for reserve power used in January FirstEnergy Solutions wants its customers to help pay surcharges for high-voltage...
View ArticleWith so many unemployed, why are 7,400 manufacturing jobs open in this region?
Only in recent years have businesses, educators and community leaders started focusing more on the role of education in manufacturing. AKRON, Ohio -- For all the talk about the lack of jobs in...
View ArticleRPM reports record profits of $16.2 million for 3rd quarter of fiscal 2014
"Our strategically balanced business model continues to serve us well in these choppy economic times, with this quarter's industrial segment growth offsetting weather-induced weakness in the consumer...
View ArticleSherwin-Williams ends its pursuit of Consorcio Comex's Mexican division
Its announcement and related court complaint reveals new details about what went on behind the scenes as Sherwin-Williams worked to comply with conditions imposed by Mexican antitrust regulators....
View ArticleAt Cleveland startup expo, entrepreneurship becomes a riveting exhibit: the Mix
The stunning new atrium of the Cleveland Museum of Art became a showcase of the local innovation economy Monday for the 2014 Northeast Ohio Entrepreneurship Expo. For the Entrepreneur Expo, the...
View ArticleUber launches its app-driven transportation service in Cleveland today
"With Cleveland's downtown population the highest it's been in a decade, and more people returning to the urban core, Uber's entry into Cleveland comes at a time when the city needs it most," said...
View ArticleDevelopers plan high-rise apartment tower in University Circle, on children's...
Stretching to 260 feet or more, the One University Circle tower could be the city's tallest all-residential building. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A towering apartment building - standing 25 to 28 stories tall...
View ArticlePink-mustached Lyft launches its own car service in Cleveland today
"Getting a ride in your city should be as easy as calling a friend -- and it can be just as fun, too," Lyft says on its website. "Lyft is your friend with a car." Albeit, your friend whose car wears a...
View ArticleOhio acknowledges connection between hydraulic fracturing and Youngstown...
Hydraulic fracturing near a geologic fault line can -- and has -- led to earth quakes, says the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. ODNR reviewing all permits not yet drilled. View full...
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