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Positive economic news bolsters Valley in 2025

An innovation hub for Youngstown, data centers planned for Lordstown, a Fortune 500 company rolls into town and an international steel company confirms its investment in Mahoning and Trumbull counties. That was 2025. What will Mahoning Valley’s business and industrial community do for an ...

More thrifting and fewer returns

NEW YORK (AP) — The shopping rush leading up to Christmas is over and in its place, like every year, another has begun as millions of people hunt for post-holiday deals and get in line to return gifts that didn’t fit, or didn’t hit quite right. Holiday spending using cash or cards ...

7 17 Credit Union announces merger with Canton group

7 17 Credit Union’s western expansion plan began Friday with the merger of Teamsters Local 92 Federal Credit Union in Canton, the Warren-headquartered financial institution announced in a news release. The Teamsters branch will close, and 7 17 will serve its 500 members at its North Canton ...

New jobless claims jump 2,000-plus

Ohio jobless claims jumped by more than 2,000 applicants for the week of Dec. 21 through Dec. 27, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Friday. Ohioans filed 10,463 initial unemployment claims last week, which was 2,212 more than the previous week. The agency said that ...

Saks CEO steps down as luxury retailer struggles under heavy debt load

NEW YORK (AP) — The top executive of the private company that owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus is stepping down as it struggles with debt taken on to buy a rival almost two years ago. Saks Global Enterprises said Friday that the departure of CEO Marc Metrick is effective ...

US stocks overcame turbulence and rose in 2025

NEW YORK — The year 2025 was scary good for investors. It was scary because the U.S. stock market plunged to several historic drops on worries about everything from President Donald Trump’s tariffs to interest rates to a possible bubble in artificial-intelligence technology. In the end, ...