Ohio’s September unemployment rate increases to 3.4%

October 17, 2026

Ohio's unemployment rate was 3.4% in September, up from 3.3% in August, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday . The state’s Ohio’s nonagricultural wage and salary employment decreased 5,000 over the month, from a revised 5,693,300 in August to 5,688,300 in September. The number of workers unemployed in Ohio in September was 196,000, up from 195,000 in August. The number of unemployed has decreased by 62,000 in the past 12 months from 258,000. The September unemployment rate for Ohio decreased 0.9 percentage points from 4.3% in September 2025. The U.S. ...

How General Motors is simulating its way to autonomous driving

October 17, 2026

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — At the General Motors Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, in suburban Detroit, hundreds of volunteer, real-world drivers have hopped inside a Cadillac Lyriq electric vehicle or other popular GM models and experienced all sorts of things while in the car: regular ...

Mayfield Village-based insurer earns $2.54B

October 17, 2026

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) — Progressive Corp. on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $2.54 billion. On a per-share basis, the company said it had profit of $4.37. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs, were $4.60 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $4.46 per share. The insurer posted revenue of $23.19 billion in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $23.36 billion, which fell short of Street forecasts. Six analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $23.41 billion.

AI founders cheer as Trump calls for industry to self-police

October 17, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech Week is in full bloom in San Francisco, packing the city’s restaurants this week with venture capitalists and AI founders ebullient about the White House’s stance on regulating artificial intelligence — namely, don’t do it. And after months of debate about leading AI companies’ unchecked AI agents meddling with everything from U.S. government websites to healthcare data, the nation now finds itself further from governing AI systems than it was a few years ago. President Donald Trump brought tech titans to Washington late last month for a luncheon ...

I thought I had these three retirement topics figured out. Here’s why I changed my mind

October 17, 2026

As much as there are immutable truths in investing and money matters — costs matter and getting started earlier is best, for example — many of the precepts we hold true as investors depend on the data. When the data change, so should our thinking. Here are three retirement-related topics I’ve altered my thinking on, because I was off-base in the first place or gained new information. THE DIY MODEL FOR RETIREMENT When I was newer in my career, I was pretty much on “Team DIY.” I wasn’t anti-adviser, but surely investors who are willing to roll up their sleeves could do it ...

Kelly Clarkson and a Brooklyn store clashed on social media. Behind it, power dynamics loomed

October 17, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — It was something most people have likely done at one time or another: complain to others about feeling judged or dismissed during an interaction, maybe even take to social media to post about it. But just because we might all have the same impulse, we all don’t have the ...