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Seminar spotlights aerospace, defense manufacturing opportunities in region

Meet the people and technologies shaping the future of aerospace and defense manufacturing in Northeast Ohio. The inaugural Hub Exchange will take place 11 a.m. to 5 p.m Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Waypoint 4180 in Canfield for a day of innovation, insight and collaboration. HUBX will bring together ...

Musk: ‘Every kid’ to get SpaceX stock

Elon Musk on Monday pledged to give one share of his company SpaceX to “every kid in America” next year. The offer arrived a day after artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced in a social media post that it will commit 5% of its shares to a new “public benefit” fund. In a response to that Sunday post, Musk wrote, “I recommend giving the shares directly to the public.” Shares of SpaceX, which will report its quarterly earnings on Tuesday, closed at $146.03 on Friday. With approximately 73 million children under the age of 18 in the United States, that would put ...

Gas prices climb in Ohio as crude oil rises

Gas prices are 23 cents higher in Northeast Ohio this week at $4.108 per gallon, according to Monday’s AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is down six cents from last week at $4.29 even though crude oil prices are up to around $100 per barrel. The national average has stayed above $4 per gallon since late July and is currently more than a dollar higher than it was this time last year. The fall months typically bring lower gas prices, but volatility in the oil market has led to seasonal record highs this year. A week ago, ...

Ohio’s September unemployment rate increases to 3.4%

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

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

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.