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Jobs services issues weekly unemployment report

Staff report The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday that Ohioans filed 4,754 initial unemployment claims last week, which were 900 fewer than the previous week. Ohioans filed 40,552 continued unemployment claims last week, which was 711 more than the previous ...

PayPal’s empire under siege as rivals squeeze core business

NEW YORK (AP) — PayPal helped invent online checkout. Nearly three decades later, it’s struggling to defend its turf. The iconic online payments company is facing its biggest challenge in nearly three decades of existence. Its core business of customers using the app to check out when ...

Is cautious retirement spending doing you more harm than good?

When we were children, it was common to be afraid of the boogeyman. As we age, the boogeyman gets replaced with a new fear: running out of money in retirement. This concern is understandable given so many Americans are now responsible for not only building their retirement savings but also ...

Business briefs

JA DONATION: Building a solid economy for the Mahoning Valley’s future will mean educating young people to make wise financial decisions. Junior Achievement of Eastern Ohio is an organization dedicated to that mission. It is now developing a dynamic new facility to do that at the Eastwood ...

Edmunds: 5 least expensive new cars to buy in ’26

Buying a car is a major investment, especially when everyday costs keep rising. It can seem especially daunting given that the average price of a new vehicle is close to $50,000 in 2026. This is why the experts at Edmunds have compiled a list of the five least expensive vehicles on sale in ...

Caesars Entertainment, a Las Vegas Strip icon, is sold for nearly $6 billion

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Billionaire hospitality mogul Tilman Fertitta is acquiring Caesars Entertainment for almost $6 billion, a merger that would create one of the largest casino companies in the world. Caesars became an iconic name after the opening of Caesar’s Palace on the Las Vegas Strip ...