EMPOWER NOMINEES: YBI’s Minority Business Assistance Center recently announced the honorees for the inaugural EmpowerUS Awards, a new community recognition event celebrating minority business excellence and leadership across the region. During a gathering at the Steelite International ...

The end of the year is approaching, and there will be some compelling options available if you’re shopping for an inexpensive SUV. One of the newest is the Chevrolet Trax. The Trax is Chevy’s smallest crossover SUV, yet it’s practical for its size and comes well equipped with the latest ...

Ohioans filed 5,961 initial unemployment claims Nov. 9-15, which was 824 fewer than the previous week. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Wednesday that Ohioans filed 42,161 continued unemployment claims last week, which was 253 more than the previous week. The total ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon is laying off more than 13,000 employees in mass job reductions that arrive as the telecommunications giant says it must “reorient” its entire company. The job cuts began on Thursday, per a staff memo from Verizon CEO Dan Schulman. In the letter, which was seen ...

Cracker Barrel shareholders voted Thursday to keep company CEO Julie Felss Masino in place despite a debacle over the company’s logo that continues to hurt its sales. But one of the company’s directors, Gilbert Davila, resigned from Cracker Barrel’s board Thursday after preliminary ...

Staff report Roemer Industries, a manufacturer of custom metal nameplates and industrial labels in Masury, has been awarded a $25,000 Small Business Grant from JobsOhio, the company announced Wednesday. Roemer will use the grant to invest in updated manufacturing technology equipment that ...