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 ...

Staff report Mercy Health and health insurer Humana reached an agreement earlier this week affecting more than 10,000 Valley patients who use the health system as an in-network provider. The agreement takes effect Dec. 1 and covers Humana contracts for Medicare Advantage and Managed ...

An event celebrating small businesses along Market Street in Boardman will take place Dec. 12-14, coordinators Nicci Bell and Craig Duster announced Tuesday. The organizers said the Merry on Market Small Business Crawl is meant to deliver positive publicity and garner attention to Market ...