NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the second time since September. Before that, it had gone nine months without a cut. The federal funds rate is the rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another. While the rates consumers ...

ENGLEMAN PROMOTED: 7 17 Credit Union has announced that Shelley Engleman has been promoted to executive vice president and chief risk officer. In this role, Engleman will serve as 7 17’s second-in-command and sole executive vice president. Her appointment to this leadership position ...

NEW YORK (AP) — United States Steel on Tuesday detailed its billion-dollar multiyear growth plan with new owner Nippon Steel that includes modernizing the century-old steelmaker. The announcement comes just five months after Nippon Steel finalized a “historic partnership” with the ...

Let’s say you need a vehicle with room for more than five passengers, a large cargo area, and the ability to pull a heavy trailer. A full-size three-row SUV should work well, but which one? The most significant news this year is the redesigned Ford Expedition. Ford has given its biggest ...

Staff report BRITE Energy Innovators, a nationwide energy-tech business based in Warren, announced Thursday the appointment of Jade Davis as its new chief executive officer. In its news release, BRITE called Davis one of Ohio’s leading public affairs and energy executives. Davis ...

Staff report Ohioans filed 6,117 initial unemployment claims for the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported this week. That number was 654 more than the previous week. Ohioans filed 40,651 continued unemployment claims last week, an increase of 259 ...