International Business News - OH http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A southwest Ohio county that had voting problems in the March primary will join Ohio's lawsuit against the voting machines' maker. Butler County's elections board voted Thursday to join the state's countersuit against Premier Election Solutions Inc. of Allen, Texas. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner recently counter sued the company after Premier sought a judgment stating it delivered on its contract to provide machines to 44 Ohio counties. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/county-joining-ohio-suit-over-voting-machines.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:37:07 EDT A landlord can enforce a clause in 1912 lease requiring that rent be paid in gold coin for a landmark building in Cleveland, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/federal-court-in-ohio-oks-1912-gold-lease-clause.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:12:59 EDT Delta Air Lines Inc. plans to shift operations in January from one of its three concourses at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to the remaining two. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/delta-to-shift-flights-at-cincinnati-hub.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:47:15 EDT Cleveland was the nation's second most impoverished big city in 2007, according to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey released Tuesday. The northeast Ohio city along Lake Erie is among U.S. cities which have suffered from job losses and a rising tide of foreclosures. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/cleveland-has-second-highest-poverty-rank-in-us.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:10:09 EDT Up against a multimillion dollar ad campaign, defenders of Ohio's tough new payday lending law are turning to YouTube.com. The Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio has created an online video that warns viewers not to be deceived by the payday lending industry, which is trying to repeal the law. It is also soliciting donations through a Web site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/backers-of-ohio-payday-lending-law-go-online.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:24:17 EDT Some people dub it "stools for schools," yet the mayor's plan to lease Akron's sewage system gets high marks from others. Mayor Don Plusquellic has proposed leasing the city-owned sewage system to a private contractor for up to $200 million and using the money to finance college scholarships for Akron's public high school graduates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/akron-eyes-sewage-system-deal-for-scholarships.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:19:30 EDT Ohio's transportation department pulled back on a plan to greatly increase fees on trucks that carry oversize loads, the third issue in a week in which Gov. Ted Strickland has tried to balance the state's economy with other interests. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/ohio-governor-backpedals-on-truck-fee-proposal.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:27:14 EDT Auto parts maker Dana Corp. is selling its headquarters in Toledo and moving to one of the company's existing offices in a nearby suburb. Dana has been hit hard by the slumping U.S. auto industry and announced earlier this month that it will cut 3,000 jobs in its North American work force by the end of the year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/dana-moving-out-of-toledo-into-suburban-office.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:27:33 EDT Nearly 200 people packed an Ohio legislative meeting Tuesday to hear testimony on the impact of DHL plans to switch to UPS cargo delivery--a move that would cost an estimated 8,000 jobs at an air park in this southwest Ohio city. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/ohio-lawmakers-meet-on-possible-dhl-ups-contract.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:58:13 EDT A new study commissioned by a small business group says Ohio would lose 75,000 jobs in the next five years if voters approve a ballot issue that would give most full-time workers seven paid sick days a year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/study-ohio-sick-day-mandate-will-cost-75-000-jobs.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:47:09 EDT Duke Energy Corp. has reached an out-of-court settlement with a former employee who claimed he was fired for questioning payments the utility made to some major corporate customers, a spokesman said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/duke-energy-ex-employee-settle-suit-in-ohio-court.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:05:37 EDT Ohio's unemployment rate reached 7.2 percent in July, the highest level in more than 15 years, led by job losses in the leisure and hospitality industries, state officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/ohio-jobless-rate-hits-7-2-percent-in-july.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:21:06 EDT The Cincinnati Enquirer is asking for 50 volunteers companywide to take buyouts, part of nationwide cost cutting by the Gannett Co. Gannett, The Enquirer's parent company, said Thursday it is eliminating 1,000 jobs, including 600 layoffs, across its newspaper operations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/cincinnati-newspaper-seeks-buyout-volunteers.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:42:29 EDT A union representing 2,000 workers at a suburban Ohio General Motors plant wants employees to have a chance to transfer to other GM plants when the factory closes but is frustrated at the pace of contract talks, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/gm-union-in-ohio-pushing-for-transfer-rights.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:34:27 EDT Five years to the day of the largest blackout in North America, the power went out in several Cleveland suburbs--then was quickly restored. About 15,000 customers in the eastern Cleveland suburbs including Beachwood, Pepper Pike and Mayfield Heights were in the dark at 9:09 a.m. Thursday because of a lighting strike. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/lights-out-in-ohio-on-blackouts-anniversary.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:54:16 EDT People gathering petition signatures in an effort to repeal Ohio's strict payday lending laws are misleading voters, critics said Tuesday. In numerous cases, including several caught on audio tape, signature gatherers are telling voters that the repeal effort is intended to lower interest rates on payday loans, according to the Coalition for Responsible Lending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/critics-in-ohio-question-payday-lending-signatures.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:39:26 EDT Burger King Corp. said Tuesday it has parted ways with an employee who was recorded taking a soapy bath in the restaurant's utility sink. The nearly four-minute video, which was posted Thursday on MySpace.com, shows the unidentified employee taking the bath to celebrate his birthday. The worker, who refers to himself as "Mr. Unstable," appears to be naked. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/burger-king-worker-in-ohio-takes-bath-in-sink.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:19:40 EDT A congressional committee will hold a hearing on a proposed deal between DHL and United Parcel Service that threatens more than 8,000 jobs in southwest Ohio. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/congress-to-hold-hearing-on-dhl-ups-proposal.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:07:34 EDT Ohio has given an additional $1 million to a group of nonprofit organizations trying to help fight off foreclosure. The 11 nonprofit groups have kept 515 low-income and middle class families in their homes by providing no-interest loans from $3,000 to $5,000. It's a bright spot in a state that is one of the hardest hit in the U.S. mortgage foreclosure crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/ohio-groups-fighting-foreclosures-get-1-million.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:44:22 EDT All but a handful of Ohio's metropolitan areas trailed U.S. per capita personal income growth last year, according to figures released Thursday by the Commerce Department's U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/most-ohio-metro-areas-trail-national-income-growth.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:01:34 EDT