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Women Move Toward Financial Empowerment
Thursday, June 17, 2004NEWARK, N.J.-- A study released today by Prudential Financial shows that nearly half of the women polled expect to save or invest more money over the next 12 months.In addition, the study by Prudential Financial Inc.reveals that the majority of those polled are more involved in personal and household financial decisions, including purchasing or managing various products that help grow and protect wealth.
Mahoning Valley Wages Show Gains
Thursday, June 17, 2004CHICAGO -- Average annual wages in the Youngstown-Warren metropolitan area rose 3.5% from 2001 to 2002, according to the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report, released Wednesday, put the annual average wage for the area at $29,799 in 2002, up from $28,789 in 2001.Annual wages in the Great Lakes states -- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin -- averaged $36,095 in 2002, representing a 2.2% increase from a year earlier, according to the bureau.
Congressmen Seek Disaster Declaration for Mahoning, Portage"
Thursday, June 17, 2004WASHINGTON -- U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan of Niles and Ted Strickland of Lisbon sent a letter Wednesday to President Bush asking that a federal disaster declaration be issued for Mahoning and Portage counties. Storms in the month of May damaged homes and businesses in both counties. A federal disaster declaration has already been made for several counties in Ohio, including Columbiana and Stark counties. The letter to Bush cites both congressmen's support of Gov. Bob Taft's request for the addition of the two counties to the disaster declaration. "The people of our area need this help.
Survey: 3 out of 4 Americans Back Stem Cell Research
Thursday, June 17, 2004WASHINGTON -- By a decisive margin of 74-21%, Americans support former First Lady Nancy Reagan's call for the Bush White House to lift restrictions on stem cell research in order to look for possible treatments for the Alzheimer's disease that afflicted former President Ronald Reagan prior to his recent death, as well as the other grave illnesses -- including diabetes, Parkinson's, heart disease and multiple sclerosis -- that are suffered by millions of other Americans, according to a new survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of the Results for America project of the nonpr
Reagan Will Get Stamp in 2005
Thursday, June 17, 2004WASHINGTON -- Supporters of former President Ronald W. Reagan won't have to wait a decade for a stamp bearing his image. The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday announced that it will issue a commemorative stamp next year bearing the image of the 40th president, who died June 5."The Postal Service will be proud to add a commemorative postage stamp to recognize the many honors that President Reagan, a man of diverse talents, accumulated throughout his life and beyond.
"Congressmen Seek Disaster Declaration for Mahoning, Portage"
Wednesday, June 16, 2004"WASHINGTON -- U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan of Niles and Ted Strickland of Lisbon sent a letter Wednesday to President Bush asking that a federal disaster declaration be issued for Mahoning and Portage counties. Storms in the month of May damaged homes and businesses in both counties. A federal disaster declaration has already been made for several counties in Ohio, including Columbiana and Stark counties. The letter to Bush cites both congressmen's support of Gov. Bob Taft's request for the addition of the two counties to the disaster declaration. "The people of our area need this help.
House Continues Filling Oil Reserve
Wednesday, June 16, 2004WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives Tuesday voted down a measure that could have halted deliveries of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The bill would have effectively put more crude oil on the market, driving down gas prices until OPEC increases its production later this year, said Rep. Ted Strickland of Lisbon, D-6th. "The Administration continues to flood the SPR at more than twice its normal level while paying record prices for the oil and contributing to the shortage in the market," said Strickland, who voted in favor of temporarily halting deposits to the SPR.
Specialty Steel Consumption Continues Upward Trend
Wednesday, June 16, 2004WASHINGTON -- Specialty steel consumption in the U.S. has reversed a downward spiral and started sustaining an upward trend, according to first quarter data released Tuesday by the Specialty Steel Industry of North America.Specialty steel consumption increased 6% to 686,149 tons in YTD March 2004. (All comparisons are with the corresponding period in the previous year, unless otherwise noted.) Although imports during the three-month period decreased 1% to 169,171 tons, they still captured a significant 25% of the U.S. specialty steel market.
Provo-Orem Tops List of Most Secure Places to Live
Wednesday, June 16, 2004LOS ANGELES -- We all want to feel secure about where we live, but where are the most secure places in America? According to Farmers Insurance Group's ranking of the Top 25 Most Secure U.S. Places to Live, the most secure location in the U.S. is the Provo-Orem, Utah area.The rankings, compiled by database experts at www.bestplaces.net, take into consideration crime statistics, risk of natural disasters and job loss numbers in 213 U.S.
Feds Added 4,148 Rules in '03"
Wednesday, June 16, 2004WASHINGTON -- While Washington rule makers made 19 fewer regulations in 2003 than they did in 2002, they still issued 4,148 new rules in the 71,269 page Federal Register. The cost of these rules can never be fully known and appear nowhere in the federal budget, said Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., vice president for policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, in a new Cato Institute report.