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Huntington Lends Money (but Gives Pens Away)
Thursday, July 10, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Not only are the ballpoint pens chained to a small counter when you visit a bank, they’re almost always out of ink. Or so it seems.
Sometime in 2009, the chief marketing officer at Huntington National Bank, Executive Vice President David Clifton, saw an opportunity and seized it.
Garvey Reveals Plans for '21st Century Business Park'
Thursday, July 10, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Work is underway to create what is described as a "21st century business park" to house companies that comprise a value and supply chain related to additive manufacturing and America Makes: The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, an executive says.
Michael Garvey, president and CEO of M-7 Technologies Inc. in Youngstown, said during a panel discussion at the Brookings Institute in Washington D.C. Wednesday that principals are in the process of developing the park, which would be located in Youngstown.
Doing Business in China More Complicated than Realized
Thursday, July 10, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The economy of China resembles a house of cards liable to collapse at any second but somehow stays intact, the chief engineer in China for the Timken Corp. said Wednesday night.
'3 Minutes With' Brookings Institute Manufacturing Forum
Thursday, July 10, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Today's “3 Minutes With” focuses two speakers at yesterday's Brookings Institute Manufacturing Forum in Washington, D.C., which was streamed on the Internet. Michael Garvey, president of M7 Technologies in Youngstown, discusses plans to develop a business park here that would capitalize on the presence of America Makes. Ed Morris, America Makes’ director, discusses how 3D printing technology can be applied in manufacturing and a local casting project involving area foundries, the Youngstown Business Incubator and Youngstown State University.
Team NEO Introduces Its Revamped Website
Thursday, July 10, 2014CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Team NEO has launched an enhanced, mobile-responsive website to assist in its efforts to market the northeastern Ohio region.
The revamped website, which Team NEO announced Wednesday, is redesigned to offer enhanced navigation and functionality that allows business decision-makers and site selectors to quickly find the information they need on Northeast Ohio.
Arby’s Anniversary Events to Benefit Second Harvest
Thursday, July 10, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. will kick off the celebration of the roast beef sandwich chain’s founding 50 years ago in the Mahoning Valley with a promotion to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley.
On July 23, 2014, Forrest and Leroy Raffel opened their first Arby’s restaurant in Boardman. The chain, now based in Atlanta, has grown to nearly 3,400 restaurants nationwide.
Leadership Mahoning Valley Extends Application Deadline
Thursday, July 10, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The application deadline for the Leadership Mahoning Valley Class of 2014-2015 has been extended to July 25. Participants complete a nine-month program, which includes nine monthly daylong sessions that focus on major community systems such as education, health, human service, heritage, government, justice, labor, business, poverty and diversity.
CEO Confidence in Economy Declines, Survey Finds
Thursday, July 10, 2014NEW YORK -- The Conference Board and PwC Measure of CEO Confidence, which rose in the first quarter, declined slightly in the second quarter. The measure stands at 62, down from 63 last quarter.
A figure of 51 and above reflects more positive than negative responses.
F.N.B. Corp. Names Pittsburgh as Headquarters
Wednesday, July 09, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- F.N.B. Corp., parent company of First National Bank of Pennsylvania, announced today that it has formally named Pittsburgh as its corporate headquarters. Its operations center and support areas at its office building in Hermitage, Pa., will remain and employees there "will not be impacted by the headquarters announcement and the bank’s charter will remain in Greenville where it was established 150 years ago in 1864," the company said.
ODNR Releases 1st Quarter Well Production Numbers
Wednesday, July 09, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Two wells Hilcorp Energy Co. drilled in the Mahoning Valley are showing promise in terms of decent natural gas flow, according to newly released well production data from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. These production levels, however, are dwarfed by the massive output other wells are experiencing in the southern tier of Utica shale in eastern Ohio.
ODNR production results for the quarter ended March 31 show that Hilcorp's well in Poland Township is the most productive in the northern tier of the Utica play, excluding Columbiana County.