Kent Business College Partnership to Promote Exports
Monday, October 27, 2014KENT, Ohio -- The college of business administration at Kent State University has signed an agreement to promote exports by establishing a U.S. Export Assistance Center at the university, Todd Hiser announced today.
The college will work with Hiser, an international trade specialist with the U.S. Commercial Service, to help identify those companies in northeastern Ohio ready or nearly ready to export their goods or services.
Goldsteins Opens Its First 'Your Home' Store
Friday, October 24, 2014BOARDMAN, Ohio – Goldsteins Furniture and Bedding today cut the ribbon for its fifth location, 340 Boardman-Poland Road, the company's first to be branded Your Home by Goldsteins.
The idea behind Your Home, Goldsteins President and CEO Steve Goldstone says, is to give customers complete control over what their furniture looks like.
Restaurants Find More Competition on the Menu
Friday, October 24, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The Martini Brothers Burger Bar, as the anniversary of its move to downtown Youngstown approaches, is in an enviable position.
“Business is actually growing a little too fast for us,” acknowledges general manager Shawn Allen. The restaurant, which opened in the Knox Building a year ago Oct. 17, is in the middle of a transition, with re-staffing underway and the introduction of a new menu.
Still, “it’s going really well,” he affirms.
Restaurant to Open in Youngstown Club Space
Friday, October 24, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- George Guarnieri is tackling head on the notion he says he heard from people who said restaurant patrons won’t go to the top floor of downtown’s Commerce Building to dine out.
“We’re not afraid of the fifth floor. We want to let the customer know that’s where we are,” Guarnieri said. In fact, “The Fifth Floor” is what the veteran restaurateur is calling his new restaurant, which will be open on the upper level of the two floors formerly occupied by the Youngstown Club.
Police Officer Invents ‘Bolo Stick’ to Protect Schools
Friday, October 24, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The device is remarkably simple: a steel bracket and anchor pin that affixes to the base of a door, preventing an intruder from opening or forcing that door open.
What's even more remarkable is that no one else has thought of it until now.
Ohio Hospitals Complete Ebola Preparedness Drills
Friday, October 24, 2014COLUMBUS -- All Ohio hospitals have now completed Ebola preparedness and response drills, including training in how to manage a suspect Ebola-positive patient and the proper use of personal protective equipment, reports the Ohio Department of Health.
'3 Minutes With' Bill Barna of Bolo Stick LLC and William D. Oliver, Ohio Small Business Development Center
Friday, October 24, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – In today's “3 Minutes With,” Bill Barna, president of Bolo Stick LLC, and William D. Oliver, a business counselor for the Ohio Small Business Development Center at Youngstown State University, discuss the process of developing Barna’s school security product and the assistance the SBDC provided in bringing it to market. They unveiled the product Thursday at a press event (READ STORY).
State OKs 2015 Racing Dates for Hollywood Gaming
Friday, October 24, 2014COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State Racing Commission has approved 100 dates for live thoroughbred racing next year at the newly opened Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course.
The commission approved the 2015 racing permits and dates for the Austintown track and Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, Penn National Gaming Inc., which operates both sites, announced Thursday.
USW Supports Duties on Welded API Line Pipe
Friday, October 24, 2014WASHINGTON -- The United Steelworkers union has joined a petition calling on the U.S. Department Commerce and International Trade Commission to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of welded API line pipe from South Korea and Turkey.
The product is used often in oil and natural gas pipelines.