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Family Business Expert Set for Chamber Luncheon
Sunday, February 20, 2005"YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Author Roger J. Warrum will share his expertise in family business at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber's "Family Business 'Misstakes'" luncheon Feb. 24 at The Georgetown in Boardman, reports Kim Gonda, manager of marketing and communications for the chamber.
Top 5 (Most Idiotic) Sales Techniques
Sunday, February 20, 2005"By Len FoleyThe "porcupine" close, "mirroring" the client and the "tie-down" technique are similar in one important respect: They're all lousy ways to make a sale. Here's a closer look at what not to do if you want customers to buy:The Porcupine Close. This is the equivalent of ramming a red-hot poker into the ear of your client.
UCFC Hikes Cash Dividend 10% to 8.25 Cents a Share
Friday, February 18, 2005YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- United Community Financial Corp. (Nasdaq:UCFC) has declared its first quarter dividend of 8.25 cents per share, payable March 15 to shareholders of record Feb. 28.UCFC had paid quarterly dividends of 7.5 cents a share.UCFC is the holding company for The Home Savings and Loan Co. and Butler Wick Corp., both headquartered here.Visit www.ucfconline.com"
EEOC, Regional Chamber Launch First Ohio Youth Program"
Friday, February 18, 2005WARREN, Ohio -- The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber are joining forces to educate youth on their rights and responsibilities in the workplace. The new partnership -- the first of its kind in Ohio -- is part of the EEOC's Youth @ Work Initiative. The program was launched yesterday with five one-hour workshops for students at Warren G. Harding High School. Other elements are a link on the high school Web site to www.youth.eeoc.gov; production of a TV show for students; and information for parents published in the school's newsletter.
Seven Seventeen's Kent Office Wins Design Award
Friday, February 18, 2005WARREN, Ohio -- The Institute of Store Planners and Visual Merchandising and Store Design magazine is recognizing the design of Seven Seventeen Credit Union's new Portage County office with its "award of merit."The project manager, architect Peter S. Macrae, and YuFung Tim Lai, an architect with TRIAD Architects, Columbus, accepted the design award at a recent ceremony in New York City.
Women Employer Firms Continue to Show Strength
Friday, February 18, 2005WASHINGTON -- Between 1997 and 2001, women-owned employer establishments were just as likely as all employer establishments to have remained in business and exhibited more employment resiliency than average, a new report published by the National Women's Business Council found.As the result of an agreement with the Census Bureau, the council is now publishing information on trends in the number and employment of women-owned employer establishments by state and industry.
City Awards Top-to-Bottom Bids for Convocation Center
Friday, February 18, 2005By George NelsonYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The city's Board of Control yesterday approved construction contracts totaling more than $8.3 million for the $41 million Youngstown Convocation Center totaling, including a roof for the facility and an ice rink for the recently named hockey team that will call the center home. Engineers had estimated the cost of the approved work at $10 million.City officials rebid the work after bids opened in December came in above estimated. The estimates were revised after reviewing the architectural plans.
WorkMED Expands Services In Trumbull County
Friday, February 18, 2005BOARDMAN, Ohio -- WorkMED, the occupational health and medicine affiliate of Forum Health, recently opened a new site in Trumbull County. The new WorkMED office is located at Forum Health's Elm Road Medical Park in Cortland, where the system's Elm Road Immediate Care facility also is located.WorkMED, based in Boardman, began providing occupational health and industrial rehabilitation services to area employers and their workers in 1991.The program is overseen by medical director and certified medical review officer, Dr.
Hagan Introduces Bill to Legalize Medical Use of Marijuana
Friday, February 18, 2005COLUMBUS, Ohio -- State Sen. Robert Hagan (D-33) yesterday introduced a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to terminally ill patients or patients with debilitating medical conditions.Hagan, a candidate for mayor of Youngstown in the May Democratic Primary, emphasized the legislation "is about helping seriously ill and debilitated Ohioans get access to a treatment that will help them. I'm not trying to legalize marijuana," he said.
Want Higher Profits? C'mon, Get Happy!"
Friday, February 18, 2005By Tess Marshall "Nothing I do seems to matter.""No one cares around here.""I never know what's going on.""What's the use? What I do doesn't impact the bottom line." Sound familiar? Every day, thousands of employees think such phrases to themselves. And the more they think these things, the more their morale declines. Even if you never hear your staff utter these phrases, you can spot low morale in an instant.