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Welty/Ricciuti Chosen to Build 7th District Courthouse
Wednesday, December 22, 2004By Dennis LaRueYOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Welty Building Co. Limited, Akron, and Ricciuti Balog & Partners Architects, Youngstown, were awarded the contract Tuesday to build the courthouse for the Ohio 7th District Court of Appeals in the downtown.The board of Youngstown Central Area Community Improvement Corp. determined that Welty/Ricciuti, in addition to submitting the lowest bid Dec. 4, also submitted the best bid at just over $3.4 million.
Sky Financial to Acquire Belmont Bancorp
Wednesday, December 22, 2004BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- Sky Financial Group Inc. plans to acquire Belmont Bancorp, Bridgeport, Ohio, and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Belmont National Bank, officials announced earlier today. The transaction is valued at $69.2 million, based upon Sky Financial's closing stock price as of Dec. 21.
Akron-Canton Airport Adds Free Cell Phone Waiting Area
Wednesday, December 22, 2004GREEN, Ohio -- The Akron-Canton Airport has added a designated free waiting area just north of the terminal building and immediately past long term lot B. Motorists meeting arriving passengers can wait for free until passengers call to say they are ready to be picked up terminal curbside, although they must remain in their vehicles at all times, according to Fred Krum, airport director.In addition to the free waiting lot, two other new initiatives are designed to help make gate screening a more pleasant experience: traveler tote bags and a Checkpoint Mailer.
Eleventh-Hour Tips Can Reduce 2005 Tax Burden
Wednesday, December 22, 2004CHICAGO -- During the holiday season, visions of sugar plums are typically dancing in our heads, not Uncle Sam. But by taking the time to do a few simple tasks before the year-end, you will be able to carry that warm holiday feeling all the way through to April 15."December is typically the time of year to spend, but it can also be the time to save," says Brian Whitlock, chairman of the Illinois CPA Society.
'Tis the Season
Wednesday, December 22, 2004WASHINGTON -- The holiday season, with its many traditions, family gatherings and general good feeling, is here once again. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its data warehouse:$521 million. The amount of money the nation¹s Christmas tree farmers received from tree sales in 2003.$158 million. The amount received by Christmas tree farmers in Oregon from tree sales in 2003, making the Beaver State the nation's Christmas tree leader.
Travel Waits May be Longer This Year
Wednesday, December 22, 2004SOUTHLAKE, Texas -- Because of how the holidays fall this season, travelers may be in for longer waits and more congestion on the roads, rails and in the skies.
Dana Corp. to Close Muskegon, Mich., Foundry"
Wednesday, December 22, 2004TOLEDO, Ohio -- Dana Corp. has signed a long-term agreement with Federal-Mogul Corp. to supply Dana with grey iron castings from its western Michigan facility. Consequently, Dana will close its Muskegon, Mich., foundry operations. Production is expected to end in the third quarter of 2005, eliminating approximately 240 jobs.
Ohio Businesses to Develop Partnerships with Israel
Wednesday, December 22, 2004REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -- Twelve Ohio food companies have new business relationships to foster after their kosher and non-kosher food products were sampled by some of the 30,000 food distributors, retailers, wholesalers, restaurants and hotel representatives at IsraFood-Hotex International Food and Beverage Exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel, last week, according to Fred L. Daily, director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Convocation Center Bids Come in Millions Over Estimates
Wednesday, December 22, 2004By George Nelson YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- More than three-fourths of the bid proposals opened Tuesday for work on the Youngstown Convocation Center were over the city engineer's estimates, ranging from nearly $2,000 to more than $1 million in some cases.City officials opened bids Tuesday for a dozen scopes of work on the convocation center, now under construction between the Market Street and South Avenue bridges. The total cost of the project has been estimated at $41 million -- $26.8 million of which will be subsidized with a federal grant.
SBA Implements New Policy for Federal Contracting
Wednesday, December 22, 2004WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration has implemented a new policy that enables the federal government to more accurately monitor contract awards when a small business is purchased or merged with a large business through the process of novation. The new policy requires a business to recertify itself as "small" for federal contracts transferred to it from another business if the contract is to continue being counted as a small business contract.