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Wire Service
Wednesday, September 15, 2004Classified Ads Online Web Simplifies Job SearchFirst place to start is a company's site.The economy may be picking up steam and jobs are more plentiful, but chances are you still can't pick up the local newspaper and find a job that's perfect for you.Enter the Internet, which in recent years has become a big player in the human resources game as companies post jobs they'd like to fill and potential employees make a virtual pitch to land them. In fact, if you know who you'd like to work for, that company's Web site may be the best place to start the application process.
Success Story
Wednesday, September 15, 2004Joy Cone Sees Opportunities to GrowLargest ice-cream cone maker in U.S. will expandBy Hal JohnsonAt the St. Louis World's Fair in July 1904, a pastry vendor, Ernest A. Harmwi, was selling his "zalabias" next to an ice cream stand. Harmwi saw the ice cream vendor had run out of serving bowls. So he walked over with one of his sugar wafers while it was still warm and pliable.Harmwi shaped the wafer into a shape that could hold a scoop of ice cream. And voila!
Hiring Will Pick Up in Fourth Quarter
Wednesday, September 15, 2004CHICAGO -- After a temporary cooling in hiring activity attributed to seasonality and the impact of high energy costs, job creation levels are picking up again, said Matt Ferguson, chief executive officer of CareerBuilder.com. "Our latest survey shows hiring managers are optimistic about recruitment in the months to come.
Big Telcoms Continue to Dominate Market
Wednesday, September 15, 2004UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- While small, independent Internet Service Providers drove the innovations in the Internet access market, telecommunications companies have since regained control, effectively shutting down the upstarts, Penn State researchers have found.Now fixed-line operators are using their infrastructure to corner broadband services as well, said Carleen Maitland, assistant professor of information sciences and technology.
Money Needed Now for Area Flood Victims
Wednesday, September 15, 2004WASHINGTON -- After spending the weekend touring flood ravaged areas of Ohio's Sixth Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Ted Strickland yesterday wrote Gov. Bob Taft calling on the Governor to request federal assistance in aiding stricken residents and businesses. "Residents and business owners in Jefferson, Noble, Belmont and Columbiana counties have been devastated by recent floods," said Strickland. "Many have been left with little more than the shirts on their backs. Gov.
Points of View
Wednesday, September 15, 2004While President Putin PosturesAmericans would do well to consider lessons of Beslan.A somber time for all of us as we recall the horror of 9/11. A somber time made worse as Russian families bury their dead from the massacre at a schoolhouse in Beslan. How do you make any sense of the murder of children? What kind of liberation ideology celebrates the slaughter of innocents?
Alltel to Consolidate Mahoning Valley operations
Wednesday, September 15, 2004YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Alltel is consolidating its Mahoning Valley operations at the former Ames Department Store building on Route 224 in Boardman. The new location, 476 Boardman-Canfield Road, will include administrative offices, a retail store and the company's sales action group and financial services call center.About 380 Alltel employees will relocate from existing locations at 7206 Market St. in Boardman and at 3701 Boardman-Canfield Road in Canfield.
Pittsburgh Airport Launches Low-Fares Ad Campaign
Wednesday, September 15, 2004PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- The Allegheny County Airport Authority today announced the launch of anadvertising campaign to increase the awareness of airline choices anddiscount fares at Pittsburgh International Airport. The ads, appearingin print, radio, television, billboard and Internetwill run from September through the end of October in Pittsburgh andSharon, as well as in Youngstown, Ohio"The awareness program targets potential travelers in the Pittsburgh area who may not be aware of the number of low cost carriers and major airlines that operate at Pittsburgh International Airport.
Pa. Business Group Gets Tough on Health Insurance Reform
Wednesday, September 15, 2004PITTSBURGH -- Health insurance purchasers should work together on needed reforms, insisted Cliff Shannon, president of SMB Business Councils, a nonprofit trade association representing 4,300 small business owners in Pennsylvania.Speaking to business and labor leaders at a conference yesterday, Shannon described skyrocketing health insurance costs as a "direct threat to employment-based health insurance, and a guarantee that the number of uninsured working Americans will grow.
You Go, Girl! 50 Best Colleges for Women Picked"
Wednesday, September 15, 2004NEW YORK -- Two Ohio colleges and two in Pennsylvania have been named to a list of 50 institutions of higher education that best serve the needs of women, according to the first-ever guide compiled by CosmoGIRL! magazine. The Ohio schools are Kenyon College, Gambier; and Oberlin College, Oberlin.