5 Quaker Steak Restaurants Change Ownership
Monday, December 16, 2013SHARON, Pa. -- Quaker Steak & Lube has acquired five restaurants in North Carolina, Indiana and Virginia. These locations, previously owned by 3G Management, are corporated owned and operated as of Dec. 12, John Longstreet, CEO, has announced. These restaurants, previously owned and managed by 3G Management, are corporate-owned.
Marathon's Wellsville Project Links to Cornerstone
Saturday, December 14, 2013WELLSVILLE, Ohio -- Opportunities in the Utica shale of eastern Ohio have convinced one of the largest refining companies in the country to step up its investment here.
Marathon Petroleum Co. LP, based in Findlay, expects to spend between $400 million and $500 million to upgrade its transportation and midstream network in the Utica, the company says.
McClendon Affiliate Files IPO, Intends to Raise $2B
Saturday, December 14, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- American Energy Capital Partners LP, a newly formed entity related to Aubrey McClendon, seeks to raise $2 billion to acquire and explore oil and gas properties. AECP filed documents late Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.
Starbucks Contract Awakens New Waterford Pottery
Friday, December 13, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A former pottery works in New Waterford is once again buzzing with activity, fueled by an extra-strong jolt from the largest coffeehouse company in the world.
American Pioneer MFG LLC, in business just more than four months, is turning out a series of new lines of mugs for Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co. as part of that company's "Create Jobs for USA" initiative launched in 2011.
Ryan, Johnson, Kelly Vote Yes on Budget Compromise
Friday, December 13, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Three area congressmen, two Republicans and one Democrat, all voted in favor of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 that last night passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 332 to 94. And while all three found reasons to be pleased with the bipartisan compromise, each also found the measure lacking in terms of their political perspectives.
Reps. Bill Johnson, R-6 Ohio, Mike Kelly, R-3 Pa., and Tim Ryan, D-13 Ohio, issued prepared statements shortly after the budget deal passed.
2014 State Minimum Wage Changes Outlined
Friday, December 13, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- As businesses prepare for the first payroll of 2014, H.D. Davis CPAs, Liberty Township, is offering a list of state minimum hourly wage changes announced late last month.
Most take effect Jan. 1.
In Ohio, the minimum wage rises to $7.95 for nontipped employees and $3.98 for tipped employees (will apply beginning in 2014 to employers who gross more than $292,000 per year).
Here are the changes:
Chamber Seeks Participants in Government Leadership Academy
Friday, December 13, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Registrations are being accepted for the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber’s 2014 Mahoning Valley Local Government Leadership Academy. The program runs from Jan. 28 through March 25.
The two-hour classes begin at 6.m. with a light dinner served a half-hour beforehand. All sessions will be held in the chamber offices in First National Tower.
'Green Monday’ Third-Highest Online Spending Day
Friday, December 13, 2013RESTON, Va. -- U.S. retail e-commerce spending from desktop computers for the first 39 days of the November and December holiday season teached $31.5 million, a 9% increase over the corresponding period last year, comScore reports.
The so-called "Green Monday," Dec. 9, saw $1.4 million, spent, up 10% and the third-heaviest online spending day of the holiday season to date.
SafeCare Ranks St. Elizabeth Among 100 Safest Hospitals
Thursday, December 12, 2013St. E’s Ranks Among 100 SafeCare Hospitals
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- St. Elizabeth Health Center ranks among the safest health care organizations in the nation, according to the SafeCare Group, having earned a place on the most recent “100 SafeCare Hospitals" list.