Bitonte Skywalk Dedicated at Butler Institute
Friday, September 13, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The executive director and board of the Butler Institute of American Art and the Bitonte family Thursday night snipped the ribbon to the entrance of the glass skywalk that connects the Butler with the Gothic church converted to house the Butler North art galleries.
Brown Seeks Protection of U.S. Steel Industry
Friday, September 13, 2013WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, vice chairman of the Senate Steel Caucus, called for greater efforts to protect domestic steel producers at a meeting Thursday of the caucus and senior steel executives that focused on the state of the industry.
Specifically, his concern is “the scourge of foreign competitors whose unfair and illegal trade practices put U.S. companies, including several based in Ohio, at an unfair disadvantage in the international market,” his spokesman said.
Webcasts on Affordable Care Set for Next Week
Friday, September 13, 2013WASHINGTON -- “The Affordable Care Act Compliance Assistance Webcast,” a two-day online presentation, is set to be shown Tuesday and Wednesday.
The sessions are scheduled from from 1 to 2:30 p.m. both days. Host will be the Empoyee Benefits Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor.
The webcast is intended to provide employers, brokers, third-party administrators and others with practical information, helpful tips and clarification on the new law.
'3 Minutes With' Tom Stewart, Ohio Oil and Gas Association
Friday, September 13, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- In today's "3 Minutes With," Tom Stewart, executive vice president of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association, updates viewers on the emerging oil and gas industry. Says Stewart, "What we're seeing is rational development as producers begin to validate their acreage and it's beginnign to show results.
Higher Quality, Tight Supply Keep Used-Car Prices High
Friday, September 13, 2013McLEAN, Va. -- Prices for used cars and light trucks from four to 10 years old are expected to be 0.5% higher this year than like-age units were in 2012, NADA predicts. But a steady softening of later-model used vehicles is expected through 2014.
NADA is the National Auto Dealers Association.
Vallourec's 'Integrated' Process Explained at Expo
Thursday, September 12, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Nearly 1,000 people spent part of Thursday walking through the aisles at the Covelli Centre exhibition floor, where they looked at the displays of 95 vendors and sponsors eager to capture new business from the Youngstown Ohio Utica & Natural Gas Conference & Expo.
The daylong trade show, which cost $100 per person to attend, is the third Young conference convened by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber.
Camp Ravenna as Interceptor Deployment Site?
Thursday, September 12, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-13 Ohio, announced today the Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center in Ravenna is one of five sites being considered by the Department of Defense and the Missile Defense Agency as an interceptor deployment site, a ground-based system designed to intercept ballistic missiles.
Chesapeake Awarded 9 Utica Permits, Makes New Cuts
Thursday, September 12, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Chesapeake Exploration LLC, a division of Chesapeake Energy Corp., has secured nine new permits to drill in eastern Ohio's Utica shale, even as the Oklahoma City-based company continues to shake up its management ranks.
An undisclosed number of top-tier executives were told Tuesday that their positions had been cut, according to NewsOn6.com, the CBS affiliate based in Tulsa, Okla.
Pipeline Delays Hamper Gulfport Production
Thursday, September 12, 2013OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gulfport Energy Corp. has reduced its production guidance for the third quarter to between 12,250 and 12,750 barrels of oil equivalent per day because of delays associated with its midstream supplier.
The company said its Irons 1-4H well in Belmont County was expected to come online in August, but the "third-party midstream provider has experienced pipeline infrastructure and permitting delays and Gulfport now anticipates the well will begin flowing into sales by October."