CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Yellow Cab Company parked its fleet after more than 80 years in business. The company made the announcement before Memorial Day. Between 40 to 50 drivers and 14 dispatchers will be out of their jobs and not expected to receive severance or health benefits, according to the general manager. She […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – FirstEnergy utility personnel are prepared to respond to any outages caused by severe winter weather forecast across most of its utilities’ service territories later Tuesday and into Wednesday. The storm is expected to produce a wintry mix of ice and heavy snow, with current forecasts projecting the most severe conditions […]
SEVEN HILLS, Ohio – A local company is bringing jobs back to the U.S. Reflo Limited , a Seven Hills-based company, announced all of its product manufacturing has been moved to the states. Previously, it was split between the U.S. and China. The company said overseas manufacturing was necessary in its infancy back in 2010 […]
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland company has been cited for 21 health violations and faces a $98,000 fine, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. Cleveland Granite and Marble, located on Carnegie Avenue, was inspected after a complaint in August. OSHA said the company failed to train workers who use industrial trucks […]
NEW YORK –- Time Warner Cable pulled the plug on Current TV just hours after news of the cable channel’s sale to Al Jazeera became official. “This channel is no longer available on Time Warner Cable,” read an on-screen message where Current TV used to be found. Al Jazeera took a major step into the […]
TWINSBURG, OH (WOIO) – 175 workers will be out of a job this fall when Graphic Packaging International INC. shutters it’s doors at their Twinsburg facility. Graphic International Packaging is located at 1793 Enterprise Parkway. The expected date of the plant’s closure is November 30th, 2012. The expected first separations will occur during the 14 […]
(WOIO) – Whirlpool Corporation announced Friday third-quarter net earnings of $177 million, or $2.27 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $79 million, or $1.02 per diluted share reported during the same period last year. On an adjusted basis, excluding non-operating charges, diluted earnings per share(1) totaled $2.35 compared to $2.22 in the prior year. […]
(WOIO) – A 77-year-old Amish man accused of defrauding his fellow Amish of millions of dollars. Monroe Beachy of Sugarcreek, Ohio was indicted today on mail fraud. He ran his own investment company, A & M Investments. Beachy is accused of operating an investment scheme that defrauded nearly 2,700 people in 29 states of more than $16 […]