Nordson CEO cites turnpike interchange benefits and education
Nordson Corp. CEO Ed Campbell says a Ohio Turnpike Route 58 interchange would aid employees visitors and shipping. He adds that county Lorain sewer agreement cleared paves the way for construction this year. Campbell emphasizes local education quality and Lorain County Community College as key to Nordson’s future with a $2 million donation to its Center for Leadership in Education. He notes no current operations at LCCC but sees potential in its Great Lakes Technology Park.
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Ohio Turnpike Commission
Lauren Hakes
Commission
Lorain
Amherst Township
Hakes
Nordson
Campbell
Tives
Lorain County Community College
LCCC
Center For Leadership In Education
Great Lakes
Lima tank plant to gain more workers this year
Lima Army Tank Plant will add over 100 jobs by year end boosting staff from about 500 to above 600. General Dynamics and General Motors won a 4 billion contract to produce 2000 eight wheeled light armored vehicles, with about 75 new hires on that project.
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LIMA
Lima Army
Gary King
General Dynamics
General Motors
U.S. Army
King
Bridgestone recalls Nissan tires to prevent cracking
Bridgestone/Firestone Inc recalls about 98,000 tires, mainly original equipment on 2000 and 2001 Nissan Altima SE models, for possible cracking. The company reports no incidents and cites voluntary action to restore customer trust after last year's 6.5 million tire recall and related deaths.
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Bridgestone/Firestone Inc
Firestone
ATX
Christine Karbowiak
Union cancels Bush appearance over Piketon funding issue
Union officials said they canceled plans to send 200 uranium plant workers to a Bush appearance in Columbus as signs pointed to a quick resolution of a money freeze for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Ohio officials and lawmakers pressed for federal funds to save jobs and enable standby work, amid GAO findings and budget debates.
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Bush
White House
Energy Department
Governor’s Office
Mike) DeWine
Dan Minter
Paper
Allied Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union
Air Force One
DeWine
Columbus
Portsmouth
Piketon
Clinton
Ohio
Bob Taft
Taft
Kevin Kellems
Dave Celona
Ted Brown
Kellems
Bush Administration
Union
General Accounting Office
Appropriations Committee
GAO
Congress
Sonny Callahan
R-Ala
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Cautious investors spur tech stock slide on Nasdaq
Investors pulled back Tuesday after a Presidents Day holiday, sending the Nasdaq down 107.03 to 2318.35 and leaving the three major benchmarks in the red for the year. Dow and S P 500 also fell, with tech names pressured by downgrades and weak demand. Wal Mart and Home Depot helped offset losses as retail shares rose.
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New York
Standard & Poor
Crane
Nextel Communications
Salomon Smith Barney
Nextel
PMC Sierra
Credit Suisse First Boston
Gary Kaltbaum
J.W. Genesis
Intel
Wal-Mart
Wall Street
Dow
Home Depot
New York Stock Exchange
Dollar strengthens against euro as Turkish move unsettles market
The dollar rose against the euro and held versus the yen amid a volatile currency market. Traders awaited US and European data for direction as the euro slid to about 90.50 cents after Turkey abandoned one-year bonds and moved to one-month issues. Sean Callow of IDEAglobal noted the Turkish boost to the euro faded.
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New York
United States
Europe
Turkey
Sean Callow
Ideaglobal
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Jeff Gott
Grafton
Lccc University Partnership
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France
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