Americans wrestle with high gas prices and weak job data
The piece describes consumers cutting vacations and gardening more at home as gasoline and food costs rise. It notes a looming bad jobs report, unemployment up to 5.5 percent, a 6.1 percent drop in existing home values, and a bear market for the Dow while sectors like agribusiness and energy show resilience.
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House Bans Lead From Kids Toys
Washington lawmakers move to ban lead and other hazardous chemicals from children products including jewelry and rubber ducks. The bill would strengthen testing rules, empower the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and address dangerous imports from China cited after last year recalls.
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GM to Cut 15 Percent Salaried Workforce
General Motors plans to eliminate about 5,100 U.S. and Canadian salaried jobs by November 1 as part of a cost cutting drive to weather U S sales slump. The move comes ahead of second quarter results with analysts predicting a per share loss and revenue around 44 6 billion.
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Midway Mall sees two eateries close Bennigan's and Fazoli’s
Bennigan's and Fazoli’s near Midway Mall both closed. Bennigan's parent company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, with 300 stores affected and no reopening planned. Fazoli's shut on July 16 after an initial remodel notice, per Centro Properties Group, with no date for new tenants but ongoing mall leasing.
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PolyOne to cut about 40 Avon Lake jobs at campus
PolyOne plans to eliminate roughly 40 positions at its Avon Lake campus in Building 452 before next spring, added to earlier estimates. The move trims production lines while shifting work to other plants as raw material and energy costs strain the business.
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BP glitch overcharges spark refunds and overdraft cost talk
BP reports a software fault caused double charges at some older stations in Ohio and Indiana after card payments. BP apologizes and will issue refunds and cover overdraft fees. Also cited is a separate study noting 2.3 million U.S. jobs lost and $19.4 billion in wages due to China trade deficits, with Ohio among the hardest hit.
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