Lorain Plant's Future Hangs on Ford Deal
Lorain’s 2.1 million square foot Lorain Assembly faces bleak odds without a new major tenant. Officials say Ford’s 1,900 jobs would vanish if no buyer or converter surfaces. Experts warn teardown or costly cleanup could follow, with limited likeliest reuses like warehousing or low jobs projects. Local leaders stress the site’s turnpike, rail access, and remaining facilities as factors shaping any path forward.
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Elyria
Bill Grace
Frank DeTillio
Lorain County
Lorain plant sale eyed as complete unit
A 4.1 million square foot Lorain assembly plant, with 1.7 million used and 2.4 million vacant, may be sold as a whole rather than split. Ford Econolines still run daily, workers come and go, but time will tell who could reuse such a vast site. Contact Adrian Burns at 329-7197 or abums chronicletelegram.com.
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Cam
Hiey
Lorain
Sean McAhinden
Center For Automotive Research
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ford
McAlinden
Mexico
Els
Ford Econolines
Adrian Burns
Abums
Chronicletelegram
Fire safe cigarette law kicks in New York first
New York becomes the first state to require fire safe cigarettes marked with a self extinguishing feature. The phase in targets reducing cigarette related fires, with brands tested to self extinguish at least 74 percent of the time and penalties up to ten thousand dollars for false certification.
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Albany
N.Y
Ellen Matthews
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Philip Morris USA
Brendan McCormick
Philip Morris
Lorillard Tobacco Co
Newport
Kent
James Calvin
New York State Association of Convenience Stores
Peter Constantakes
State Department
Tiffany Sues eBay Over Knockoff Tiffany Jewelry
Tiffany accuses eBay Inc. of enabling thousands of counterfeit Tiffany items sold online and deceiving customers. Tiffany says about 73 percent of items labeled authentic were knockoffs, and that eBay failed to police its site, prompting Tiffany to shut down 19,000 auctions. The suit was filed in the Southern District Court in Manhattan.
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New York
Tiffany
eBay
eBay Inc
James Siire
Dorsey & Whitney
Hans Curry
Cybergiant
Swire
Southern District Court
Manhattan
Honda Ohio study touts big economic benefits from Honda
A 53 page study funded by Honda crediting Ohio with a strong return on its investment. It notes Honda employs 16 049 in six Ohio subsidiaries and 40 776 supplier jobs with 18 689 on Honda business. Ohio provided 91.3 million in incentives and road work. Honda pays over 100 million annually in taxes. It has invested 6.1 billion since 1979 and produced 17.1 billion in goods in 2003.
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Marysville
Ohio
Honda of America
Honda
Columbus
Levin, Driscoll & Fleeter
America
Bruce Johnson
United State
Elsinore
Internet phones a good value for home and business
Internet phone calling once scratchy and rare is now mainstream says telecom analyst Richard Tomlinson. VOIP cuts bills, adds features, but call quality varies with broadband speed, from smooth at work to inconsistent at home. Major providers and carriers push VOIP, promising broader rollout and potential long term savings.
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Conn
Tom Barberino Jr
Meriden
Barberino
Barberino Bros
Wallingford
New Jersey
Vonage Holdings Corp
Richard Tomlinson
Vonage
Glastonbury
Comcast Corp
SBC Communications
At&t
Cox Communications
David Epstein
Connecticut Telephone
BroadVoice Inc
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