Health reform costs worry Cleveland area firms
A Hausser Taylor survey of local firms shows 79 percent expect higher health insurance premiums as the top concern, with 72 percent shifting more costs to employees and 57 percent self insuring. COSE reporting 62 percent of small businesses saw Q3 sales flat or up, 72 percent held staff, 18 percent hired, 10 percent cut jobs, and 37 percent remain pessimistic about the future.
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Cleveland — Area
Hausser + Taylor
Elyria
Council of Smaller Enterprises of the Growth Association
COSE
Ford recalls over twenty thousand vehicles in two safety alerts
Dearborn Ford Motor Co. announced recalls affecting 18 500 1989 to 1993 model super duty motor homes for possible brake defect and 4 100 1993 model Mustangs with 5 liter engines for potential fuel rail tube fractures. No injuries reported.
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Dearborn, Mich
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Fur Industry Launches Image Campaign to Boost Sales
Wanda Presburger of Somper Furs in Beverly Hills witnessed an 8000 dollar beaver coat sold within days of a store window display that mirrored the industry's first image effort. The campaign, budgeted at 1 million dollars, features print ads with the slogan Fur More Than Any Other Fabric and a TV spot by the Fur Information Council of America. The effort aims to reverse a five year decline with aggressive messaging and teen outreach.
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Wanda Presburger
Beverly Hills
Calif
Somper Furs
Fur Information Council of America
Council
Eugene Secunda
Adelphi University
Garden City
Talks resume in USS Kobe wage talks in Ohio
Negotiations between United Steelworkers Local 1104 and USS Kobe in Middleburg Heights resume today after a November pause. USS Kobe joint venture owners USX and Kobe Steel seek to align pension terms with USS and settle contract terms before the January 31 expiration.
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Uss
Kobe
Elyria
United Steelworkers of America
USS/ Kobe
Middleburg Heights
Larry Gentile
Pittsburgh
USS Corp
USS/Kobe
Kobe Steel Co
George Manos
Lorain
Sentile
USX
U.S. Steel Co
Japan
Tentile
Lente
Frank Valenta
Valenta
USS Kobe
Wal-Mart Keeps Sherwin-Williams Site Plan Alive in North Olmsted
Wal-Mart has not withdrawn plans for a 124,000 square foot discount store on the Sherwin Williams parcel on Lorain Road, pending negotiations on alternate sites. Negotiations and potential site changes remain uncertain as officials refuse to disclose locations while planning commission reviews proceed.
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North Olmsted
Wal- Mart
Sherwin-Williams
Lorain Road
Planning Commission
Roger
Newberry
Wal-Mart
Ed Boyle
Boyle
Pos
Ohio Turnpike
North Ridgeville
Great Northern Mall
Creston Livestock Consignments at Monday Auction
Creston Auction lists consignments including hay and firewood six loads with prices from 25 to 90 per unit, 194 calves mainly choice and good with prices 60 to 210, 151 hogs various ages and prices 29 to 46, 333 cattle including steers heifers bulls and feeders with prices from 42 to 91, totals show 695 head from 309 consignors.
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Creston
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