Buying a home is now more affordable than it has been in the last twenty years.
Housing markets struggled through another tough quarter, this time during the spring buying season, the strongest time of year for home sellers.
Metro economies struggling the most to recover from the Great Recession typically lost government jobs, a new Brookings Institution report found.
Casting an upbeat message on a day when gloomy job growth figures loomed, President Obama touted the recovery of the Big Three automakers at a Chrysler plant in Toledo, Ohio, on Friday, saying it couldn't have happened without his 2009 bailouts.
Bond is set for $3 million for their father, who faces kidnapping charges
On May 15, 2001, a locomotive pulled out of Toledo with 47 freight cars, thousands of gallons of hazardous materials, nearly 3,000 gross trailing tons, and not a soul on board. The engineer was "nearby" at the time, according to a CSX spokesman. The train went unchecked across three counties, for 66 miles, picking up speed as it traveled.
If you're looking for the future of American business, our annual list of the 100 Fastest-Growing Companies isn't a bad place to start. Of course, as they say on Wall Street, past performance doesn't guarantee future results. But every year companies like Genentech and Starbucks appear on this list before moving on to bigger and better things.
A 33-year-old Israeli citizen was charged with assault with intent to murder in Michigan Thursday in connection with 18 stabbings that left five people dead across three states, according to a Michigan prosecutor.
Stories about the rebuilding of a basketball program typically come in two forms. There is the hopeful narrative, written when a new coach takes over, his ambitions and philosophies detailed in full. Then there is the retrospective, composed after the program has found glory or when that coach is fired, his methods either praised or vilified.
Fashion experts give new graduates of the Savannah College of Arts and Design some advice on dealing with the recession.
What does it really take to dress someone as fashion-forward and in the spotlight as Michelle Obama?
When Delta and Continental dropped service out of the Toledo airport last year, residents were left with only a few daily departures -- or a 65-mile drive to Detroit's airport. Then something happened to ease the pain: Direct Air moved in, offering flights between Toledo and two warm-weather spots, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Punta Gorda, Florida, for as little as $49 each way.
Chrysler LLC will cut 1,825 jobs by eliminating one shift at a Toledo Jeep plant and accelerating the closure of its sport utility vehicle factory in Newark, Del., because of the slowing global economy and a shift toward smaller vehicles
Jurors on Tuesday convicted a former nuclear plant engineer of hiding information from government regulators about the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor
Last year, after former Toledo running back Harvey (Scooter) McDougle was charged with attempting to fix Rockets football and basketball games from 2003 to '06, school president Lloyd Jacobs and Ohio attorney general Marc Dann appointed a special counsel to interview all Toledo football and basketball players. It was an attempt to increase control over an athletic department possibly rife with corruption.
Who would have thought that my innocent little trip down memory lane, with Brett Favre, would have generated the heated response that it did? But it did, yes it did. Either that or Dominic B., who selects and forwards the chosen mail, is trying to provoke your faithful narrator... naaah, he wouldn't do that.
I let the Pac-10 fans have their fun last week taking assorted jabs at their mostly-SEC counterparts. I could print some of the 300-something retorts, but you can already guess what most of them said (past two national titles, head-to-head record, blah, blah, blah), not to mention this little banter would consume the Mailbag interminably.
Authorities have arrested 389 members of prostitution operations and removed 21 juveniles from sex-selling ring.
Three Ohio men were convicted Friday of plotting to recruit and train terrorists to kill American soldiers in Iraq, a case put together with help from a former soldier who posed as a radical bent on violence
A judge in Spain ruled that Telma Ortiz,
sister-in-law to the heir to the
Spanish throne, is a public figure
The widow of a man who died after receiving contaminated heparin
told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday "we have a false sense
of security" in a land where people expect to be protected and
safe
In emotional testimony before a congressional subcommittee Tuesday, relatives of people who died after being injected with contaminated heparin expressed anger and sadness at the failure of the manufacturer and government regulators to ensure the drugs were safe.
Makers of the blood-thinning drug heparin told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that someone contaminated their product.
Rising waters from the Blanchard River in Findlay, Ohio, threaten homes and businesses.
Five people were killed in an Ohio collision involving a wrong-way truck. Affiliate WTVG reports.
Toledo police say an attorney who was missing for several days falsely claimed she was abducted.
Throughout Europe -- on medieval ramparts, in churches, produce markets, alpine farmsteads and Riviera villages -- the local culture thrives while tourists sleep.
SI.com: The Questions updated: Wed Apr 04 2007 11:14:00
What was your welcome-to-the-big-leagues moment?
The father of an Ohio college baseball player who died Friday in a Georgia bus crash said Sunday his son "died doing what he loved," traveling with his team to a weekend game.
A reward of up to $50,000 has been offered for information leading to the recovery of a painting by a Spanish master that was stolen while being transported to the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan.
Tulsa, Oklahoma is the most affordable, big-time college sports town in the United States, according to an annual survey released Tuesday by Coldwell Banker.
Justice Antonin Scalia opened the Supreme Court's new term Tuesday by questioning whether a man deported to Mexico after a drug conviction would be "abstaining from tequila" for fear of violating his U.S. parole terms.
Business 2.0: How to Clean Upupdated: Mon Oct 02 2006 11:42:00
Here's a cost savings you probably never knew you could make: Cut the H2O out of the cleaning fluid you order. That's the idea behind Jaws, or Just Add Water System, a subsidiary of Toledo, Ohio, m...
Money Magazine: Extreme Extrasupdated: Mon May 01 2006 00:01:00
• The Health Plan Doesn't Cover Drunk Biking Accidents Employees at New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colo. receive a case of beer a week, which the company does not recommend they drink while r...
Money Magazine: Extreme extrasupdated: Wed Apr 12 2006 08:27:00
Some companies reward their employees with generous vacation time; others keep workers happy with above-average 401(k) matches.
It's now common practice for states to lure businesses into their jurisdiction using tax incentives. But a possible Supreme Court ruling could make this a thing of the past, raising some concerns that economic development could slow as corporations reconsider development projects due to higher costs.
Fortune: Buying by the Bottleupdated: Mon Jan 30 2006 13:44:00
Up the stairs and past the velvet rope at the Vapour Lounge not too long ago, Michael Jordan was just one of the many smartly dressed folks clinking glasses with friends on the suede couches and chairs. Three stories below, through the open atrium, a deejay spun records next to the club's dance floor and 50-foot arched ice bar. But upstairs you couldn't even think about ordering a shot. The cheapest drink on the menu was a $125 bottle of Absolut. Bottles of Dom Perignon were $300.
75-a-night bed and breakfast dubbed "The Little Purple House." By hewing to the existing structure--and doing much of the work herself--she produced a garden getaway with loads of charm at little cost. Running a B&B in Perrysburg (a quaint river town outside Toledo that's also home to her artsy shop, Santa Fe Way) has proved to be a satisfying investment. Opened last year, the place already is booked most weekends, says Mather Bothe, who spends maybe $15 per guest on food, drinks and supplies. Flowers come from her garden in the summer. "The rest," she says, "is pure profit," and covers her property's $463 monthly mortgage payment. ...
A neo-Nazi group's scheduled march against "black crime" in Toledo, Ohio, sparked rioting Saturday afternoon.
How to make a $5,000 renovation pay you about $600 a month? Ask Christine Mather Bothe of Perrysburg, Ohio, who converted a detached one-car garage added to her 1913 bungalow in the 1930s into a $7...
Ohio authorities say a man was charged Monday with filling out more than 100 fictitious voter registration forms, some in names such as Disney character Mary Poppins and pop singer Michael Jackson.
CNNMoney: Magnifying your riskupdated: Fri Oct 08 2004 11:14:00
I'm a recently retired 59-year-old who has about $77,000 invested in four mutual funds in a tax-deferred retirement account. My financial adviser is recommending I invest that money in a REIT. Is this a good idea?
I run the oldest auto plant in the world. I also run the newest, most high-tech plant in this company." That's 49-year-old Edward Mercer. He's manager of DaimlerChrysler's three-plant manufacturing...
Corporate earnings are up. All right, they're not up. But they're not down. All right, they're down a little, but not as down as we thought they would be. For that reason, the market is all ebullie...
The train was late, and so am I. It's 9:04 and there are executives in this building who have been here for seven hours already. Well, maybe four. Anyway, they've been productive for nearly half a ...
The horrible incidents herein conveyed occurred on the 17th of the month just past, but only now can I write about them. I find my health very much improved after my gentle stay in the clinic of --...
I've got a few messages for you. While you were out, Bob Gerber called. The format incompatibility that's been blocking your e-mail transmissions of graphical spreadsheet material to corporate head...
Readers are angry about the shabby sales practices of the insurance industry and banks that were revealed in recent Money articles. January's "Don't Be Suckered into the Life Insurance Mess" showed...
Fortune: NOW HEAR THIS updated: Mon May 02 1994 00:01:00
DOUGLAS AUSTIN, 57, CEO of consulting firm Doug Austin's Financial Services, of Toledo, recalling his experiences with corporate directors: ''My worst board was five people strong, and two of them ...
Money Magazine: WEDDING DAY DUES updated: Sun Jul 01 1990 00:01:00
You missed a great opportunity to teach fiscal responsibility when you did not do a financial makeover on the couple who spent $60,000 on their wedding ((May)). Any two people who would spend 60% o...
Quaint, old-fashioned and nearly as dead as the quilting bee. Until recently, that was most Americans' opinion of family reunions. But the tradition -- once thought lost as families began scatterin...
Compared with a shattering 508-point plunge in the Dow, a 63% change in the price of a parking space hardly seems a tremor -- except that we're not talking quarters for a parking meter. 1987 was th...
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