NEW YORK — Danica Lause manufactured knitted hats in China for four years and struggled the whole time. “I was unable to achieve the level of quality control our brand requires in any of the factories we worked with in China,” says Lause, whose company, Peekaboos, makes hats with openings for wearers to pull their [...]
NEW YORK — Volkswagen will sink $2.6 billion into a Pittsburgh autonomous vehicle company that’s mostly owned by Ford as part of a broader partnership on electric and self-driving vehicles, the companies confirmed last week. The two automakers will become equal owners of Argo AI, a robocar firm that was majority-owned by Ford, with plans [...]
Few pairings more closely align than veterans and farming, a recent U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs blog asserted. “The skill sets developed in military service match many of the characteristics of a successful agricultural professional,” blogger Steven Clipp wrote. “Whether it’s a sense of duty, responsibility and accountability for completing the mission, or being organized [...]
Artemi Panarin did not have to imagine what he might look like in a New York Rangers uniform. His likeness in Rangers blue adorned the giant video screens at Madison Square Garden with the message “Welcome Artemi” a full four days before he signed with the team. “There was a moment where I just sat [...]
The Columbus operation of national nonprofit Per Scholas was awarded $100,000 in funding from the KeyBank Business Boost & Build program to help underrepresented groups enter the local technological workforce. The funding was funneled through the KeyBank Center for Technology, Innovation and Inclusive Growth and JumpStart, an entrepreneurial support and economic development organization. “We are [...]
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — Ask about Jeffrey Epstein on St. Thomas and rooms go quiet. Some people leave. Those who share stories speak in barely audible tones. The 66-year-old billionaire bought Little St. James Island off this U.S. Caribbean territory more than two decades ago and began to transform it — clearing the [...]
Since 2015, Nafis Azad grew his startup company in central Ohio, but its reach has expanded across the nation. Now the founder of GhostLabs has merged the design and software development business with an affiliate company, Appify, which is based in Atlanta. The newly merged company will operate as Waker. “We are continually committed to [...]
The central Ohio area was among the top 10 metropolitan areas with the largest share of profitable businesses. Columbus ranked sixth with 69.09 percent of businesses posting profits, according to an analysis from LendingTree. The top five metro areas are Seattle (70.93 percent), Lousiville, Ky., (69.89 percent), Indianapolis (69.92 percent), Portland, Oreg., (69.85 percent) and [...]
WAPAKONETA, Ohio — A small Ohio city is shooting for the moon in celebrating its native son’s history-making walk 50 years ago this month. The hometown of Neil Armstrong has expanded its usual weekend “summer moon festival” to 10 days of Apollo 11 commemorations. Tens of thousands of visitors — the biggest crowds here since [...]