WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers added 151,000 jobs last month, according to new report from the Labor Department. The report noted that hiring was up from a revised 125,000 in January. The unemployment rate rose to 4.1 percent as the number jobless Americans rose by 203,000. Employment rose in health care, finance and transportation and warehousing. [...]
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has released its annual End-of-Season Air Quality Report, analyzing air quality trends from November 2023 to October 2024. Brandi Whetstone, MORPC’s director of Sustainability, said the majority of the 2023-24 season delivered reports within the Good Air Quality Index range, though there was a decline from the previous season. “The [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Walgreens Boots Alliance says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Sycamore Partners as the retailer attempts to turn itself around after years of losing money. Walgreens last week said that Sycamore will pay $11.45 per share, giving the deal an equity value at a little less than [...]
Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks has joined OuterSpatial, a mobile app designed to provide residents and visitors with an enhanced tool to explore recreational opportunities at the parks. According to a news release, OuterSpatial is utilized by the federal government, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and various other Ohio agencies to provide a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court justices last week heard arguments in a case about restart plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. Some justices said they are concerned about safety issues and the lack of progress toward a permanent solution. A plan to build a national storage [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates have been mostly declining in recent weeks, helping to encourage prospective home shoppers just as the spring homebuying season arrives. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage has declined six weeks in a row from 7.04 percent in mid-January to 6.76 percent in the last week of February, according [...]
Japan’s Seven & i Holdings, the parent company of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, has named a new CEO and plans to sell billions in assets as it tries to fend off a takeover bid from a Canadian rival. Last week, Seven & i named its board chairman, Stephen Dacus, as its new president and [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve Chinese nationals — including mercenary hackers, law enforcement officers and employees of a private hacking company — have been charged in connection with global cybercrime campaigns targeting dissidents, news organizations, federal agencies and universities, the Justice Department said. A set of criminal cases filed in New York and Washington add new [...]
Marysville-based Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. recently named Jim Safka senior vice president of e-commerce. Safka, “an accomplished executive with extensive and pioneering experience in technology, marketing and management,” previously led dating app Match.com during a period in which the business grew by more than 20 percent annually, according to a news release announcing the appointment. He [...]