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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — With his cattle ranch threatened by a deepening drought, Jim Stanko isn't cheered by the coming storm signaled by the sound of thunder. "Thunder means lightning, and lightning can cause fires," said Stanko, who fears he'll have to sell off half his herd of about 90 cows in Routt County outside [...]
DETROIT — As the world increasingly focuses attention on climate change, Roland Busch, the CEO of Siemens AG, says his company is well-positioned to help manage the challenges. Munich-based Siemens specializes in making buildings, factories and railroads more efficient through digitalization and automation. And its medical unit includes technology that could lead to faster treatments [...]
The central Ohio housing market is hotter than it’s ever been. Homes are selling at record-high prices and at record-breaking speed. Sellers are seeing unprecedented bidding wars, buyers paying above asking prices and offers made without even seeing the house in person. Yet despite a climate in which it seems easy to sell a house, [...]
Small businesses that depend on tourism and vacationers say business is bouncing back, as Americans rebook postponed trips and spend freely on food, entertainment and souvenirs. States and cities have loosened many of their restrictions on crowd size and mask-wearing, a positive sign for businesses that struggled for more than a year when theme parks [...]
BMW Financial Services is trading in its leased space in Hilliard for sleek, state-of-the-art office space in the new Grandview Crossing, a 55-acre mixed-use development straddling the Grandview Heights-Columbus corporation limits, just west of downtown. The company has confirmed relocation of its North American headquarters, scheduled sometime during the last quarter of 2022. “We can [...]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three Republican governors opposed efforts this year to absolve businesses for violating public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic, but only in the “Live Free or Die” state have outstanding fines been dropped and paid ones refunded. In March, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson vetoed legislation requiring the state to refund about [...]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Anthem topped second-quarter expectations even though the health insurer's profit tumbled as patients who hunkered down last year at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic started seeking care again. Growing enrollment in government-funded programs such as Medicaid and Medicare Advantage helped Anthem balance the jump in care use. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield [...]
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Bret Oliverio says he wants college athletes to endorse his Sup Dogs restaurant along the main Franklin Street drag steps from the University of North Carolina. He is just being patient before jumping into a brave new world. Like other small business owners in college towns, Oliverio is sorting out [...]
The three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are on the verge of a $26 billion settlement covering thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids across the U.S., two people with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press. As a precursor to the bigger deal, New York reached [...]
Like many of its peers, venerable department store chain Nordstrom is having a tough time keeping pace with customer demand for new clothes because of supply issues. That will be an even bigger challenge heading into the full swing of its anniversary sale, a tradition since the 1960s. Last year, customers stayed away because there [...]