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NASA Glenn to Upgrade Facilities
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
NASA Glenn is launching a 20-year upgrade of its Cleveland and Sandusky facilities worth $150 million. NASA Glenn officials say they are also working with county and local partners to try and get outside help to redevelop other parts of their campuses. ideastream's Mhari Saito reports.
Foreclosure Prevention Task Force Approves Recommendations
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Over the next two years, an estimated 200,000 Ohio homeowners could see their adjustable mortgage rates soar, making it hard for them to keep up their monthly payments. Thousands of others are already facing foreclosure. That's why this week a special "Foreclosure Prevention Task Force" approved more than two dozen recommendations. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports.
InfoCision Gets Naming Rights to New Akron Stadium
Regional News Stories: Friday, September 7, 2007
If you've never heard of the company InfoCision near Akron, you're not alone. But the company that runs call-centers for a number of companies and organizations will soon be getting some high-profile visibility when the University of Akron completes its football stadium. ideastream education reporter Dan Bobkoff explains.
State Mortgage Aid Not Reaching Many Borrowers
Regional News Stories: Friday, September 7, 2007
Ohio has money to spend for borrowers in trouble, but the state is having trouble finding borrowers to take the loans. A new study by the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that while Ohio still leads the nation in the number of people seriously late on their home mortgage payments or in foreclosure, the numbers may be leveling off. But others say many troubled Ohio's borrowers are too far gone for help. ideastream's Mhari Saito reports.
Weekly Business Roundup for Friday, September 7, 2007
Podcasts: Friday, September 7, 2007
The adage on Wall Street is that corporate takeovers come roaring back from the sluggish summer right after Labor Day. But this year that didn't hold up. Frankly, it's been a quiet week on the business front. Could this be yet another sign that our economy is showing signs of weakness?
American Greetings Profile
Regional News Stories: Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Greater Cleveland has seen a long line of successful companies disappear over the years. Some pull up stakes and move to more attractive locales, while others fade away as new trends and technologies make them obsolete. One local company is withstanding the march of progress, and staying loyal to its roots as it goes increasingly global. American Greetings, a fixture in Cleveland's business landscape for a hundred years, remains on the leading edge of - pardon the industry lingo - social expression products and enjoying a surge in profits. ideastream's Tasha Flournoy has this profile.
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Feagler & Friends: Friday, August 31, 2007
Weekly Business Roundup for Friday, August 31, 2007
Podcasts: Friday, August 31, 2007
In Columbus, there's a complicated debate about something that's really very simple. When you switch on a light or turn on your radio -- who should decide how much that electricity costs? The state or the free market? Politicians in Columbus agree that the current system of partial deregulation isn't working, but the disagreement centers around what system would be better. Governor Strickland outlined his ideas earlier this week. So where do we go from here? Scott Roulston is managing partner at Fairport Asset Management.
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Ohio's Unemployed: Stories from the Line
As Ohio sinks deeper into the recession, more people are put on the unemployment line. These are their stories of struggle and survival. 2008
The Foreclosure Crisis
There are over 11,000 bank-owned houses in Cuyahoga County, and the number grows every day. Houses like this are dragging down local property values and hurting the bottom lines of some of the world’s largest financial institutions. During the week of May 19-23, 2008, ideastream®’s Mhari Saito talks to those wading through the mess left by the foreclosure crisis. 2008
Poverty in the City
50 years ago, Cleveland's Mount Pleasant neighborhood was a vibrant neighborhood, with shops and well-kept homes. But today, it is on the verge of a complete changeover: buildings sit in disrepair, shops are boarded up, kids become high school drop outs. What happened? What can happen now to turn this neighborhood back in the other direction? 2007
What Would Merging Mean?
Northeast Ohio's economy has drastically changed over the last decade. Municipal budgets have shrunk. Manufacturing jobs have declined and the urban core -- Cleveland -- is losing population. As leaders search for solutions, talk of regionalism has ignited conversations and ideas, including more collaboration among cities, even the possibility of merger between city and county government in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. ideastream explores that radical idea with reports and interviews on radio and TV. 2007
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A Quiet Crisis
For three years this innovative multiple-media series focused the attention of Northeast Ohio on the region’s most serious challenge—an economic decline that was unraveling the “comeback” renaissance of the 90’s and threatening the vitality of the region. 2001-04
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