With the quiet momentum of a work in progress, Cincinnati is finding an artsy swagger, infused with a casual combination of Midwest and Southern charm.
FirstGroup's filling 100 jobs
FirstGroup America, North America's largest mass transit company, is looking to fill 100 new corporate jobs including 60 information technology positions this summer at its corporate offices, 600 Vine St., downtown.
Top 10 cities for new grads
According to Apartments.com and CBcampus.com, the top 10 cities for new grads are:
Ohio ranked 1st in economic competitiveness
Ohio was ranked 1st in the country in economic competitiveness in 2008 by Site Selection Magazine.
Cincinnati ranks fourth in nation for business expansion
Cincinnati ranks fourth in nation for business expansion for metros with a population over 1 million.
Ohio claims its third Governor's Cup in a row
Ohio had won Site Selection's prestigious Governor's Cup for 2008, which recognizes the state with the most new or expanded capital projects the previous year as tracked by magazine publisher Conway Data Inc.'s New Plant Database.
Eight Greater Cincinnati companies are among the world's most admired
Fortune magazine lists Chiquita Brands International, Cintas, Convergys, Kroger, and Procter & Gamble as scoring in the top half of a survey in which businesspeople were asked to vote for the companies they admired most.
dunnhumbyUSA ceremony begins $17M Downtown headquarters
dunnhumbyUSA kicked off the renovation of its new U.S. headquarters, The Offices at 444 West Third Street, with a ceremony yesterday morning.
Graeter's Announces Plans to Build New Ice Cream Facility
Graeter's today announced plans to build a new ice cream facility in the City of Cincinnati, pending approval from City Council.
Miami tops local biz schools in Businessweek ranking
The Farmer School of Business at Miami University cracked the top 20 in Businessweek ’s Best Business Schools ranking for 2009
Kendle expands in India
Cincinnati-based Kendle Inc., a global clinical research organization, plans to open a second office in the western India in the city of Ahmedabad to expand the company's presence in the Asia/Pacific region, Kendle said in a press release.
Ohio's K-12 school system ranks atop the midwest and sixth nationally
In Education Weekly Magazine's 50 state report card, Ohio ranked 1st among Midwestern states and 6th nationally.
Xavier makes Kiplinger's grade as 41st best value
Kiplinger's Personal Finance has placed XU at 41 – climbing up a spot since 2008 – in the "Top 50 Best Values" category for private American universities.
Keystone Parke achieves LEED Silver rating
Neyer Properties, Inc. has announced that the first building at its Keystone Parke office campus in Evanston has been awarded LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Cincinnati secures 2,500 new jobs in 2008
“Despite the difficult national economic climate, Cincinnati had a very strong year of job creation,” Mayor Mark Mallory said. “Our city continues to be a very attractive location for business investment. Over the last few years, we have implemented a much more targeted and aggressive economic development strategy, and it is paying off.”
Children's ranks among best in nation
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is one of the top five children’s hospitals in the country, according to Parents magazine’s 10 Best Children’s Hospitals survey.
Humana to add 700 jobs
Already moving nearly 1,200 employees into its new building in Walnut Hills, Humana Inc. will add up to 700 more jobs in the region during the next three years.
Procter & Gamble largest worldwide advertiser
Procter & Gamble Co. ranked as the top advertiser in 2007, again, having spent almost $9.4 billion worldwide.
Schools among nation's elite
Walnut Hills High and Wyoming High again made it onto U.S. News & World Report's national list of 100 top public high schools, out today.
SpringDot buys Steinhauser printing division
Cincinnati printing company SpringDot plans to add up to seven employees and grow revenue to $8.5 million with the acquisition of two divisions of Steinhauser, a Newport-based competitor.
KZF Design moving downtown
KZF Design Inc. is moving its headquarters downtown as part of a $6 million expansion, the company announced today.
Multi-Color, Meridian on Forbes’ ‘Best Small Companies’ list
Two Cincinnati firms, Multi-Color Corp. and Meridian Bioscience Inc., have made Forbes magazine’s “America’s 200 Best Small Companies” ranking.
Smucker shareholders OK Folgers transaction
J.M. Smucker Co. shareholders have approved the financing mechanism for the company’s deal to acquire Procter & Gamble Co.'s Folgers coffee business, putting the food maker in line to close the transaction early next month.
Council paves way for Medpace move
Cincinnati City Council on Wednesday approved a tax incentive that will enable Medpace to
move to a new development in Madisonville.
Corporex to announce Baldwin expansion plans
Corporex Cos. said Wednesday it will announce the name of the lodging chain that will open a hotel at its Baldwin Professional Center, as well as renovations to two buildings in the complex, at a June 16 event.
Cincinnati metro unemployment dropped in April
The Cincinnati-Middletown metro area had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state during April, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Cincinnati Children's third in U.S. News' best pediatric hospital ranking
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center moved up in the 2008 listing of best pediatric hospitals in the United States, compiled by U.S. News & World Report.
Site Selection magazine ranks Ohio, Cincinnati tops for development
For the second year in a row, Ohio won the Site Selection Governor’s Cup, based on the number of new and expanded corporate facilities it recorded in 2007. The Cincinnati metro area placed second among “tier one” cities for its number of new and expanded facilities last year, the magazine said in a news release.
Metro area now Ohio’s biggest
The 15-county Cincinnati metropolitan area, which includes seven counties in Northern Kentucky and three in Southeast Indiana, now ranks as Ohio’s largest metropolitan area.
Walnut Hills, Wyoming high schools make Newsweek's Top 100 ranking
Two Greater Cincinnati high schools, Walnut Hills High School and Wyoming High School, are in the top 100 of Newsweek's best-performing U.S. high schools according to the magazine's May 25 issue.
Walking here is tops in Ohio - Cincinnati ranked 10th in country
Cincinnati was named the Best Walking City in Ohio and ranked 10th in the nation, according to a survey released today by Prevention magazine and the American Podiatric Medical Association.
Miami makes Business Week’s best business list
The Farmer School of Business at Miami University improved its ranking to 24th in BusinessWeek’s 2008 “Top Undergraduate Business Programs” list.
Xavier, UC make U.S. News’ best grad programs lists
The University of Cincinnati and Xavier University made several of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools 2009” rankings for 2008.
BioEnterprise: Ohio 2nd in Midwest for medical device firms
Among Midwestern states, Ohio’s more than 600 medical devices manufacturers and distributors are second in numbers only to those in Illinois, a new industry analysis states.
Ohio jobless rate falls again
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is taking with a grain of salt a drop in the state’s unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly two years.
P&G, four other local firms among Fortune’s ‘most admired’
Procter & Gamble Co., along with four other local public companies, are among the most admired companies in the U.S., according to Fortune magazine.
