Ohio manufacturing: Good times are back (sort of)

It’s boom times once again for Ohio’s manufacturing industry.
Manufacturing, the largest sector in the Buckeye State’s economy, is revving up production and employment after being hit hard by the Great Recession.
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Wynn details casino envisioned near Patriots’ home

Las Vegas casino owner Steve Wynn unveiled details Friday of a proposed Massachusetts resort casino he hopes to develop near the home of the New England Patriots.
Wynn mailed a brochure and 20-minute DVD to thousands of Foxborough households explaining the proposal, which has met resistance from many residents who are worried that it will add […]

Monti Expects Agreement on Firewall Soon - Bloomberg

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, signaling the worst may be over for the euro region

HSBC profits up as it bucks UK banking trend

Buoyant trading in Asia helped HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe’s biggest bank by market value, report a 28 percent increase in full-year profit Monday _ a marked contrast to the performance of other big British banks.
HSBC said its net profit for 2011 was $16.8 billion, up from $13.2 billion. Net operating income was 11 percent higher […]

FDIC closes small banks in Georgia, Minnesota

Regulators on Friday shuttered small banks in Georgia and Minnesota, bringing to 11 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.
By this time last year, regulators had closed more than twice as many banks _ 23.
All told, 92 banks were closed in 2011, representing a sharp decline from the two previous years, when banks were […]

China Cuts Reserve-Ratio for Growth as Inflation Deters Interest-Rate Move - Bloomberg

China is seen making more cuts to banks

FDA raises safety concerns for Vivus diet pill

Federal health officials say they still have safety concerns about an experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc., as the company prepares to make a second attempt to convince experts of the drug’s safety next week.
Vivus, based in Mountain View, Calif., is one of three small drugmakers racing to bring the first new prescription weight […]

Air Canada pilots provide overwhelming strike vote but won

With the Air Canada Pilots Association expected to release the results of its strike vote later Tuesday, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is offering to appoint another mediator to avoid any disruptions to airline travel.
Late Monday night, just 20 minutes before the legal strike or lockout deadline passed, Raitt issued a news release to say she […]

Pinterest quietly profits off its users’ links

The social networking field’s buzziest startup is under fire this week for not being completely transparent with its users.
Pinterest, which allows users to create a virtual pinboard showcasing items they find around the Web, has quietly been appending affiliate links to some pins — the ones featuring goods for sale online through Amazon […]

As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks

Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google, whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago.
But they may want to spare a thought for companies slightly less exciting _ a truck leasing company, perhaps, or a manufacturer […]