Crain's Cleveland Business articles from January 2009

Crain's Cleveland Business archives from January 2009

TWENTY IN THEIR 20s.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Attention, all young up-and-comers. Crain's is seeking nominations for our Twenty in Their 20s feature, which runs in the April 6, 2009, issue. A nomination form can be found online at www.CrainsCleveland.com/20nominations. Nominations...

CHOICE BITS.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Guess they really meanfor better or for worse * Two Clevelanders were among the people mentioned in a Dec. 30 New York Times story about how the brutal housing market is making it harder for couples to get divorced. "With nearly one in...

Browns' tired act needs a bit more fire.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Brian Tucker And so we begin the new year with yet another rebuilding of the Cleveland Browns, and it appears, if the media speculation is correct, that New England Patriots executive Scott Pioli could become the new general...

10 STORIES... ...THAT MATTERED IN 2008.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Now they tell us * It turns out the recession actually began in December 2007, according to the federal government not that it came as any surprise to Northeast Ohio homebuilders, bankers, retailers, etc., most of whom have seen their...

CORRECTIONS.(NEWS)(Correction notice)
January 5, 2009... * A Dec. 15, Page 13 photo caption contained incorrect information. M.J. is not a patient; she is a participant in Art Therapy Studio programs that are open to the community. * The Crain's list of largest commercial real estate brokerages,...

FALLS ON THE RISE; New digs, name in step with outfit's addition of advertising, creative work.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: JOHN BOOTH Sure, Falls Communications has a shorter name and a shiny new office to go with the calendar flip, but even in a tough economy, the public relations firm has big plans for 2009. The company, founded in 1996 as Robert...

Creative deals finding favorin real estate; Commercial property owners orchestrate sales with alternative financing methods.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD With an unprecedented financial crisis rewriting the rules for business, Northeast Ohio commercial real estate owners, brokers and lawyers are looking for ways to sell or develop properties as real estate loans remain...

OPINION.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Go for it Civic leaders in Greater Cleveland can't begin lobbying too soon for a chunk of the federal money that President-elect Barack Obama intends to direct toward infrastructure expenditures as he looks to give a jolt to the struggling...

Co-op laundry first up in Univ. Circle initiative; Cleveland Foundation eyes jobs, development in neighborhoods surrounding bustling district.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: JAY MILLER A mixed bag of supporters is putting together a plan for a group of new, employee-owned businesses in the University Circle area designed to put Clevelanders to work and give the employees a stake in the success of the...

Lakeland, manufacturers co-op to offer hands-on experience.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: DAN SHINGLER Lakeland Community College in Kirtland would like to train more students to work in advanced manufacturing, but the equipment needed for them to earn a degree costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per piece, and the...

State bears brunt of Max Hayes redo; Manufacturing base pleased with progress on vocational school.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: DAN SHINGLER Local manufacturing employers and the Cleveland schools got an early Christmas gift from the state of Ohio, which has decided to pay for about two-thirds of a planned, $48.7 million replacement for Max Hayes High...

GOING PLACES.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... JOB CHANGES EDUCATION JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY: Dora Pruce to director of government and community relations. ENGINEERING R.E. WARNER & ASSOCIATES INC.: Jennifer M. Rowles to architect; Chuck Wlodyka to senior structural...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; TECHNOLOGY.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: CHUCK SODER The recession has started to put a drag on the momentum that Northeast Ohio's technology sector has been building over the past few years, but local industry officials say the industry should be able to emerge from 2009...

Nat City, PNC parallels foreshadow banks' futures; Similar cultures signal fairly smooth union.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: ARIELLE KASS So, with the government acting as a matchmaker for what generally was perceived to be an arranged marriage, what are the long-term relationship prospects for the wedding of National City Corp. to PNC Financial Services...

Uncertainty will offer stiff test to every corner of NE Ohio's business community.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: KATHY AMES CARR You could liken the economy's impact on the Northeast Ohio business climate to a computer running in sleep mode. It's not shut down, but it's not at full operating capacity, either. Local economists as well as...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; REAL ESTATE.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD A one-two punch has left Northeast Ohio's real estate sector bruised and battered as it moves into 2009. The first jab delivered by the crippling residential and commercial lending crunch stopped the...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; FINANCE.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: ARIELLE KASS If 2008 was a bad year for the finance sector and there is no doubt that it was don't expect anything better from 2009. Lousy is the way one local expert described the coming year. Bloody, another. Others...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; MANUFACTURING.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: DAN SHINGLER Happy New Year? Even with all of their experience, skill and specialized equipment, that might be the one thing that Northeast Ohio manufacturers can't produce. So instead, they are hunkering down for tough...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; MUNICIPALITIES.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: JAY MILLER At least 100 public officials and neighborhood folks shivered in near-freezing temperatures Dec. 18 as North Olmsted Mayor Thomas O'Grady stood facing north in the middle of the new four-lane Crocker-Stearns Road...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; RETAIL.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: JOHN BOOTH Looking for a cheery viewpoint about this year's retail prospects? If you find one, maybe you should consider buying a lottery ticket. "At least three-quarters if not more of retailers are doing considerably worse...

WORK IT OUT.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Residents of Cleveland's suburbs have a median income 77% higher than those living in the city itself. That's one of the findings from a new Center for Community Solutions report that provides a comprehensive statistical snapshot, circa 2006,...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; HEALTH CARE.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND Health care in recent years has been regarded as somewhat of a savior for Northeast Ohio's ailing economy, but regardless of its strength, it likely won't come out of 2009 unscathed by the continuing recession. ...

2009 ECONOMIC FORECAST; SMALL BUSINESS.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: JOEL HAMMOND After a holiday season filled with tasty treats and scrumptious snacks, it's time for small business owners to return to an increasingly bitter recipe. A stalled economy, with credit that's harder to come by every...

Steel processor eyes part of Mittal site; South Bend firm, unwilling to commit without state incentives, would invest "several million'.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD Steel Warehouse Co., a specialized steel processor based in South Bend, Ind., is seeking incentives from the state of Ohio to create a distribution center on a site it bought from ArcelorMittal near the global...

FOR THE RECORD.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... BICE OUT, BARLEY HOUSE ON WAY IN IN CLEVELAND * As the calendar turns, so does the downtown Cleveland restaurant carousel. Less than two years after opening, the upscale Bice Ristorante closed its doors at Tower City Center on Christmas...

Stem cell progress aiding firms' product commercialization plans.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: CHUCK SODER Investors and drug companies nationwide are taking a greater interest in adult stem cell therapies, which bodes well for four Cleveland companies that work with the regenerative cells. Officials from the four...

Tradin' paint.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Sherwin-Williams' optimism offers a bright spot in a dark economy Tired of the torrent of bad business news? A Dec. 24 Wall Street Journal interview with Sherwin-Williams Co. CEO Christopher M. Connor might be the antidote. The...

Of 16 new Squire partners, three in Cleveland office.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: Arielle Kass Three of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey's newest partners are in the firm's Cleveland office in a year that saw the naming of 16 new partners from all four continents in which the law firm operates. Tim Sheeran, chair...

TAX LIENS.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... The Internal Revenue Service filed tax liens against the following businesses in the Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office. The IRS files a tax lien to protect the interests of the federal government. The lien is a public notice to creditors that...

Port Authority's transformation begins long before move; A defined role, community awareness part of goals.(NEWS)
January 5, 2009... Byline: JAY MILLER Look for a new Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority in 2009. Though its officials have said it will be nearly a decade before the Port of Cleveland begins to leave downtown for docks further east and as much as...

10 PEOPLE ... ... WHO MATTERED IN 2008.
January 5, 2009... Joe Calabrese * The head of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority won the Outstanding Public Transportation Manager award from the American Public Transportation Association and got to see the long-in-the-making and quite...

Bucking tough times, utility software provider planning major expansion; Beachwood's Aclara RF moving into 111K square feet in Solon.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD With a problem more businesses wish they had in a worsening recession, a growing Beachwood company that makes automated meter reading equipment and associated software for utility companies plans to expand its office...

Single-party politics taint democracy.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: Brian Tucker I know it's oh-so-early in the new year to be moaning about things, but sometimes news events just take on a life of their own and beg for commentary. Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul embarrassed himself and...

Serpentini, Liberty: Sure, buy the other guy! Competing dealers team up for TV ad promoting any American products.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: JOHN BOOTH It's almost jarring. There's Jim Herrick, Ford-loyal president of Liberty Auto Group, standing next to Chevy-vangelist Bob Serpentini, in a television commercial. They represent two of the area's most-advertised...

CHOICE BITS.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Speak up, docs, onchildhood obesity * Doctors to a large extent are missing a chance to help prevent overweight kids from becoming obese adults. That's the upshot of a new study by Lacey Benson of the Case Western Reserve University...

CORRECTIONS.(NEWS)(Correction notice)
January 12, 2009... In a Dec. 15, page 3 story about declining endowments at local universities, the response of Case Western Reserve University officials was misrepresented. They issued a statement for the story. "No one is immune from the financial events of the...

Far out.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... First it was the banks, then it was the automakers, and now it is the states that have their hands extended for massive amounts of federal money. Just where is this supposed to end, and who will be there to rescue taxpayers when their backs...

Credit unionsbranching into business loans; Institutions benefit from banks' conservative lending approach.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: ARIELLE KASS Local credit unions want you to know that there are other ways to finance your small business. For example, them. Hoping to take advantage of some banks' reluctance to make small-business loans, some Northeast Ohio...

GOING PLACES.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... JOB CHANGES ARCHITECTURE KA: Robert Sullivan and Jeffrey Anderle to principals. DISTRIBUTION NACSCORP: Rita Harned to director of finance and operations. FINANCE FIRSTMERIT CORP.: Rob Townsend to media relations...

FOR THE RECORD.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... AKRON HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDER BUYS FIRM * Human services provider REM Ohio Inc. of Akron has acquired Respect, Integrity & Acceptance Inc., a provider of developmental disability residential services based in Cambridge, Ohio. Terms of the...

Cutbacks in care likely as patients' costs rise; Hospitals fear subsequent increase in bad debt.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND Jeffrey Jeney can see the shift taking place in both poor and traditionally wealthy neighborhoods. People are delaying or canceling elective surgeries, asking their doctors not to order costly X-rays and, in...

Commercial sales going in reverse; Region's big-ticket property deals down 68%, with rebound in transactions unlikely soon.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD Imagine dropping off a cliff, then hoping the floor of the valley below does not open underneath you once you land. That situation describes the outlook for big-ticket commercial property sales in Northeast Ohio in...

More diverse firms seek out JumpStart; Development outfit, minority-led companies forge effort to grow investment, collaboration.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: CHUCK SODER White men aren't the only ones trying to JumpStart Northeast Ohio's economy. Venture development organization JumpStart Inc. says it offered assistance to 301 "diverse businesses in 2008, up 40% from the 215...

PD building designer: New tenants could fit.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: JOHN BOOTH If it were a home, The Plain Dealer's building in downtown Cleveland would seem a hot prospect: Just seven years old, an eye-catching entryway, close to the lake, fully equipped kitchen and lots of space. It's that...

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Who's afraid of a big, badDepression? Not this guy * As if gray skies and the sun's conspicuous absence weren't enough, now Depression that is with a capital D has reared its head. In a December interview, Third Federal Savings and...

GRAND OPENINGS.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Have you recently opened a new small business in Northeast Ohio? Send the following information to sections editor Amy Ann Stoessel at astoessel@crain.com: business name, address, web site address, phone number, fax number and e-mail...

DRIVE TO SURVIVE; Local auto dealers bracing for more turbulence while hoping market turns around.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: BRAD DICKEN Local auto dealers are struggling to survive the pounding the auto industry is taking, and they don't expect it to be an easy fight. Last year was brutal, with a significant downturn in new car purchases and the...

Packaging idea could stick; With newly introduced liquid adhesive, Lorain firm tries to turn up heat on long-used hot-melt method.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: JENNIFER KEIRN Problems with the adhesives that held his boxes together had become a sticky problem for Bryon Perry, plant manager of Ashtabula-based box manufacturer Northeast Box Co. He had relied for years on the industry...

SHORT TAKES.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... * BIGGER AND BETTER: Radcom, a 12-year-old professional consulting firm specializing in instructional design, e-learning and technical communication, has moved within Hudson to a larger office space at 561 Boston Mills Road, Suite 400. The new...

Internet buzz helps Cleveland land national startup powwow; With necessary resources under conference's roof, ventures can be planned, started in matter of days.(NEWS)(Conference news)
January 12, 2009... Byline: DIANE DiPIERO Startup Weekend, a hands-on entrepreneurial event, is coming to Cleveland this spring, according to Andrew Kavanaugh, a Cleveland-based software entrepreneur who has been leading the charge to bring the conference to...

THE WEEK; JANUARY 5 - 11.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... The big story: Eric Mangini said he wants his three sons to be Cleveland Browns fans; now he has the opportunity to make that easier for them. After a 4-12 season that resulted in the firings of the team's coach and general manager, the Browns...

Claims stacking up; Surging unemployment filings expectedto rise more as recession grips region, state.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: DAN SHINGLER ? dshingler@crain.com The ongoing recession is showing its depth across the state and in Northeast Ohio in the form of rising unemployment claims that economists say are likely to increase in coming weeks. The rate...

WHAT'S NEW.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... COMPANY: MACtac, Stow PRODUCT: UGlu brand of adhesives MACtac, a maker of pressure-sensitive adhesive products, is giving consumers a new bonding experience with its new UGlu line. The company describes UGlu-brand products as "a...

Workers' comp evaluation has new timetable; Amendment legalizes insurance rates for now.(NEWS)
January 12, 2009... Byline: JAY MILLER Small business owners who had hoped their workers' compensation premiums soon would be lowered by a court victory two months ago will need to wait longer for relief. An end-of-session amendment to a workers' comp...

COMING NEXT WEEK; High costs.
January 12, 2009... The recession has prompted just about everyone, no matter their net worth, to carefully monitor their personal spending habits.

WORK IT OUT.
January 12, 2009... Nearly six in 10 Ohioans receive health insurance paid primarily by their employers, and state residents are less likely to be uninsured than citizens nationwide, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The foundation reports that...

CHOICE BITS.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Yet another reminderthat crime doesn't pay * A former Steris Corp. employee in Illinois will spend nearly four years in federal prison for embezzling $1.54 million from the Mentor-based maker of sterilization systems for health care,...

Unions stymie educational progress.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: Brian Tucker There might not be a more aggravating phrase in our modern economic lexicon than "last in, first out, unless, that is, you include "according to the contract as a choice. That's precisely what we're hearing from...

Construction firm builds portfolio; Valley View-based Donley's N.C. acquisition bolsters southern reach.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD Donley's Inc., a diversified Valley View builder with roots in concrete construction, has acquired a Wilmington, N.C., company to add oomph to its long-term plan to expand in the Southeast. The acquisition of Blair...

CLARIFICATION.(NEWS)(Correction notice)
January 19, 2009... * The Jan. 12 list of Largest Meetings and Conventions reported estimated attendance for the National Championships held by the U. S. Figure Skating Association as 10,000. That figure represents an estimate of the participants, family members,...

Don't blow it.(Cleveland State University plan to establish research and innovation centres)
January 19, 2009... Cleveland State University is too close for comfort to blowing a nearly $24 million grant from the state and, worse still, an opportunity to establish itself as a national center of research and innovation in the field of industrial sensors. It...

Higher education.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Alumni greatly influence a university or college's bottom line, particularly through their fundraising and marketing efforts.

Defense work windfall for manufacturers; Firms that have diversified into the healthy sector benefit from a wealth of contracts.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: DAN SHINGLER War is hell but it can sure help the bottom line. Just ask any Northeast Ohio manufacturer fortunate enough to have a decent portion of their business coming through defense contracts. "We just had our best...

CAREFUL WITH CASH; In this recession, everyone - from Plumber Joe to Millionaire Jane - is looking more closely at spending habits.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: CHRISTINE GORDILLO This time, it seems no one is immune. From the middle manager fretting for his job to the multimillionaire CEO, everyone is tightening their belts in the midst of this recession. "We're seeing a reaction...

An emotional roller coaster; Economic turmoil, associated ups and downs elicit fear that affects health, financial decisions.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: JENNIFER KEIRN By anyone's standards, Scott Maloney should have a nail-biting habit worse than LeBron James right about now. His family's income has plummeted since he lost his job as an assistant vice president at AmTrust Bank...

With time, funding college can be done without loans; IRS provides options that allow families to seize tax advantages.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: SCOT ALLYN When Eric Baumgartner picked up his diploma for a bachelor's degree in marketing from Miami University in 1982, he thanked his parents, who paid for the education in full. "My father told me I could pay him back by...

THE INTERVIEW; CHRISTOPHER D. BART Managing director Aurum Wealth Management Group.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: AMY ANN STOESSEL It's been a rough road for investors as of late, and with all of the turbulence, many have been left questioning their financial strategies. Christopher D. Bart, managing director with Aurum Wealth Management...

A SNAPSHOT OF THE MEDICAL IMAGING INDUSTRY.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Northeast Ohio's burgeoning medical imaging industry includes four of the five top imaging machine manufacturers with a local presence and a bustling local crop of companies that provide parts and other services to the industry. The major...

A PRETTY PICTURE; BioEnterprise analysis confirms Northeast Ohio's quiet secret: a seasoned and still-growing medical imaging industry.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: CHUCK SODER The names of Picker International and Technicare Corp. have been gone from Northeast Ohio for years, but the region's medical imaging sector remains and continues to grow. An analysis by BioEnterprise Corp., a...

FOR THE RECORD.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... $2M GIFT TO BOLSTER ENDOWMENTS AT CWRU * Case Western Reserve University has received a $2 million gift from The Weatherhead Foundation and the Albert J. Weatherhead III Foundation to boost endowments at the Weatherhead School of Management...

GOING PLACES.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... JOB CHANGES FINANCE CITIZENS BANK: Michael Kungli to branch manager, Medina. HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK: Andrew Recker to banking office manager, Public Square; David Cross to banking office manager, Mayfield-Eastgate; La'Shanya...

Jackson confident in new job potential; Cleveland mayor will double money pledged to businesses expanding in or moving to city.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: JAY MILLER Despite the sour economy, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson says the city is open for business, and he plans to commit more money in 2009 to the effort to bring new jobs to the central city. In an interview at Crain's...

TIPS FOR THE WEARY.(financial decision-making)(Brief article)
January 19, 2009... The anxiety associated with financial stress can not only affect your health headaches, irritability and poor sleep, among others but can also affect your decision-making. Some advice from experts: * Dr. Scott Meit, chief psychologist,...

With eyes on more paying customers, Metro seeks match with local employers; System's pilot project with county workers a big hit.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND The MetroHealth System is turning to local employers to help offset its increasing costs for uncompensated care. The Cuyahoga County-owned hospital is in talks with "a handful of Northeast Ohio employers to...

Parmatown retailers shelve rumors of mall shutdown.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD and JOHN BOOTH With news reports that the owner of Beachwood Place, Northeast Ohio's most upscale mall, is flirting with bankruptcy as it struggles with loan issues, the rumor mill in more modest corners such as Parma...

REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Before you put that old computer out to pasture * You know that old computer buried in your storage room? The one that still runs Windows 95? OneCommunity will take it. The Cleveland nonprofit is playing the role of middleman between...

Manufacturer Tranzonic trading Heights.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: STAN BULLARD The Tranzonic Cos. of Highland Heights, a manufacturer and distributor of personal hygiene and other cleaning products, will become Richmond Heights-based next month when it moves its headquarters to the Horizon...

THE WEEK; JANUARY 12 - 18.(senators George Voinovich plans to resign)(Howard Hanna move its headquarters )(Medical Mutual of Ohio Inc appoints Rick Chiricosta as new president )
January 19, 2009... The big story: U.S. Sen. George Voinovich announced he will leave the Senate at the end of 2010. There's no shortage of politicos seen as candidates to replace the 72-year-old Republican. On the GOP side, Rob Portman, a former congressman and...

TUITION FREEZES ON THIN ICE; Public, private colleges mull rate hikes amid rising operating costs, state funding uncertainty.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... Byline: SHANNON MORTLAND A thaw likely is coming in tuition rates that have been frozen in place the last two years at most state-supported colleges and universities. Local colleges public and private are considering tuition increases...

WHAT'S NEW.(NEWS)
January 19, 2009... COMPANY: Pierre's Ice Cream Co., Cleveland PRODUCT: Yovation This is not your grandfather's frozen yogurt. (Assuming your grandfather ate frozen yogurt, that is.) Pierre's describes Yovation, which comes in six flavors, as "a new...

THEY BUY IT.(NEWS)
January 26, 2009... Some local private equity firms say weak market conditions present an ideal opportunity to buy companies at prices lower than they normally would pay. * CapitalWorks: Its chairman, Rob McCreary, says the firm is "not afraid of distressed...

"CSU' future deserves due diligence.(management of Cleveland State University)(governor regulates tax credits for filmmakers)
January 26, 2009... Byline: Brian Tucker So the Cleveland State University board of trustees has abandoned some of outgoing president Michael Schwartz's ideas for change at the downtown institution. Board chair Ron Weinberg, rightly, said the timing's not...

Academics seek private research ties; Boosting collaboration among universities, companies capitalizes on resources of both.(NEWS)
January 26, 2009... Byline: CHUCK SODER Private companies, take note. Researchers at Northeast Ohio's universities, hungry for dollars and ideas, are more interested than ever in working with you. Officials from each of the region's four major...

CORRECTION.(NEWS)(Correction notice)
January 26, 2009... A Jan. 19 Reporter's Notebook item about OneCommunity's Green Computing Initiative included incorrect information about the program's pilot project. The 500 computers the nonprofit collected from National City Corp. for the pilot were...