News
Business Highlights
The Associated Press
___ Kroger 4Q profit falls 27 percent; margins shrink CINCINNATI (AP) — The Kroger Co. is sacrificing some profits to court financially strapped shoppers
Crack Down on Payday Lenders Bill Passes
WMTV
Aiken County plant will create 250 jobs
The State
Consumer borrowing broke a record stretch of declines with a small increase in January as a boost in auto loans offset continued weakness in credit-card
FORD MOTOR COMPANY FUND TO HONOR SOUTHERN CA FREEDOM'S SISTERS DURING BLACK
Hip Hop Press (press release)
from Ford Motor Company Fund and in partnership with the Cincinnati Museum Center and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES).
Friday Big East mailbag
ESPN (blog)
Cincinnati has beaten Syracuse five straight times and South Florida four times in a row. The Bulls have never lost to Syracuse in five tries.
Final Non-conference opponents update
Hammer and Rails (blog)
According to the most recent Bubble Watch, Connecticut, Seton Hall, and Cincinnati should all still be considered with awful records, so I guess we'll give
Liberty Mutual sets Hub expansion
Boston Globe
The S&P report noted Liberty Mutual's earnings are below average compared to peers, but it has not suffered the credit problems of other financial services
Zebbo.com, Elite Customer Winners, Hughes and IPhone, Spark Radio, VA Call
TMC Net (blog)
Agent of the Year - Joyce Sanders, Cincinnati Children's Hospital; Honorable Mention - Tracey Forbin of Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
First high-speed Internet, now Internet at the speed of light
Elkhart Truth
Cincinnati Bell purchased Gramtel after it committed to putting the fiber between downtown Elkhart and Goshen. The project was to be completed last summer
The stimulus road tour continues
Washington Post (blog)
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan will visit Cincinnati and head to an affordable housing project being constructed with a $1 million stimulus tax credit.