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Reports on consumer confidence, GDP tug at stocks
Facebook creates dual-class stock structure
Consumer group warns about toy hazards
Americans gloomy on economy heading into holidays
Banks earn $2.8 billion in third quarter; insurance fund in the red
Akron, Summit County jobless rates increase
Home prices rise for fourth month in a row
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2 men shot during party in Fairlawn
Cancellation of Christmas not an option
Akron man killed in crash on his street
Akron Children's Hospital CEO, wife announce $1 million gift to support research
Victim of beating in Kent last week is declared dead at Akron hospital
Police: Pennsylvania man killed misbehaving puppy before Steelers game
Akron Circle K store robbed for second time this month
Several people hurt in Akron crash
KSU suspends basketball player
Police accuse bank robbery suspect of gobbling up note (with dashcam video)
Blogs:
Pets:
A Dog Named Christmas – Pet for the Holidays
The Heldenfiles:
Viewing Notes
Patrick McManamon:
Of pass interference and alleged "fake" injuries
Akron Zips:
No. 1 Akron to play Stanford next
Tribe Matters:
Seven players added to Tribe’s 40-man roster
Cleveland Browns:
Audio: Mangini disputes Poteat call, accuses Lions of faking injuries
Kent State Sports:
Flashes travel to Florida Atlantic
Cleveland Cavaliers:
Gameblog: Cavs vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Buckeye Blogging:
Buckeye Football – Present and Future
Varsity Letters:
Gulley to visit Central Michigan in December
All Da King's Men:
The Onion, By Any Other Name…
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Glaring Contradictions
Akron Law Café:
Don't Try to Have Fun if you are Depressed
See Jane Style:
Vintage Chic
Car Chase:
What Automotive Thing Are You Thankful For?
Let's Talk Real Estate:
Faye Dunaway to be Evicted?
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Monique asks how to get tickets for the Polar Express.
Sound Check:
Steely Dan Plays "The Royal Scam" at E.J. Thomas Hall
HRLite House:
Personal Rant – Why I am Glad I live in NEO
Akron Gamer:
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Published on Friday, Jul 04, 2008
Agency loses track
of domain names
The nonprofit agency in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.
The Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, said it happened when an Internet registration company it oversees got fooled into transferring the domain names to someone else.
The attack was quickly noticed, and ICANN's domain names were restored within 20 minutes. However, because many Internet directories retain information for a day or two, visitors could have been redirected to an unauthorized site for longer.
ICANN said Thursday that new, unspecified security measures should prevent such attacks in the future.
American Airlines
to cut more workers
Many more job cuts, probably more than 6,000, are likely at American Airlines as the nation's biggest airline hunkers down and tries to survive record fuel costs.
American notified its flight attendants union on Wednesday that it will cut up to 900 jobs starting Aug. 31, but that appears to be the tip of the iceberg.
Although American has not given a total figure, the airline says it expects to shed 8 percent of its work force. With about 85,500 workers, including those at sister airline American Eagle, that would represent more than 6,800 jobs.
Airlines are raising fares and special fees to raise cash. Late Wednesday, United boosted the fuel surcharge on U.S. travel by $20, it is now up to $170 per round trip. American and Continental matched the increase on Thursday.
Myers Industries
to increase prices
Myers Industries Inc. of Akron says it has again raised prices across its business segments to ''mitigate the unprecedented rise in raw material and energy costs.'' The company said the latest round of price increases will take effect in mid-July, depending on the business unit.
The company blamed spikes in oil and natural gas prices.
''The price increases we implemented in the first and second quarters were simply not enough to offset the magnitude and timing of the costs we are facing,'' said President and Chief Executive John C. Orr.
RPM cash dividend
at 19 cents a share
RPM International Inc. of Medina declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 19 cents a share, payable July 31 to stockholders of record July 14. The company said the payment is an 8.6 percent increase over a year ago.
European bank
raises interest rate
The European Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 4.25 percent to rein in escalating inflation in the 15-nation euro zone.
GM bankruptcy fears
ease, analyst says
An auto analyst with JPMorgan says General Motors Corp. is not in danger of an imminent bankruptcy, but will need to raise about $10 billion to weather the downturn in U.S. auto sales.
Analyst Himanshu Patel said in a conference call that fears of a GM bankruptcy have been overblown.
Judge turns aside
Viacom's legal bid
Viacom Inc., the New York media company suing Google Inc.'s YouTube unit for $1 billion, lost a legal bid to review its rival's computer search code.
Viacom, owner of MTV Networks and Comedy Central, sued YouTube last year, accusing the online video-sharing company of allowing users to post clips from Viacom shows including South Park and The Colbert Report without permission.
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in New York turned aside Viacom's bid to review the computer source code that controls YouTube's and Google's search functions to determine if it can distinguish between infringing and non-infringing videos.
Agency loses track
of domain names
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