Dayton Business News

Ohio — Construction is starting on a new $2.5 million facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base that will allow the military to create its own fuel for research aimed at producing alternatives for powering military aircraft. The new facility in...

Ohio — Dayton Superior Corp., which makes products used in concrete construction, said it has emerged from bankruptcy protection, effective immediately. Dayton Superior in April filed for Chapter 11, listing assets of $286 million against liabilities of $413 million.

Joe Cernevicius grew up in wartime Lithuania where poverty was so dire — starvation his constant companion — that he fled to Hitler’s Germany and signed up to fight with the Americans. “Eisenhower took us in,” he said, beaming. “He...

An order by the Office of Thrift Supervision calls for Liberty Savings, which has its administrative headquarters in Dayton, to bring up its capital levels by March 31, 2010. Additionally, the thrift’s board also must submit by Nov. 30 a...

Montgomery and Butler counties are among those in the state receiving more than $10.4 million in federal dollars for energy efficiency and conservation projects that could create jobs, Sen. Sherrod Brown said Tuesday, Oct. 20. The federal funds were made...

829 Store Closings, 1486 Store Openings, Chapter 11 Updates, and 3 Restaurant Chains in 3 Different Business Cycle Stages Monday October 19, 2009 While there is still a lot of uncertainty in retailing worldwide, one thing that the latest numbers...

As if the mortgage foreclosure crisis wasn’t bad enough, sometime last year a new phenomenon began to emerge: Experts say mortgage lenders and banks began walking away from foreclosed properties, especially in urban areas. The so-called “walkaways” can occur along...

In an ironic twist, the University of Dayton is now in negotiations with NCR to purchase its former world headquarters building, and local political and business leaders are urging UD to put the building to the same uses that helped...

Dayton hospitals’ embrace of electronic health care records ultimately will mean a more efficient health care system — and healthier patients, Premier Health Partners’ chief information officer told fellow information professionals Thursday Oct. 15. In recent years, Premier, Kettering...