- FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR: Ron Rowland
Ron Rowland knows how to get money. But this partner with the Columbus law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease doesn't hoard that valuable information - or even charge a price for divulging it. Instead, he freely shares with promising entrepreneurs and seasoned small-business owners his knowledge and vast ......
- Risk aversion
Performance Site Management has decreased its lost-time claim fre quency more than 80 percent over the last three years by taking several steps to ensure its workers' safety. As a result, Performance was one of 15 companies in Ohio recognized with a 1999 Governor's Excellence in Workers' Compensation award. Performance ......
- Fairs, Festivals & Events Seminar Slated For Ohio
The March 15-16 educational seminar being sponsored by the Greater Ohio Showmen's Assn. started out as a way to make a few dollars for the association.
- Flight Plan
It's April 11, and just three weeks; ago, John Mok, Cleveland's Director of Port Control, learned that Continental Airlines, Cleveland's largest carrier, will cut its work force by 1,200, yet another blow to the shaky relationship between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the airline. Elsewhere, three of the 12 largest ......
- REGIONAL ROUNDUP: New Works Work - Our correspondents praise diverse premieres in Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Boston....
Cincinnati has been attracting attention with two promising premieres: Red Corners (through Jan. 31), at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and The Wars of the Roses (closed Jan. 24), at the Cincinnati Shakespeare ......
- A good investment: companies that invest in trainingand education will have more loyal employees--and help counteractNortheast Ohio's brain drain.
Many Northeast Ohio companies feeling the direct effects of the brain drain are investing in continued education and training for their young employees. The mindset is if employers invest in their employees' career development, those employees will retain their jobs longer and, as a result, stay in the region. "I ......
- Midwestern update.
Look in any direction throughout the Midwest and you'll see a flurry of exciting developments. New convention facilities have opened recently in Springfield, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Overland Park, Minneapolis, and Grand Rapids, while major expansions or new facilities are under development in Chicago, Rosemont, Lexington, Louisville, Cincinnati, Des Moines, St....