http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:13:56 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/28/bond-market-prepares-hike-interest-rates-while-us-stocks-drift-lower/stories/20260828095 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/28/bond-market-prepares-hike-interest-rates-while-us-stocks-drift-lower/stories/20260828095#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:40:15 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/28/bond-market-prepares-hike-interest-rates-while-us-stocks-drift-lower/stories/20260828095 NEW YORK — The bond market swung Friday as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, dipped but not by much after economists said a speech by Chairman Kevin Warsh helped strengthen faith that the Fed will do what’s needed to bring inflation down, even if it causes pain for the economy in the short term. Options trader Matthew Hefter works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/28/northwest-ohio-investment-data-centers/stories/20260818099 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/28/northwest-ohio-investment-data-centers/stories/20260818099#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:55:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/28/northwest-ohio-investment-data-centers/stories/20260818099 Data centers have made up a large chunk of investment in northwest Ohio so far this year. A sign advertises the future Westgate Village North project in Toledo on Aug. 21. An aerial view shows construction work continuing on the Westgate Village North project in Toledo on Aug. 21. Regional Growth Partnership executive vice president Gary Thompson. Ohio has been named the top state for business in U.S. by CNBC. Northwest Ohio stands out from the crowd in many ways among other regions in the state. The Meta data center under construction in Middleton Township in December. Liz Holland, the CEO and general counsel for Abbell Associates, gives a presentation during a meeting on a proposed retail development nearby at Sanger Branch Library in West Toledo in 2025. Workers assemble washing machines at the Whirlpool plant on April 10 in Clyde. Whirlpool Corporation announced plans to further expand its industry-leading U.S. manufacturing footprint with the addition of a new, state-of-the-art production facility in Perrysburg, Ohio, Workers assemble washing machines at the Whirlpool plant on April 10 in Clyde. Whirlpool Corporation announced plans to further expand its industry-leading U.S. manufacturing footprint with the addition of a new, state-of-the-art production facility in Perrysburg, Ohio, Marc Bitzer, Whirlpool Corporation chairman and CEO, announces plans to further expand its U.S. manufacturing footprint with the addition of a new, state-of-the-art production facility in Perrysburg on April 10 at Whirlpool in Clyde. A construction worker as construction continues on the Westgate Village North project in Toledo on Aug. 21. Construction equipment as work continues on the Westgate Village North project in Toledo on Aug. 21. Construction equipment as work continues on the Westgate Village North project in Toledo on Aug. 21. An aerial view shows construction work continuing on the Westgate Village North project in Toledo on Aug. 21. An aerial view shows construction work continuing on the Westgate Village North project in Toledo on Aug. 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/08/27/the-number-of-americans-applying-for-jobless-aid-slips-to-203-000-as-layoffs-remain-low/stories/20260827088 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/08/27/the-number-of-americans-applying-for-jobless-aid-slips-to-203-000-as-layoffs-remain-low/stories/20260827088#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:52:12 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/08/27/the-number-of-americans-applying-for-jobless-aid-slips-to-203-000-as-layoffs-remain-low/stories/20260827088 WASHINGTON — The number of people filing for U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining at historic lows as layoffs are rare and most Americans enjoy job security. FILE - A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File) https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/08/27/lucky-charms-and-trix-go-au-naturel-as-general-mills-ditches-artificial-colors/stories/20260827087 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/08/27/lucky-charms-and-trix-go-au-naturel-as-general-mills-ditches-artificial-colors/stories/20260827087#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 15:51:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/08/27/lucky-charms-and-trix-go-au-naturel-as-general-mills-ditches-artificial-colors/stories/20260827087 General Mills said Wednesday it has removed artificial colors from all its U.S. cereals, including Lucky Charms and Trix. This is a shelf of General Mills Lucky Charms cereal at a market in Homestead, Pa., on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/27/iconic-downtown-office-building-sold/stories/20260827101 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/27/iconic-downtown-office-building-sold/stories/20260827101#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:02:31 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/27/iconic-downtown-office-building-sold/stories/20260827101 One SeaGate, an iconic part of Toledo’s skyline, has been sold, according to a commercial real estate firm. One SeaGate, seen from the Tower on the Maumee in Toledo. One SeaGate is 32 stories and more than 650,000 square feet and was constructed in the 1980s. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/27/tech-stocks-lead-wall-street-ai-creating-growth/stories/20260827100 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/27/tech-stocks-lead-wall-street-ai-creating-growth/stories/20260827100#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:52:55 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/27/tech-stocks-lead-wall-street-ai-creating-growth/stories/20260827100 NEW YORK — Technology stocks led Wall Street on Thursday after Nvidia, Salesforce and others reported even fatter profits for the spring than analysts expected. Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Aug. 21. A person walks near an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm in New York on Aug. 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/26/wall-street-holds-mostly-steady-following-latest-update-inflation/stories/20260826100 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/26/wall-street-holds-mostly-steady-following-latest-update-inflation/stories/20260826100#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:50:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/26/wall-street-holds-mostly-steady-following-latest-update-inflation/stories/20260826100 NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market drifted through a quiet day of trading Wednesday after a report said inflation was a touch worse last month than economists expected. Yields in the bond market, home to some of Wall Street’s biggest recent worries, edged higher following the data. Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Aug. 21. Options traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Aug. 21. Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 26. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/08/26/meta-reaches-settlement-states-teen-social-media-addiction/stories/20260826096 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/08/26/meta-reaches-settlement-states-teen-social-media-addiction/stories/20260826096#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:26:24 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/08/26/meta-reaches-settlement-states-teen-social-media-addiction/stories/20260826096 OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. Colorado Solicitor General Shannon Stevenson, right, hugs a colleague outside of court after tech giant Meta agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction in Oakland on Aug. 26. Victoria Hicks gets emotional after talking about her daughter with the media outside court after tech giant Meta agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction on Aug. 26 in Oakland, Calif. Jason Slothouber, Senior Prosecutor for the Colorado Attorney General's Office, walks outside court after tech giant Meta agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction on Aug. 26 in Oakland, Calif. Attorney for Meta, Paul W. Schmidt, right, walks out of court after tech giant Meta agreed to pay $17 billion as part of a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction on Aug. 26 in Oakland, Calif. Members of California's legal team gather outside court after a settlement was reached in a multi-state lawsuit accusing Meta of causing harm to children on social media outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on Aug. 26 in Oakland, Calif. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/26/real-estate-transfers-8-26-1/stories/20260826002 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/26/real-estate-transfers-8-26-1/stories/20260826002#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/26/real-estate-transfers-8-26-1/stories/20260826002 Recent real estate transactions in Lucas and Wood counties include the following property transfers recorded with county officials. Real estate transfers https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/25/falling-oil-prices-help-calm-stock-bond-markets/stories/20260825105 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/25/falling-oil-prices-help-calm-stock-bond-markets/stories/20260825105#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:38:26 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/25/falling-oil-prices-help-calm-stock-bond-markets/stories/20260825105 NEW YORK — Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, which helped ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices. Trader Robert Charmak works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/25/aquabounty-site-in-pioneer-being-marketed-to-data-center-developers/stories/20260825056 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/25/aquabounty-site-in-pioneer-being-marketed-to-data-center-developers/stories/20260825056#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:28:23 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/25/aquabounty-site-in-pioneer-being-marketed-to-data-center-developers/stories/20260825056 PIONEER, Ohio — AquaBounty Technologies is willing to consider alternative uses for the site where it once planned to build one of the nation’s largest indoor salmon-rearing facilities. The fenced-off AquaBounty site. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/25/feds-may-end-ohio-manufacturing-program-after-audit-cites-20-9-million/stories/20260825075 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/25/feds-may-end-ohio-manufacturing-program-after-audit-cites-20-9-million/stories/20260825075#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:47:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/25/feds-may-end-ohio-manufacturing-program-after-audit-cites-20-9-million/stories/20260825075 A longstanding, federally funded Ohio manufacturing program that provides job training and technology support to companies could be shut down for good if federal officials follow recommendations in a new audit. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/24/wall-street-drifts-start-week-that-could-swing-stocks-bonds/stories/20260824083 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/24/wall-street-drifts-start-week-that-could-swing-stocks-bonds/stories/20260824083#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:36:35 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/08/24/wall-street-drifts-start-week-that-could-swing-stocks-bonds/stories/20260824083 NEW YORK — U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish Monday as the countdown ticks toward potentially market-moving events coming later in the week. The areas of the bond market that the U.S. Treasury Department is trying to calm down, meanwhile, eased a bit. Specialists Dilip Patel, right, and Dylan Halvorsen work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/08/24/workplace-surveillance-know-ways-employer-watching/stories/20260824016 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/08/24/workplace-surveillance-know-ways-employer-watching/stories/20260824016#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:16:58 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/08/24/workplace-surveillance-know-ways-employer-watching/stories/20260824016 NEW YORK — College administrators read an adjunct professor’s comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a pharmacist to spend less time with patients after tracking the number and length of her appointments. Scanners on a warehouse conveyor belt monitored the pace of workers to ensure they inspected hundreds of items per hour. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/personal-finance/2026/08/24/how-much-should-retirees-worry-about-inflation/stories/20260824004 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/personal-finance/2026/08/24/how-much-should-retirees-worry-about-inflation/stories/20260824004#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:17:10 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/personal-finance/2026/08/24/how-much-should-retirees-worry-about-inflation/stories/20260824004 Inflation can be scary for retirees. True, Social Security provides inflation increases in line with the consumer price index, or CPI. But any portfolio income, save allocations to inflation-protected bonds, isn’t inherently inflation-protected. And if inflation occurs early in your retirement, those higher prices will do more damage throughout retirement, potentially jeopardizing your portfolio’s ability to last. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/23/ai-wealth-is-fueling-housing-market-frenzy-in-san-francisco/stories/20260823036 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/23/ai-wealth-is-fueling-housing-market-frenzy-in-san-francisco/stories/20260823036#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/08/23/ai-wealth-is-fueling-housing-market-frenzy-in-san-francisco/stories/20260823036 Just a few years ago, San Francisco was the national symbol for post-pandemic urban decline. Fog rolls by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco on May 20. OpenAI's office building in San Francisco on March 25. An empty office space in a building in San Francisco, on Dec. 5, 2023. A room displayed during an open house in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2023. The Bay Bridge during sunset in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/08/23/red-lights-are-flashing-in-energy-markets/stories/20260822012 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/08/23/red-lights-are-flashing-in-energy-markets/stories/20260822012#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/energy/2026/08/23/red-lights-are-flashing-in-energy-markets/stories/20260822012 NEW YORK — Oil prices are once again uncomfortably high, but the bigger problem is lurking just beneath the surface. A gas station in Sacramento, Calif;, on March 19. Diesel, a crucial fuel for the world economy, is 48 percent more expensive than this time last year. Oil tanks store imported crude oil on April 12 in Qingdao, China. Black smoke rises from a refinery after a fire breaks out following a strike in Moscow on June 18. The Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s Los Angeles Refinery on April 2 in Carson, Calif. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/08/23/openai-chatgpt-teens-age-appropriate-chatbot/stories/20260823035 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/08/23/openai-chatgpt-teens-age-appropriate-chatbot/stories/20260823035#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:55:37 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/08/23/openai-chatgpt-teens-age-appropriate-chatbot/stories/20260823035 SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI on Tuesday introduced a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers — the first generation to grow up with artificial intelligence — who are already using it for schoolwork, questions about daily life, and even companionship. The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York on May 18, 2023. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/22/heather-downs-country-club-sale-significant-improvements/stories/20260821098 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/22/heather-downs-country-club-sale-significant-improvements/stories/20260821098#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:26:52 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/development/2026/08/22/heather-downs-country-club-sale-significant-improvements/stories/20260821098 When Tony Garzony saw the poor condition of the Heather Downs Country Club in 2023, he decided to buy the historic 144-acre site and return it to its former glory. Tony Garzony, owner of Heather Downs Country Club, sits in a golf cart on the course in Toledo on Aug. 21. Tony Garzony, owner of Heather Downs Country Club, sits in a golf cart on the course in Toledo on Aug. 21. Tony Garzony, owner of Heather Downs Country Club, stands at a hole on the course in Toledo on Aug. 21. People play golf at Heather Downs Country Club in Toledo on Aug. 21. People play golf at Heather Downs Country Club in Toledo on Aug. 21. Heather Downs Country Club in Toledo on Aug. 21. Heather Downs Country Club is displayed in Toledo on Aug. 21. Tony Garzony, owner of Heather Downs Country Club, stands on a patio that overlooks the golf course in Toledo on Aug. 21. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/08/22/behind-the-wheel-save-money-and-gas-with-a-used-hybrid-vehicle/stories/20260822010 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/08/22/behind-the-wheel-save-money-and-gas-with-a-used-hybrid-vehicle/stories/20260822010#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2026 10:30:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/08/22/behind-the-wheel-save-money-and-gas-with-a-used-hybrid-vehicle/stories/20260822010 Buying a used car can be a smart money move. The Toyota Prius' redesign in 2023 brought headturning looks and improved performance to accompany its longstanding fuel efficiency. The 2023 Honda Accord is a roomy midsize sedan that, with its redesign, offers a hybrid powertrain with appealing efficiency and satisfying acceleration. The 2023 Honda CR-V is a small SUV that offers roomy seating, a smooth ride, and plenty of cargo space, plus an available hybrid powertrain. The 2023 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is a three-row midsize SUV that can seat eight passengers and deliver fuel economy of up to 36 mpg combined. The 2023 Lexus RX is a luxury small SUV that's sought after by shoppers. It offers two hybrid powertrains, one that's more fuel-efficient and the other that's more performance-oriented.