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Micro-organisms clean 450 million gallons of water at airport to keep streams clean

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport has taken an innovative approach to safeguard the streams around the airport, using micro-organisms in the treatment of more than 450 million gallons of water each year to remove trace amounts of chemicals.

University of Cincinnati IT student wins year-long technology competition

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A mobile phone application developed by fifth-year UC student Brandon Slaby won a first-in-the nation competition, which boasted major corporate sponsorship, to create workable applications for smart phones.

Margy Waller moves back to lead Arts and Culture Partnership

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A new push to build awareness of the value of the arts to the region's vitality will be led by Margy Waller, who is heading back to her hometown from Washington, D.C. to be VP of the Arts and Culture Partnership.

GE Aviation extends its profitable CFM International partnership

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cincinnati-based GE Aviation and France's Snecma will keep partnership going through at least 2040, agreeing to extend their joint venture, CFM International, at least that long.

Ohio's Third Frontier internship program matches talented students and growing companies

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Getting talented students together with innovative companies is what Ohio's Third Frontier internship program tries to do, while positioning the state for long-term growth in the knowledge-based economy.

Ashland prepares for global expansion in specialty chemicals

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Its recent $3 billion agreement to buy Hercules Inc. will catapult Ashland Inc. into a global leadership position in the arena of specialty chemicals.

LeanCor adding 14 high-tech jobs

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Fourteen high-tech jobs will be among the 20 added at LeanCor, LLC, a third-party logistics provider based in Florence, Ky.

Cincinnati Bell Wireless pix2pc technology gets pics from phones to PCs

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:43:55 GMT

Getting those snapshots out of your phone and into your PC or image-sharing service can be done quickly and wirelessly with a new service offered up by Cincinnati Bell Wireless called pix2pc.

UC, Toyota gear up for 24 Hours of LeMons

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. and University of Cincinnati's Emerging Ethnic Engineers are teaming to risk life, limb and reputation in an extended version of a county fair demolition derby called the 24 Hours of LeMons.

$17 million in state grants will help clean up brownfields

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

About $17 million is available in the latest round of state funding to help clean up and improve brownfields, the abandoned or underused properties that may harbor decades-old environmental problems.

Triathlon Medical Ventures invests in new class of migraine treatment

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cincinnati's Triathlon Medical Ventures has made another investment in CoLucid Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focusing on therapies for central nervous system disorders.

UC, Toyota Boshoku get creative in helping workers save gas money

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Some Cincinnati organizations are try to fight high gas prices, save some money, and in the process, make the world a little greener.

Strata-G boosts creative expertise with Fuson merger

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Its merger with Cincinnati's Fuson Design Group brings Strata-G Communications, one of Cincinnati�s fastest-growing marketing communications agencies, some more creative employees, high-profile clients and a deeper well of creative design expertise.

Infintech, Cincinnati Bell partner on smart payment technology

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Infintech, a Cincinnati-based electronic payment processor, has teamed with Cincinnati Bell to use BlackBerry technology to allow credit cards to be used anywhere there's a wireless signal.

Midwest university leaders call for economic cooperation

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Leaders of the Big Ten universities, including Ohio State University, came together in an economic summit to call for closer cooperation among political, business and university leaders to make the Midwest's economy more competitive.

New jobs and Hollywood exposure will come with American Screenwriters Association move to Cincinnati

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Creative jobs, exposure to the international film business and attention from Hollywood -- those are some of the benefits of the American Screenwriters Association's decision to make Cincinnati its new center of operations.

University of Cincinnati wins $54,000 incentive award for tech transfer

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

University of Cincinnati's technology transfer program was just awarded $54,000 from the Ohio Board of Regents after being ranked fourth out of 16 institutions in the state in technology commercialization.

Children's research efforts focus on tomorrow's economic impact

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's pediatric research center is the largest in the Midwest and one of the largest in the country and expenditures to support it account for 19 percent of the medical center�s budget. That means research there is not only bringing in dollars for today, but packing the pipeline for future discoveries and commercialization that will pay off tomorrow.

General Cable expands its stake in the Philippines

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

General Cable gets a platform to continue its global growth strategy in the Philippines and Southeast Asia with its purchase of a majority stake in a joint venture in the Philippines.

$45,000 grant will help CET preserve the region's voices

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

CET's effort called "Capturing The Voices � An Oral Histories Project" just got a $45,000 grant from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

Cincinnati's first "Digital Non-Conference" will focus on electronic media and technology

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cincinnati will host its first "Digital Non-Conference," a creative forum for those working in digital media and technology in the advertising, branding and marketing communications fields, November 14 and 15 downtown.

Cincinnati based dunnhumbyUSA expands into Chicago, its third site

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Downtown-based dunnhumbyUSA, one of the region's fastest-growing companies, is opening its second office outside Cincinnati, in Chicago.

Duke wants 355,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy by 2012

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By 2012, Duke Energy in Ohio wants to get 355,000 megawatt hours of its energy supply from renewable sources like solar and wind.

New joint cancer center plans to raise $200 million

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A joint cancer center created by three of Cincinnati�s largest cancer care providers and research institutions has a goal of raising as much as $200 million for the center, a job that newly appointed Kathryn Cascella will largely be taking on.

Google exec will keynote InOneWeekend.org event in Cincinnati

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Roy Gilbert, head of global consumer operations for Google, will deliver the keynote July 11 when InOneWeekend.org brings its participant-driven, weekend company launch event to Cincinnati.

Social Ventures Partners first grant: $25,000 for Green Learning Station

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Social Ventures Partners, a new social philanthropy in Cincinnati, has made its first grant, $25,000, to Cincinnati's Civic Garden Center.

HealthSource partners with med school to train community physicians

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

HealthSource of Ohio is joining forces with an osteopathic medical school in Arizona in an innovative partnership to train community physicians.

Entry-level hiring appears robust

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Several big Cincinnati employers are among the top 500 entry-level employers for 2008, as determined by CollegeGrad.com, including Fidelity Investments, General Electric, Johnson &

Johnson, Procter & Gamble and Macy's.

More than 50 Japanese-owned companies make Northern Kentucky a model for international development

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Kentucky's new governor, Steve Beshear, is making an economic development to Japan to establish relationships with businesses considering new investments in Kentucky, and to strengthen relationships with firms that are already operating there, including many in Northern Kentucky.

More than 550,000 Ohio workers could see growth in "green collar" industries

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ohio is one of the states that has the potential to recharge its economy with "green collar" jobs in the advanced energy industry, a new report finds.