Jim Weiker
The Columbus Dispatch
Columbus, OH, United States
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Columbus approves first four buildings for massive Scioto Peninsula project
The city approves the first four buildings for the massive redevelopment of the Scioto Peninsula near COSI Columbus. → Read More
City approves first four buildings for massive Scioto Peninsula project
The city approves the first four buildings for the massive redevelopment of the Scioto Peninsula near COSI Columbus. → Read More
Columbus luxury apartment developer drapes flag, banner at construction site in protest of shutdown
Columbus developer Preferred Living has placed a 30-by-60-foot American flag, along with a banner with a quote about liberty from Benjamin Franklin, on → Read More
Columbus luxury apartment developer drapes flag, banner at construction site in protest of shutdowns
Columbus developer Preferred Living has placed a 30-by-60-foot American flag, along with a banner with a quote about liberty from Benjamin Franklin, on → Read More
Some major Columbus development projects on hold while others move forward
While some major Columbus developments are moving forward, others are on pause as developers seek to understand the long-term impact of the coronavirus → Read More
Rockbridge Capital moving forward on new hotels despite pandemic
Rockbridge Capital CEO Jim Merkel says the hotel industry will reach “higher highs” after the pandemic as Rockbridge moves forward on major → Read More
Ohio unemployment reaches all-time high in April
Ohio’s unemployment rate jumped to 16.8% in April, the highest level on record.As expected, the rate skyrocketed during the month, the first full month of coronavirus shut-downs. The rate was triple March’s rate of 5.5%.During the month, 823,700 Ohoians lost their jobs, according to data released Friday morning by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Coupled with March’s losses,… → Read More
Ohio unemployment reaches all-time high in April
Ohio’s unemployment rate jumped to 16.8% in April, the highest level on record.As expected, the rate skyrocketed during the month, the first full → Read More
Ohio unemployment reaches all-time high in April
Ohio’s unemployment rate jumped to 16.8% in April, the highest level on record.As expected, the rate skyrocketed during the month, the first full → Read More
Victoria’s Secret to close hundreds of stores
Victoria’s Secret will close at least 250 stores this year, with more to follow next year, as its parent, L Brands, prepares to sell the lingerie → Read More
Home sales slip in April as coronavirus fallout takes toll on real estate
Home sales fell in April, the first full month of coronavirus-related shutdowns. While buyer demand remains strong, sellers withdrew from the market, → Read More
More than 46,000 Ohioans join unemployment line
More than 46,000 Ohioans joined the ranks of the unemployed last week, as coronavirus shut-downs continued to cost workers their livelihoods.Despite steps → Read More
L Brands loses millions after Victoria’s Secret sales plunge
L Brands lost almost $300 million in the first quarter of the year as sales for its struggling Victoria’s Secret line fell 45%. → Read More
Parking companies struggle as lots sit empty amid coronavirus
Spaces in parking garages ordinarily filled with office workers, hotel visitors, sports fans and air travelers have been largely empty for two months → Read More
Grange donating $1 million to central Ohio groups in coronavirus fight
Grange Insurance Co. is donating $1 million to help combat the impact of coronavirus.The Columbus-based insurer announced Tuesday that it is giving the → Read More
Former L Brands executive rolls into the bicycle business
As an avid cyclist who has a background in retail analytics, operations and logistics, Ryan Hughes joined Roll Bicycle Co. late last year to help the → Read More
Processing issue means too many hogs but not enough pork
A break in the supply chain has left Ohio and much of the country with an excess of hogs on farms and a shortage of pork in stores. Hog farmers in Ohio → Read More
Homeowners think twice about selling during coronavirus pandemic
The number of homes put on the market plunged in April, as would-be sellers chose to stay put during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the decline in new → Read More
Coronavirus takes bite out of Wendy’s first-quarter earnings
Wendy’s profit tumbled in the first quarter, as the Dublin-based restaurant chain wrestled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.Wendy’s net income for the quarter ending March 29 fell from $31.9 million, or 14 cents a share, last year to $14.4 million, or 6 cents a share, this year.Despite the strong rollout of a breakfast menu in early March, Wendy’s revenue for the quarter slipped from… → Read More
Where’s the beef? Not at some Wendy’s
A hamburger shortage due to the coronavirus outbreak on meat processing plants has left the fast food chain without burgers to sell. → Read More