David Barkholz
The Toledo Blade
Detroit, MI, United States
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Wrangler sets sales record as Jeep looks to unveil pickup at L.A. show
The Toledo-built Jeep Wrangler is enjoying its best-selling year ever. With 13,318 Wrangler sold in October, Jeep has now sold 204,269 Wranglers year-to-date in 2018, eclipsing the full-year record 202,266 Wranglers sold in all of 2015, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles noted in its October vehicle sales report released Thursday. And there’s another Jeep on the way. Jeep will reveal a boxy, new… → Read More
St. Vincent extends contract with nurses, support staff to continue bargaining
UAW bargaining units for 2,400 nurses and support staff have extended their labor contracts with Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center until Nov. 13 so negotiations for new three-year agreements can continue. The old agreements expired Monday just before midnight. A hospital spokesman confirmed the contract extensions. The negotiations between UAW locals and Toledo’s second-largest hospital… → Read More
Red-hot Wrangler breaks sales records in 2018
The Toledo-built Jeep Wrangler will end October in the record books for annual sales — and there are still two months to go. The Wrangler is expected to post sales this month just short of 19,000 vehicles, surpassing the record 202,266 sold in all of 2015, forecasting experts say. The Wrangler ended September with sales of 190,951 vehicles. “Wrangler is playing a very important role for the Jeep… → Read More
Mercy Health St. Vincent nurses, support staff consider strike
About 2,400 nurses and support staff at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo are taking strike-authorization votes Friday as labor negotiations between the hospital and two United Auto Workers locals buck up on a Monday contract expiration. For about 1,200 nurses represented by UAW Local 2213 in Toledo, the largest issue in negotiations centers around per-patient staffing levels and… → Read More
Toledo-built Jeep pickup gets new IP supplier
Jeep’s long-awaited midsized pickup truck will launch from Toledo early next year, likely with a local instrument-panel supplier different from the one originally selected. Detroit Manufacturing Systems is in the process of taking over the job from Faurecia Interiors and will produce the instrument panels in a factory in the Overland Industrial Park that was being built for Faurecia, said Bruce… → Read More
Toledo ranks among nation's slowest-growing cities
The Toledo region is looking for a spark from Jeep investment, supplier growth, and logistics, especially in light of the coming Gordie Howe International Bridge south of Detroit, to boost it out of the ranks of slowest-growing mid-sized cities. Toledo finished as the 10th-slowest growing mid-sized city in the United States based on population growth, jobs created, household income, and a host… → Read More
New head of Jeep North America faces crucial Toledo launch
Jeep has a new leader in North America. In this file photo, Tim Kuniskis shows off the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan at the North American International Auto Show, Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in Detroit, Mich. ASSOICATED PRESS Enlarge Tim Kuniskis, who as the previous head of Dodge oversaw bringing the super-powered Hellcat Challenger and Charger to market, was named Monday as the new head of… → Read More
Jeep, Wrangler put sales streaks on line this month
Slowing auto sales nationally this month will test impressive win streaks that Jeep and its Toledo-built Wrangler model have put together this year. The next-generation Wrangler is trying to make September the sixth consecutive month that it has topped sales of 20,000 units. In April, the month the new Wrangler launched, the Wrangler set an all-time sales record for the model at 29,776, while… → Read More
Faurecia wins Ohio incentives for Jeep interior production
A midsize Jeep pickup truck coming soon to the Toledo Assembly Complex has lured another parts supplier to the region. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has approved incentives for Faurecia Interiors, which is expected to create 101 jobs at a factory being built in the Overland Industrial Park. Faurecia will produce instrument panels at Overland beginning in April, Faurecia spokesman Misty Matthews… → Read More
Jeep plant may add several hundred jobs
Customer appetite for the hot-selling Jeep Wrangler has Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the United Auto Workers considering adding a third production shift at the automaker’s Toledo Assembly Complex. If the decision is a go, the nearly 1,000 temporary employees at the Wrangler plant would likely get first crack at the several hundred jobs that the added work would create, said Bruce Baumhower,… → Read More
Toledo Jeep factory a longshot to build new Ram pickup
It may need finesse and possibly a third auto plant to convince Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to change course and build its planned mid-sized Ram pickup truck in Toledo. The two assembly plants that Fiat Chrysler operates at its Toledo Assembly Complex don’t have production capacity for the smaller Ram pickup as they are currently configured, said Bruce Baumhower, president of United Auto Workers… → Read More
Activist investor pushes O-I to sell European operations
One of the largest shareholders of Owens-Illinois Inc. wants the bottle-making giant to sell its European business and initiate a $1 billion share buyback program to boost what the investor considers an undervalued share price. New York-based Atlantic Investment Management also suggested that the Perrysburg-based company is vulnerable to a takeover bid and it wants O-I, metro Toledo’s second… → Read More
Amedisys restructures Fla. home health operations, names new CFO
Amedisys, one of the nation's largest home health operators, is closing four locations in Florida and consolidating three more where it already has centers. → Read More
Cost-estimation tools are helping patients understand pricing in order to make payments.
With high-deductible insurance generally requiring patients these days to pay for all care until June, hospitals are relying on revenue-cycle cost estimators to have frank payment conversations with patients before treatment. → Read More
Hospital giants brace for rough Q3 earnings
Big hospital chains like HCA and Tenet expect to see a dent in their third-quarter earnings thanks to hurricanes and soft admissions. While hurricane damage may be a short-term issue, sinking admissions are here to stay industrywide. → Read More
Nation's smallest children's hospital has giant corporate support
Arkansas Children's is preparing to open the nation's smallest freestanding children's hospital, with nearly 40% of the costs being paid by charitable donations from Walmart, Tyson Foods and other prominent individuals and employers in the area. → Read More
Tenet's Fetter set for $22.9 million severance package
Outgoing Tenet Healthcare CEO Trevor Fetter also is to receive a pension package valued at $19.4 million. → Read More
Hospital stocks advance as Senate scuttles Graham-Cassidy bill
Healthcare investors breathed a sigh of relief as the latest attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare went down in flames. → Read More
Ascension's investments earn $1.86 billion net surplus
A $1.4 billion investment gain covered a 2017 decline in operating income largely caused by Ascension's more-generous charity policies. → Read More
Hospitals find launching health plans remains an expensive experiment
The remaining 17 health plans and HMOs started by hospital systems since 2010 lost money in 2016 and at least six others have gone out of business or are in the process of winding down. → Read More