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The DBJ has assembled a database of Dayton-area manufacturers. This is a list of more than 200 companies in the Dayton region that was provided by the Dayton Tooling and Manufacturing Association for use in this database.
The collection of companies includes contact information for each, as well as a listing of each company's specialty areas. […]

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Fans of the St. Louis Cardinals came in No. 10 in a new ranking by Forbes magazine of America’s Best Sports Fans.
The magazine touted St. Louis as a “great baseball town,” with fans in red packing the stand for every home game. The publication also said fans “had a hard time swallowing one-time legend Mark […]

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Digital publishing software maker LibreDigital Inc. has acquired the Symtio e-commerce platform from a division of investor HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
Austin-based LibreDigital bought the 2-year-old Symtio— a multi-channel platform designed by HarperCollins’s Zondervan division — to enable customers to buy digital media, including electronic books, audiobooks music and video. Financial terms of the deal were not […]

The Justice Department on Thursday trumpeted its efforts to crack down on mortgage fraud, saying it launched an interagency plan to detect costly scams.
Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Housing and Urban Development Inspector General Kenneth Donohue held a news conference in Washington to introduce "Operation Stolen Dreams," a three-month-long "takedown" […]

The Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., is seeking to ramp up its renewable energy production in a partnership with the University of Hawaii and federal government.
Federal agencies are investing up to $12 million for biofuel research at HC&S, which is a division of Alexander & Baldwin (NYSE: ALEX).
The Office of Naval Research is giving $2 […]

After months of negotiations, Ted Leonsis and the estate of Abe Pollin have agreed on a price for Leonsis to buy the majority stake in the Washington Wizards and Verizon Center, The Washington Post reported Thursday afternoon, citing sources familiar with negotiations.
Leonsis already owns 44 percent of the team. He also owns the Washington Capitals […]

Chinese authorities have reportedly warned Google Inc.'s partners that they must observe the country's censorship laws, too.
The New York Times cited an unnamed "industry expert" who said some big Google Web partners were told Friday to ready backup plans in case Google stops censoring search results on its local Chinese-language search engine.
The paper said, however, […]

In the middle of the 2001 debt crisis, Argentines stormed their nation’s banks to get their money out. To stop the stampede, the government imposed controls that allowed them to take out only $250 at a time and limited withdrawals for overseas trips to $1,000.
Greece, in the middle of its own financial crisis, is […]

The European Central Bank said its offerings of three-month cash will return to variable interest rates on April 28. President Jean-Claude Trichet made the announcement at a press conference in Frankfurt.
“Amounts will be set with the aim of ensuring smooth conditions in money markets” and avoiding “significant spreads” between the ECB’s benchmark rate […]

European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn will likely push Greece to do more to cut its budget deficit today as governments craft a possible rescue package for the cash-strapped nation.
Rehn will meet with Prime Minister George Papandreou as German lawmakers say euro-area officials are devising a plan to grant Greece about 25 […]