Stocks edge lower after consumer confidence report
NEW YORK — Major stock indexes dipped Tuesday as weak readings on consumer confidence gave investors little reason to extend the recent rally.
NEW YORK — Major stock indexes dipped Tuesday as weak readings on consumer confidence gave investors little reason to extend the recent rally.
The Delaware Area Transit Agency has a new permanent home. The organization finalized the purchase of the the building at 119 Henderson Court and the property at 118 Henderson Court, near the intersection of London Road and Pittsburgh Drive in Delaware, DATA Executive Director Denny Schooley informed the Delaware County commissioners at their Monday morning meeting.

WASHINGTON — A sharp jump in gas prices drove a measure of U.S. consumer costs up in February. But outside higher pump prices, inflation stayed mild.
COLUMBUS — A dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state regulators said Friday as they announced a series of tough new rules for drillers.
COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to unveil a new energy policy this week that could deliver a personal income-tax cut by taxing certain resources extracted through a new form of oil and gas drilling, according to published reports.
COLUMBUS — Ohio petroleum producers are pushing back against a call by the state attorney general to increase environmental penalties and chemical reporting requirements on the drilling industry.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio voters are evenly split over a proposal before the state Legislature that would impose the nation’s strictest abortion limit, according to a new poll released Thursday.
Political gridlock, strained family budgets, financial crises throughout the euro-zone, mediocre U.S. employment and economic growth… all of these things and more that exemplified 2011 are likely to continue into 2012. And all of this despite the perception among many economists that 2011 ended on a strong note that may possibly continue into 2012.