Rob Daumeyer
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Five things you need to know today, and it's time to say goodbye
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: CVG ranked No. 2 airport Chris Wetterich reports Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport ranked as the second-best regional airport in North America by London-based Skytrax, which surveys passengers. In the past 11 years, CVG ranked No. 1 seven times. It also finished second in 2022.
Five things you need to know today, and it's murdering time!
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day. GE Aerospace will grow its local footprint As he readies GE Aerospace to become a standalone company in 2024, CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr., told our Andy Brownfield that the Evendale-based jet engine manufacturer planned to grow locally after it becomes its own public company early next year.
Five things you need to know today, and I fell into a ring of fire
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Fifth Third's Spence talks Cincinnati In our latest weekly edition cover story, Steve Watkins sat down with Fifth Third CEO Tim Spence to discuss his push to get Cincinnati's largest locally based bank more involved in the community. You can read Watkins' Q&A with Spence right here.
Five things you need to know today, and Grüß Gott from Austria
Good morning, Cincinnati! The place is too lonely since the loss of Fritzi, so I've decamped from the Courier's Loveland bureau and I'm coming to you live from Austria (actually, you're on a six-hour tape delay). Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Scenes from the opener FC Cincinnati opened the season at home on Feb. 25 against Houston Dynamo FC in a sold-out TQL Stadium. Check out the scene, shot by our Corrie Schaffeld.
Five things you need to know today, and safe travels to Fritzi the wonder dog
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Local home sales plunge Abby Miller writes that January home sales in Hamilton, Butler, Warren and Clermont counties fell 34% from a year ago. But that hasn't translated to anything like a buyers' market here.
Five things you need to know today, and the secret downside to legal phone gambling
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: How Blink crushed it The 2022 return of Blink, the multiday outdoor art phenomenon that spanned Cincinnati's urban basin and crossed the river into Northern Kentucky, saw more than 2 million attendees and resulted in more than $100 million in economic impact.
Five things you need to know today, and I need your advice
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Details emerge on giant Avondale project Chris Wetterich reports that the Cincinnati Planning Commission has unanimously approved a zoning change allowing for the massive Queen City Hills project slated to be developed at the corner of Reading Road and MLK Drive.
Five things you need to know today, and what a Bengals run
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Smyjunas proposes $90M Blue Ash project anchored by football stadium Abby Miller reports that Vandercar CEO Rob Smyjunas unveiled plans in Blue Ash for a $90 million development anchored by a football stadium, inviting questions and criticism from council members.
Five things you need to know today, and it's time to load up Joe Burrow's money truck
Good morning, Cincinnati! And, Who Dey! (More on that later.) Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Ackermann sets sights on Symmes Township Abby Miller reports developer Ackermann Group plans to transform the building at 8600 Governors Hill Drive in Symmes Township into about 200 class A apartments. Governor's Hill will be a project totaling about $40 million.
Five things you need to know today, and you still need to hire fast
Good morning, Cincinnati! Also, Who-dey. The Bengals avoided the ridiculous coin-flip scenario, but do have to face a Baltimore Ravens team that seems a little, well ... dirty. Like, really dirty. Here are the five things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Checking in Abby Miller writes that hotel occupancy in Greater Cincinnati rose to 55% in November, according to data from STR. That is the highest occupancy for the month since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
Five things you need to know today, and why bosses need to worry more about pay
Good morning, Cincinnati! I hope you had a great Christmas, and I realize many of you are still celebrating said holiday by taking the week off. I appreciate you stopping by. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Cincinnati's chef dies Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel, who shaped Cincinnati's current dining scene, died on Dec. 23 after a long battle with leiomyosarcoma, an aggressive soft-tissue cancer. He was 61.
Cincinnati Business Courier's 2022-2023 Book of Lists is out now
Welcome to the Business Courier's 2022-2023 Book of Lists. This is your annual guide to Greater Cincinnati's largest companies and organizations. It takes us a year to compile. We think it's worth the effort and I'm confident you'll agree. Our lists are quite valuable ... and simply interesting. It also gave us an excuse to run a bunch of Corrie Schaffeld's wonderful Bengals photos! This publication is the product of a lot of hard work from the Courier staff, led by data editor Joanne Drilling.
Five things you need to know today, and is it time for a side hustle?
Good morning, Cincinnati! Also, Who Dey. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Port lands funds to demolish dozens of properties Tom Demeropolis reports the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority landed $17.7 million - a record for the Port - from the Ohio Department of Development to demolish 57 buildings throughout Hamilton County, including one that has been the crux of the P.G. Sittenfeld trial.
Five things you need to know today, and sorry, bosses
Good morning, Cincinnati! Also, Who-Dey. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: P&G to settle class action over benzine Procter & Gamble will pay up to $8 million to settle a class action lawsuit over benzene in some of its Secret and Old Spice deodorant products, Andy Brownfield reports. Matrix acquired by London firm Matrix, one of Cincinnati's fastest-growing companies, has been acquired by a London-based Charles Taylor.
Five things you need to know today, and betting big on Jan. 1
Good morning, Cincinnati! Also, Who-Dey. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Fickell to leave UC University of Cincinnati football coach Luke Fickell will leave to take the head coaching job at the University of Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wisconsin would pay him at least $6 million a year; Fickell was due to make $5 million this year at UC.
Victorian at Riverside cares for seniors in a 'homelike' setting
Recently, Carrie VanDerzee opened a package that reminded her once again why her job, and her organization, matter so deeply. VanDerzee is CEO of the Victorian at Riverside, a nonprofit senior care home in Covington. What she opened was a box of Christmas ornaments from a son whose mother lived at the home for 10 years before she passed. "It speaks volumes," she said. "His words about what our organization meant to his family were just wonderful.
Five things you need to know today, and are bosses ready for four-day workweeks?
Good morning, Cincinnati! Also, Who-dey. Here are the five most important things you need to know today: Cincinnati could sell railway for $1.6B Big story here from our Chris Wetterich, who reports Cincinnati could sell the Cincinnati Southern Railway, the nation's only municipally owned interstate railroad, for $1.6 billion. The railway's board will meet this afternoon to discuss the sale.
Five things you need to know today, and you sent some great Fritzi advice
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day. P&G to build $500M factory in Arizona Procter & Gamble will build a massive, $500 million fabric care manufacturing plant across more than 400 acres in Arizona. The facility will total 2 million square feet and support products such as Tide Pods, Downy Unstopables and Bounce Dryer Sheets.
Five things you need to know today, and I need advice for Fritzi the dog
Good morning, Cincinnati! Has there ever been a better day to go watch a Bengals game? Sunny, 70 degrees, easy win over the pathetic Panthers ... and, for the first time, I got to watch the game in a suite at Paycor Stadium! Who dey, indeed. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Court pauses $4B payout to Albertson's shareholders Kroger's purchase of Albertsons faces another hurdle.
Five things you need to know today, and do you trust me?
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: STNL Development raises $168M for national projects A growing national real estate firm with Cincinnati roots has raised $168 million for projects as it seeks to continue its growth. STNL Development Principal Bryan Kelly told our Abby Miller the fund would be used to give the firm a "longer leash," and be used for at least 23 projects in markets located throughout the country.
Five things you need to know today, and heaven for Cincinnati word geeks
Good morning, Cincinnati! Also, Who Dey! Here are the five things you need to know to help start your busy business day: The Banks bought by Columbus firm Tom Demeropolis reports Columbus-based Crawford Hoying is buying the Banks from Nicol Investment for $176.6 million. The developer has already closed on the apartments, Current at the Banks, for $89.7 million. 3CDC to expand OTR's Ziegler Park From Chris Wetterich: Cincinnati Center City Development Corp.
Five things you need to know, and here's the Courier's new podcast
Good morning, Cincinnati! Also, Who Dey. The Bengals got a big road win on Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Blink, and you (probably didn't) miss it The Courier's photographers were all over the four-day Blink festival that ranged from Findlay Market in the north, down through Over-the-Rhine, the Central Business District, the Banks and across the river to Covington.
Five things you need to know today, and should remote workers be paid less?
Good morning, Cincinnati! Tough loss for the Bengals last night. Rough day ahead if you stayed up late to watch the game. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: 10 things you shouldn't miss at Blink ... Blink starts Thursday, and the Courier's cover story in the Weekly Edition takes you inside the event, with a map, highlights and schedule. And here's a list of what you should not miss when you go. ...
Five things you need to know today, and my sad 'Irish goodbyes'
Good morning, Cincinnati! I attended my first FC Cincinnati game at TQL Stadium on Saturday night for the squad's last home game of the season. The boys in blue and orange lost to Chicago, but ... the folks who run that franchise are absolutely crushing it. The entire experience - from the friendliness of the staff to the food to the tech to the entertainment to the actual game itself - was stunningly impressive. And TQL is a jewel. I laughed, I cried, I ate, I drank. I yelled so much I lost my voice.
Five things you need to know today, and how to fight 'quiet quitting'
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Commissioner: County won't swallow stadium upgrades on its own The Bengals' lease for Paycor Stadium expires in 2026, but the team and the county are expected to begin negotiations before then.
Five things you need to know today, and inside Oktoberfest
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Developer lands key approval for Oakley project Abby Miller reports a $62 million Oakley townhome project has taken a big step forward after Cincinnati's City Planning Commission approved a zoning change. Cristo Homes will build its Arcadia development on Jared Ellis Drive at the former Cast-Fab Technologies site.
Five things you need to know today, and why won't Gen Z make phone calls?
Good morning, Cincinnati. My colleague Meg Erpenbeck has been warning us for weeks that the Men in Orange were going to be overconfident and lose to the Steelers. Everyone at the Courier guffawed. Well ... Meg was right. By the end of yesterday's game, when Evan McPherson hook-shanked a gimme kick that would have won it, my life as a Bengals fan started to flash before my eyes. See, Rob? They stink! You know this. But, no. The team has earned some grace.
Five things you need to know today, and welcome the Courier's new reporter
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Taft merges with big Detroit law firm Taft, one of Cincinnati's largest law firms, will add 120 attorneys and enter the giant Detroit market through its Dec. 31 merger with Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss. The combined firm will operate under the Taft banner and have more than 800 attorneys. Our Andy Brownfield has the whole story right here.
Five things you need to know today, and please stop being a horrid driver
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: OTR hotel lands key approval Plans for a $25 million, 97-room boutique hotel across the street from TQL Stadium got a kickstart last week when the developer, Ohm Patel, received unanimous approval from Cincinnati's Historic Conservation Board. Aftab picks city manager Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval has tapped Sheryl Long to become city manager.
Five things you need to know today, and should I become editor-in-chief?
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day. UC's first innovation officer to leave after five years Liz Engel reports David Adams, the University of Cincinnati's first chief innovation officer, will leave following a five-year tenure. Adams led the launch of UC's 1819 Innovation Hub and helped establish the budding Cincinnati Innovation District.
Five things you need to know today, and would you tell me your salary?
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day" Dan Neyer brings $115M project to Bellevue Dan Neyer, CEO of Neyer Properties, has a development agreement with Bellevue for a $115 million project that will bring housing, retail, office space and a boutique hotel to the river city, Tom Demeropolis reports.
Five things you need to know today, and the world's greatest actor to film in Cincinnati
Good morning Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Nine shot in early Sunday altercation in Over-the-Rhine Nine people were injured after a mass shooting in Over-the-Rhine early Sunday morning, Courier media partner Local 12 reports. All nine were treated and released from UC Medical Center. Police were called to the scene on Main Street around 1:30 a.m. to disperse a large disorderly crowd, the station reported.
Five things you need to know today, and CVG-Paris is coming back
Good Monday morning, Cincinnati! Let's get the week started off right: Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Sittenfeld attorneys seek juror's electronic communications In a new court filing, defense attorneys for former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, convicted this month of bribery and attempted extortion, are asking for a forensic examination of a juror's electronic communications.
Five things you need to know today, and hard work is beautiful
Good morning, Cincinnati! Sometimes, when you don't want to do anything except finish a danged book that's taken far too long, it's nice when you get a full day of July rain. So here's to that. And here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Hamilton County raises Covid risk Liz Engel reports Hamilton County's Covid-19 community risk level is on the rise after a bump in new cases.
Five things you need to know today, and the Courier kicks butt
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Sittenfeld found guilty on two charges ... A federal jury on Friday found P.G. Sittenfeld, the former Cincinnati city councilman, guilty of two charges: bribery and attempted extortion, Andy Brownfield reports. Sittenfeld was found not guilty on four other charges. ... and sentencing is up next It's not yet clear when he'll be sentenced, and for how long.
Deni Tato on building Cincinnati's transformational CEOs
It was December 2008, and Deni Tato, owner of Contract Interiors, had just been handed the Woman-Owned Business of the Year award from the Cincinnati USA Chamber. She'd reached a peak of success, but at the same time, the Great Recession was hitting hard, and office furniture had suddenly devolved into a commodity business. "I have an exuberant mind. I'm fascinated by people and want to connect. But that's not what the business needed," she remembers thinking.
Five things you need to know today, and why your flight just got canceled
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Reladyne makes another buy Meg Erpenbeck reports Reladyne, Cincinnati's second-largest private company, will acquire California-based Orange Line Oil Co. This marks the Kenwood-based lubricant manufacturer's second deal of 2022. Reladyne had revenue of $2.2 billion in 2020.
Five things you need to know today, and take that, NFL!
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Second week of Sittenfeld trial starts this morning Andy Brownfield, who's covering every minute of the P.G. Sittenfeld corruption trial (here's a timeline), reports the cross-examination of an FBI agent raised new revelations about alleged crimes at City Hall around the financing of political campaigns.
Five things you need to know today, and how to read a whole lot of books
Good morning, Cincinnati! I truly hope you were able to spend some time outdoors this weekend. We just had two days here in Cincinnati that had me scrambling for synonyms for "gorgeous." Me? Yard work on Saturday, but then I sat on my deck all of Father's Day reading a great book. More on that later. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day.
Five things you need to know today, and get ready for the Courier 100
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Extra billions available for Brent Spence Chris Wetterich reports that Ohio and Kentucky will apply for an extra $1.3 billion in funding for the Brent Spence Bridge project. The latest pot of money to become available is $12.5 billion from the Bridge Investment Act, created by U.S. Sens. Rob Portman, R-Terrace Park, and Sherrod Brown, D-Cleveland.
Five things you need to know today, and a fateful trip to Indy
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Health Care Heroes: It's about time More on one of the heroes in a bit... The Courier's 25th annual Health Care Heroes gala might have been delayed a few months because of Covid, but nothing could dim last week's celebration at the Hyatt Regency downtown. Here's a look at the winners. And here are great photos of the event.
Five things you need to know today, and need a home? Hah!
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day. Former employee indicted in P&G HQ shutdown Andy Brownfield reports former P&G employee Benjamin Wood has been indicted on two felony counts in relation to an incident that caused Procter & Gamble to close its downtown offices on May 18. Wood was fired in 2021 from P&G for not coming back to work after working from home amid the pandemic.
Five things you need to know today, and how to un-evil your social media
Good morning, Cincinnati! And happy Monday! I hope Friday's "513 Day" lived up to all of your dreams and expectations.
Five things you need to know, and it's time for a Cincinnati holiday
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Biden visits Cincinnati Saying he wanted to bury the term "Rust Belt," President Biden visited Cincinnati on May 6, heading to Hamilton to give a speech about legislation he said is needed to expand manufacturing. Our Chris Wetterich was on the scene and has the details.
Five things you need to know today, and it's time to stop the hate
Good morning, Cincinnati! How was your weekend? Mine? Mulch. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Here are the Flying Pig photos Did you run the Flying Pig yesterday? I didn't because mulch. Also, because I can probably run two miles. Anyway, if you weren't on hand, the day turned out to be spectacular, and our Corrie Schaffeld was there to photograph one of Cincinnati's signature events.
Five things you need to know today, and my worst nightmare coming true
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: P&G may not be able to continue to operate in Russia Andy Brownfield reports Procter & Gamble might not continue operating in Russia at all. Previously, P&G, which has $250 million invested in Russian manufacturing sites and 2,500 workers there, said it was significantly reducing its operations in Russia.
Five things you need to know today
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Bengals' indoor facility wins key vote Chris Wetterich reports the Cincinnati Planning Commission voted to approve construction of a downtown indoor practice facility for the Cincinnati Bengals. The team will invest $8 million to $10 million in the facility.
Five things you need to know today, and let's get after it
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day. Enable key player in $330M drug collaboration Liz Engel reports hot Cincinnati startup Enable Injections is at the center of a $300 million collaboration between drugmaker Sanofi and global investment group Blackstone Life Sciences, which could significantly boost Enable's business.
Five things you need to know, and the place to be if you care about Cincinnati sports
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: P&G backs Black media with massive investment Andy Brownfield reports Procter & Gamble, to help create more diversity in the ad industry, is backing a nine-figure investment in Black-owned media. Money quote from Charlotte La Niear, P&G's senior director for multicultural media: "Our goal at P&G is to have the No. 1 brand in every category among Black consumers ...
Five things you need to know today, and the latest on Cincinnati's most important piece of real estate
Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day: Bengals sign tackle If you're a big Bengals fan, it was a banner Sunday: The franchise signed free agent "glass-eater" offensive lineman La'el Collins.
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