Business and Finance
I’ve covered Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the Akron area including FirstEnergy, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and J.M. Smucker, as well as Amazon opening fulfillment centers in the region.
My reporting on FirstEnergy included the House Bill 6 corruption scandal — the largest bribery scheme in Ohio history — and activist investor Carl Icahn’s attempted takeover of the company.
I covered President Donald Trump’s calls for a boycott of Goodyear, and the company’s acquisition of Cooper Tire.
As the “Stimulus Watch” government watchdog reporter, I detailed the financial impact of the influx of money going to state and local governments as part of the American Rescue Plan Act.
What is BRICS and What Could It Mean for the Economy in 2025? (Substack | December 30, 2024)
Cleveland Fed report: Cleveland’s stimulus money roughly equal to one year of tax revenue, could be ‘transformational’ (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | October 7, 2021)
Ohio House finance committee seeks to provide all townships with American Rescue Plan stimulus money (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | June 22, 2021)
FirstEnergy names new ethics and compliance officer; predecessor left after HB6 corruption scandal (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 22, 2021)
Verizon to launch 5G home internet service in Cleveland on Thursday (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 17, 2021)
Akron’s Chapel Hill Mall to become business park under new ownership (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 17, 2021)
Akron’s ‘Akronite’ app to encourage local shopping expands to more neighborhoods (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 17, 2021)
FirstEnergy to appoint two new board members backed by activist investor Carl Icahn (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 16, 2021)
Goodyear names executive to oversee Cooper Tire integration ahead of $2.8 billion planned acquisition (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 4, 2021)
Akron mayor urges investor Carl Icahn to keep FirstEnergy HQ in city after billionaire expresses interest in scandal-embroiled utility (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | March 4, 2021)
Goodyear names new senior vice president of global operations (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | February 25, 2021)
Goodyear to acquire Cooper Tire in $2.5 billion deal (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | February 22, 2021)
Akron seeks to rezone, redevelop struggling Chapel Hill Mall (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | February 8, 2021)
Akron mayor, Summit County executive push local bars, restaurants to apply for statewide assistance program before end of year (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | December 15, 2020)
To be open or not, that is the question for Northeast Ohio ice arenas during pandemic (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | November 26, 2020)
Former Goodyear CEO Robert Mercer dies at 96 (The Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com | August 31, 2020)