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		<title>Syncro Medical Gets $490,000 State Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Aug. 31, 2010
                YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; Syncro Medical Innovations Inc., a company with offices at 20 Federal Place downtown, is getting help from the state to expand its production and distribution capabilities. 
The Ohio Department of Development announced Monday that the Development Financing Advisory Council has recommended that Syncro receive $490,000 from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VXI Is Hiring for Current Work, Expansion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Aug. 12, 2010
By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; With so few companies hiring, Justin Moore of Youngstown says he&#8217;s glad that VXI Global Solutions Inc. is providing jobs for people who need them. 
Moore, who worked at the Niles call center operated by the defunct MCI Worldcom, was one of about 150 applicants who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VXI Communicated Intention to Expand Youngstown Call Center Early, Officials Say</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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July 20, 2010
By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; The ink had barely dried on the city&#8217;s first development agreement last year with VXI Global Solutions Inc. when city and company officials began discussing the possibility of entering into another agreement to expand its new inbound call center here, Mayor Jay Williams said.
                Those discussions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City Explores Broadband for Business Parks; Plans $2.7M in Improvements at Exal Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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June 15, 2010
By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; Businessmen operating companies where the city hopes to establish broadband service say their companies stand to benefit greatly &#8212; and high-speed Internet connections are absolutely essential to prosper in today&#8217;s marketplace.
                Mayor Jay Williams wants City Council to authorize the applying to the Appalachian Regional Commission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s the Day for V&#038;M to Break Ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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 A few pilings are already in the ground at the  site of V&#38;M&#8217;s $650 mill project.
June 28, 2010
By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; On a recent visit to where V&#38;M Star is moving forward on its long-awaited $650 million pipe mill, Walter Good watched as pilings were being driven down into the project site. That [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City plans to act on Paramount, Erie Terminal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Published: Fri, June 11, 2010
By DAVID SKOLNICK
YOUNGSTOWN
The city plans to apply for about $500,000 in state money to clean up the Erie Terminal building and use $80,000 of its own money to purchase the long-closed Paramount Theatre.  Both are empty downtown buildings. Louis Frangos owns Erie and is the majority owner of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exal Design Award Boosts Youngstown Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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May 27, 2010.
By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A prestigious design award given to Exal Corp.&#8217;s coil-to-can aluminum bottle could escalate production of that design from the tens of millions bottles the manufacturer currently turns out here into the billions, an Exal executive said.
                Exal and Pittsburgh aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. received a Diamond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Seeks $30B to Fund Community Banks&#8217; Loans to Small Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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May 26, 2010
By George Nelson
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio &#8212; A program intended to stimulate small business lending by community-based banks could end up not costing taxpayers in the long run, a White House official said Tuesday.
                The Obama Administration is calling on Congress to move forward on several initiatives aimed at boosting small businesses, several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inc. also thinks Youngstown has a bright future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Youngstown, Ohio
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Grace Wyler, The Vindicator
                Youngstown may be poised to reinvent itself as a high-tech business center of the new century, according to an article in the May issue of Inc. magazine. The magazine, which hit the stands this week, is the latest to tout the city’s determination to break from its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full-day Workshop: Preparing for Recovery and Business Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Dates:
April       19, 2010 (Cleveland)
and
April 27, 2010 (Toledo)






To help manufacturers and   suppliers take full advantage of proven strategies that can increase their   productivity and profitability, the Ohio Department of Development is   sponsoring a full-day workshop where manufacturers and suppliers can learn   how [...]]]></description>
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