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Northern Kentucky developer Drees offers incentives to home-buying

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April 21, 2009

Despite a 41 percent drop in new home sales from last year, Northern Kentucky's Drees Homes is moving forward with plans to begin construction in the northern Ohio city of Independence. Drees also has plans for another, as yet unidentified, Northeast Ohio development of 25 to 30 homes. Where other developers are pulling back, Drees believes their unique purchase incentives will help sell homes. These incentives include an insurance program offering as much as $15,000 to new buyers who lose their jobs. The program was developed to counter fears of losing a job which, in some cases, has prevented prospective buyers from purchasing. To read the full article click here. Source: Cleveland Plain DealerWriter: Jeff Syroney

‘CBS Sunday Morning’ to film at CCM

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Arts + Culture

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April 21, 2009

CBS Sunday Morning is in town next week to shoot interviews and footage of piano lessons, recitals and “Pianopalooza,” a piano concert at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. CCM recently invested in 165 Steinway pianos as part of a record-breaking, $4 million deal to make CCM an All-Steinway School. The deal marks the single largest sale in the history of Steinway & Sons. “CBS Sunday Morning” number one Sunday morning news program, with a viewing audience of 5.03 million. To read the full article click here.

DHL will move back to CVG

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Cincy In The News

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April 21, 2009

DHL Express announced that it will move its U.S. air cargo and package sorting operations back to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The move will create an anticipated 830 jobs at the DHL sorting facility in Boone County. All DHL employees in Wilmington will be offered jobs in Northern Kentucky. To read the full article click here.

Start-up company Bexion Pharmaceuticals uses ezone grant money to develop therapies against cancer

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Cincy In The News

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April 21, 2009

Dr. Ray Takigiku, CEO of Northern Kentucky-based Bexion Pharmaceuticals recently appeared on Fifth Third's Business Beat to talk about his company's advancements in cancer treatment and therapy. New funding from the Northern Kentucky ezone will help in taking these advancements out of the lab and into the clinic where they can do the most good for the most people. Cancer research over the past few decades has come a long way. Now with the help of Bexion’s unique approach to tumor therapy, that research shows great promise for a number of cancer treatments. To see the full video, click here. Source: CET ConnectWriter: Jeff Syroney

Video Tucker’s Restaurant serves up a unique Cincinnati experience

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April 21, 2009

Tucker's Restaurant on Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine is an institution. Proprietors Joe and Carla Tucker fit the neighborhood like a well-worn glove, offering some of the city's most unique (and vegetarian-friendly) dishes, all served with a side of Cincinnati hospitality. Everyone is welcome at Tucker's as evidenced by Kelly Kruthaupt's day spent at the local hot spot.

Soapdish: Over the (green) Rhine

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Entrepreneurship

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April 21, 2009

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24 Hours in Newport

By Gina Holt

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April 21, 2009

Newport is filled with a colorful history – once known for gambling, brothels, and high end clubs like the Beverly Hills Supper Club that attracted names as big as Frank Sinatra. Books like "The Syndicate's Wife" capture Sin City's sordid past. But Newport has evolved over the last 50 years or so from a seedy city to a place filled with great food, shopping, art, and nightlife. It's become a great place for the locals to hang out, as well as a town for others to visit.

Soapicks April 21-27

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April 21, 2009

The temperatures may be changing day by day but Cincinnati is constantly moving and shaking. InkTank invites you to evaluate the "American Dream" in their latest writer's workshop and the 2009 30th Anniversary YWCA Salute to Career Women of Achievement Luncheon will honor eight new inductees on Wednesday afternoon. Catch Swedish rockers Peter Bjorn and John at Southgate House or view Art of the Everyday at The Greenwich. Complete your garden Sunday with free pots of pansies on Fountain Square.

ThinkVine releases flagship product The Emerging Marketplace

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Cincy In The News

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April 14, 2009

At the 2009 Advertising Research Foundation Annual Convention in New York, ThinkVine announced the general release its flagship marketing analysis and planning product The Emerging Marketplace.Under development for the past three years and beta-tested by several Fortune 500 companies, the new product gives companies the collective and cross marketing impact of advertising and promotion on the consumer, actionable output, the ability to run unlimited "what if" scenarios, and an application that stays current with changing market conditions."Arming marketers with The Emerging Marketplace means basing important decisions off of the most current information available and turning responsiveness into a competitive advantage," says Damon Ragusa, founder and CEO of ThinkVine.ThinkVine is currently engaged in the consumer packaged goods, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and technology sectors, among others.Read the full release here.

Rural American Onshore Sourcing among small companies seeing economy as opportunity

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April 14, 2009

In the current economy, many small businesses are looking to get more efficient by seeking flexible staffing options.Cincinnati-based Rural American Onshore Sourcing Inc. is taking advantage of this trend, offering small- to mid-sized companies an alternative to outsourcing by matching them up with home-based workers in third-tier U.S. cities and rural areas where the hourly rate is lower than in major urban markets.And they don't have to worry about installing managers for those workers in lower-cost countries."The labor costs in India are increasing," founder Christopher Hytry Derrington tells Reuters. "We have talented people in rural areas and we match them up with companies that want to save."Read the full article here.