http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Fri, 29 May 2026 04:13:10 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/05/29/blue-origin-rocket-explodes-on-the-launch-pad-during-an-engine-firing-test/stories/20260529085 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/05/29/blue-origin-rocket-explodes-on-the-launch-pad-during-an-engine-firing-test/stories/20260529085#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 10:38:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/05/29/blue-origin-rocket-explodes-on-the-launch-pad-during-an-engine-firing-test/stories/20260529085 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin exploded during a test at the launch pad Thursday night, shaking nearby homes and briefly painting the sky orange. A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket stands ready for launch at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., April 18. A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during an engine-firing test on May 28 in Cape Canaveral, Fla. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/29/tomatoes-become-latest-symbol-of-america-s-affordability-squeeze/stories/20260529084 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/29/tomatoes-become-latest-symbol-of-america-s-affordability-squeeze/stories/20260529084#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 10:36:26 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/29/tomatoes-become-latest-symbol-of-america-s-affordability-squeeze/stories/20260529084 NEW YORK — Tomatoes, ubiquitous in everything from fast-food burgers to haute cuisine, are taking on a new role beyond the plate: A nagging reminder of rising costs. Tomatoes await customers on the shelves of a supermarket in New York on May 26. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/05/28/us-jobless-claims-rise-to-215-000-but-layoffs-remain-low-despite-iran-war-uncertainty/stories/20260528089 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/05/28/us-jobless-claims-rise-to-215-000-but-layoffs-remain-low-despite-iran-war-uncertainty/stories/20260528089#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 13:03:39 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/05/28/us-jobless-claims-rise-to-215-000-but-layoffs-remain-low-despite-iran-war-uncertainty/stories/20260528089 WASHINGTON — More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs remain low despite economic uncertainty caused by the Iran war. A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Morton Grove, Ill., on May 14. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/28/wall-street-pushes-records-profits-keep-piling-up/stories/20260528117 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/28/wall-street-pushes-records-profits-keep-piling-up/stories/20260528117#comments Thu, 28 May 2026 20:52:17 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/28/wall-street-pushes-records-profits-keep-piling-up/stories/20260528117 NEW YORK  — The U.S. stock market pushed to more records Thursday as profits keep piling up for companies like Dollar Tree, Snowflake and Hormel Foods. A tentative deal to extend the cease=fire in the war with Iran by 60 days also helped lift the market and rein in oil prices. Trader Robert Arciero works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 22. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/27/lourdes-seeking-buyer-for/stories/20260527109 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/27/lourdes-seeking-buyer-for/stories/20260527109#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 22:42:45 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/27/lourdes-seeking-buyer-for/stories/20260527109 Weeks after Lourdes University held its last graduation ceremony, the university is selling eight residential buildings that previously housed some of its students. Weeks after Lourdes University held its last graduation ceremony, the university is selling eight residential buildings that previously housed some of its students. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/27/us-stocks-inch-more-records-after-oil-prices-drop/stories/20260527108 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/27/us-stocks-inch-more-records-after-oil-prices-drop/stories/20260527108#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 23:03:36 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/27/us-stocks-inch-more-records-after-oil-prices-drop/stories/20260527108 NEW YORK — U.S. stocks inched to more records Wednesday after oil prices fell and eased the pressure on households and businesses worldwide. Trader Edward Curran, left, and specialist Meric Greenbaum, center, work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 22. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/05/27/sheetz-hiring-for-hundreds-of-jobs-as-facility-nears-completion/stories/20260527084 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/05/27/sheetz-hiring-for-hundreds-of-jobs-as-facility-nears-completion/stories/20260527084#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 14:36:30 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/labor/2026/05/27/sheetz-hiring-for-hundreds-of-jobs-as-facility-nears-completion/stories/20260527084 FINDLAY — Sheetz is ramping up hiring efforts to fill more than 200 positions before the company opens its Findlay distribution center, which is on track for completion this fall. Aerial photos of Sheetz's Findlay distribution center show progress toward the facility's expected opening date in fall of 2026. Aerial photos of Sheetz's Findlay distribution center show progress toward the facility's expected opening date in fall of 2026. Aerial photos of Sheetz's Findlay distribution center show progress toward the facility's expected opening date in fall of 2026. Aerial photos of Sheetz's Findlay distribution center show progress toward the facility's expected opening date in fall of 2026. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/05/27/ferrari-s-first-electric-vehicle-met-with-market-skepticism/stories/20260527082 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/05/27/ferrari-s-first-electric-vehicle-met-with-market-skepticism/stories/20260527082#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 10:33:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/05/27/ferrari-s-first-electric-vehicle-met-with-market-skepticism/stories/20260527082 Ferrari on Tuesday presented its first-ever fully electric car to Italy’s President and Pope Leo XIV. Yet it's still waiting for the ultimate approval from someone less high-profile: the consumer. A Ferrari logo on a car outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/27/real-estate-transfers-5-27-1/stories/20260527002 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/27/real-estate-transfers-5-27-1/stories/20260527002#comments Wed, 27 May 2026 10:25:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/27/real-estate-transfers-5-27-1/stories/20260527002 May 15-May 21, 2026 Real estate transfers https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/26/wall-street-rises-more-records-us-stocks-catch-up-worlds-gains-day-before/stories/20260526100 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/26/wall-street-rises-more-records-us-stocks-catch-up-worlds-gains-day-before/stories/20260526100#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 20:25:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/stock-market/2026/05/26/wall-street-rises-more-records-us-stocks-catch-up-worlds-gains-day-before/stories/20260526100 NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market rose to records Tuesday as it caught up with climbs for others around the world from the day before, when President Donald Trump said negotiations were “proceeding nicely” with Iran on ending their war. Specialist Glenn Carell, left, and trader Robert Charmak work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 22. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/how-to-oil-proof-your-life/stories/20260525003 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/how-to-oil-proof-your-life/stories/20260525003#comments Tue, 26 May 2026 10:40:33 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/how-to-oil-proof-your-life/stories/20260525003 Gasoline prices are up more than 50 percent since the start of the war in Iran. Can average Americans protect themselves from those higher costs? Signs show the gas prices at a gas station, March 10, in New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/downtown-remedy-shoppe-and-apothecary-eyes-opening/stories/20260518085 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/downtown-remedy-shoppe-and-apothecary-eyes-opening/stories/20260518085#comments Mon, 25 May 2026 17:42:43 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/downtown-remedy-shoppe-and-apothecary-eyes-opening/stories/20260518085 Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary is getting ready to heal its first patients. Interior of Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Executive assistant Heather Van Doren looks out the window at Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Doni Miller, Neighborhood Health Association CEO, at Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Executive assistant Heather Van Doren looks out the window at Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Doni Miller, Neighborhood Health Association CEO, at Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Riverview from Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Interior of Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Exterior of Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Entrance at Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. Exterior of Doc Martin’s Remedy Shoppe and Apothecary May 19 in Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/high-gas-prices-cost-of-living-send-us-consumer-sentiment-to-all-time-low/stories/20260525079 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/high-gas-prices-cost-of-living-send-us-consumer-sentiment-to-all-time-low/stories/20260525079#comments Mon, 25 May 2026 10:28:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/25/high-gas-prices-cost-of-living-send-us-consumer-sentiment-to-all-time-low/stories/20260525079 Americans just loathe this economy. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/05/25/how-to-ai-proof-your-job/stories/20260525012 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/05/25/how-to-ai-proof-your-job/stories/20260525012#comments Mon, 25 May 2026 10:23:09 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/technology/2026/05/25/how-to-ai-proof-your-job/stories/20260525012 Meta. Nike. Intuit. UPS. It seems every day a new company announces layoffs, often citing AI as the cause. AI is already reducing US monthly payroll growth by roughly 16,000 jobs in the past year, according to a recent Goldman Sachs report. AI is not good at tasks that require emotional and social awareness, like sales. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/25/is-it-finally-a-buyer-s-market-that-depends-where-you-look-for-a-home/stories/20260525011 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/25/is-it-finally-a-buyer-s-market-that-depends-where-you-look-for-a-home/stories/20260525011#comments Mon, 25 May 2026 10:16:58 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/25/is-it-finally-a-buyer-s-market-that-depends-where-you-look-for-a-home/stories/20260525011 For more than two years, David and Lindsay Lepinsky bid over asking price, waived contingencies and stretched their budget in central New Jersey’s brutally competitive housing market. Still, their offers kept getting passed over as homes sold for tens – and sometimes hundreds – of thousands of dollars above list price. Much of Texas is considered a favorable housing market for buyers. The shift is being driven in part by a surge in homebuilding and rising inventory. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/05/24/professor-team-grant-surplus-sweet-potatoes-milk/stories/20260524120 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/05/24/professor-team-grant-surplus-sweet-potatoes-milk/stories/20260524120#comments Sun, 24 May 2026 17:26:28 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/05/24/professor-team-grant-surplus-sweet-potatoes-milk/stories/20260524120 BOONE, N.C. — Surplus North Carolina sweet potatoes that were usually left to rot in the fields and cost farmers millions of dollars are now being put to good use, thanks to an Appalachian State University professor and his research team. Onions, sweet potatoes and potatoes are piled high at the Toledo Northwest Ohio Food Bank in 2016. Surplus North Carolina sweet potatoes that were usually left to rot in the fields and cost farmers millions of dollars are now being put to good use, thanks to an Appalachian State University professor and his research team. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/24/jell-o-is-jiggling-its-way-toward-more-natural-ingredients/stories/20260524057 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/24/jell-o-is-jiggling-its-way-toward-more-natural-ingredients/stories/20260524057#comments Sun, 24 May 2026 11:04:09 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/retail/2026/05/24/jell-o-is-jiggling-its-way-toward-more-natural-ingredients/stories/20260524057 Jell-O — long known for its bright rainbow of artificially colored gelatins — is getting a line of products made without synthetic colors or artificial sweeteners to meet increasing consumer demand for natural ingredients. A new line of Jell-O products. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/05/24/kansas-farmers-weather-costs-wheat-crop-worst-since-1972/stories/20260524060 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/05/24/kansas-farmers-weather-costs-wheat-crop-worst-since-1972/stories/20260524060#comments Sun, 24 May 2026 11:03:52 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/agriculture/2026/05/24/kansas-farmers-weather-costs-wheat-crop-worst-since-1972/stories/20260524060 MONTEZUMA, Kan. — Orville Williams has had a healthy wheat crop on his 2,600-acre farm in Montezuma, Kan., every year since he was a teenager. Farmer Orville Williams sifts powder dry soil as he checks the moisture in a drought-stressed wheat field May 16 on his farm near Montezuma, Kan. Storm clouds build in the distance beyond a drought-stressed wheat field May 15 near Cimarron, Kan. Farmer Orville Williams looks at drought-stressed wheat in one of his fields May 16 near Montezuma, Kan. Farmer Orville Williams looks at drought-stressed wheat in one of his fields May 16 near Montezuma, Kan. Drought-stressed wheat plants stand adjacent to parched ground in a field near Macksville, Kan., on May 16. Cattle graze in a field of abandoned wheat May 15 near Cimarron, Kan. A drought-stressed stalk of wheat lies on a parched field May 16 near Macksville, Kan. Wheat plants struggle to survive in a drought-stressed field near Macksville, Kan., on May 16. Farmer Vance Ehmke checks a wheat field decimated by wheat streak mosaic virus May 15 on his farm near Healy, Kan. Drought-stressed wheat plants stand in a field near Macksville, Kan., on May 16. Farmer Vance Ehmke checks soil moisture in a wheat field decimated by wheat streak mosaic virus May 15 on his farm near Healy, Kan. Farmer Vance Ehmke looks at wheat damaged by a late freeze in one of his fields May 15 near Healy, Kan. Farmer Vance Ehmke checks a wheat field decimated by wheat streak mosaic virus May 15 on his farm near Healy, Kan. Drought-stressed wheat is silhouetted against the setting sun May 15 in a field near Cimarron, Kan. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/24/single-gen-z-women-outpace-gen-z-men-to-homeownership/stories/20260524058 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/24/single-gen-z-women-outpace-gen-z-men-to-homeownership/stories/20260524058#comments Sun, 24 May 2026 11:03:32 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/real-estate/2026/05/24/single-gen-z-women-outpace-gen-z-men-to-homeownership/stories/20260524058 LOS ANGELES — Single Gen Z women are outpacing their male counterparts when it comes to buying a home. A sign is posted for a new home for sale in Ambler, Pa., on Oct. 16, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/05/23/behind-the-wheel-family-suvs-hyundai-palisade-vs-kia-telluride/stories/20260523013 https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/05/23/behind-the-wheel-family-suvs-hyundai-palisade-vs-kia-telluride/stories/20260523013#comments Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/business/automotive/2026/05/23/behind-the-wheel-family-suvs-hyundai-palisade-vs-kia-telluride/stories/20260523013 The Kia Telluride and Hyundai Palisade have been among Edmunds’ favorite three-row SUVs for many years now. The redesigned 2027 Kia Telluride boasts plenty of style, loads of features, and a strong turbocharged engine. Pictured is the 2026 Palisade three-row SUV. Fully redesigned, the latest Palisade stands out with its classy interior, updated tech and premium seating.