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Imagine walking into a gym and having small cameras quietly track what you’re lifting, how many reps you’re doing and when your form begins to break down. That’s the idea behind Smartan FitTech, an AI platform developed by a CWRU student.
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Case student’s AI startup wants to stop sports injuries before they happen
Smartan, an AI platform co-founded by a Case Western student, tracks workouts in real time to correct form and prevent injuries before they happen.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Nexus Bedside has hit multiple milestones this year including securing $2.6  million seed in a funding round, deploying its technology in its first hospital and setting up the company for additional funding and advancement in the upcoming year.
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Ex-MetroHealth CEO Boutros returns to industry as a health tech founder
Starting and finding success as a health tech start up isn’t easy — it’s even more difficult when the founder is undergoing intense public scrutiny.This was, and still is, a challenge for Dr. Akram Bo...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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A dust-up over public records in Cleveland is the latest indication that a historic 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting affirmative action at the nation's colleges and universities will likely have far-reaching implications for the broader economy.
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Records fight reveals challenge to Cleveland's minority business preferences
The Buckeye Institute (BI) is celebrating a settlement with the city of Cleveland after suing it for the unlawfully slow release of public records related to the way it awards contracts to organizatio...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Two duplexes, consisting of four single-person units, have been built for the project. The effort enables LMM to offer a new residential option to low-income tenants while helping PadsSmart collect data to replicate this model.
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Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, PadSmart unveil first solar-powered housing units
A Cleveland-based nonprofit is opening its first new-build, permanent housing project — with a twist. The residential units, a joint venture between Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM) and Westl...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Cleveland's future is being built by this year's 40 Under 40 honorees.
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Meet Crain's 40 Under 40 class of 2025
Meet the next generation of executives, innovators and changemakers whose vision is driving Northeast Ohio's future.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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An industrial site in Canton that once housed operations for Atlantic Foods is heading to auction.
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Former Atlantic Foods site in Canton heads to auction
The company vacated the site earlier this year, when it purchased a former Diebold site in Green after outgrowing its space in Canton.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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HoldCo Asset Management LP is demanding that Comerica Inc. release additional details on its deal to be acquired by Fifth Third Bancorp, calling the sale process “flawed” ahead of a shareholder vote in early January.
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Activists call Fifth Third’s deal for Comerica ‘flawed’
The activist investor pushed the regional lender to sell itself earlier this year, but now says Comerica failed to allow for an independent, competitive process.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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"After years of planning around a bold vision of growth and prosperity, downtown Cleveland is transforming before our eyes," write Michael Deemer, president and CEO of Downtown Cleveland Inc., and Heidi G. Petz, president and CEO of Sherwin-Williams.
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Opinion: Downtown is where Cleveland builds what's next
With the opening of the new Sherwin-Williams buidling, focus should return to downtown Cleveland.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The University of California’s investment arm is giving Big Ten members more time to consider its $2.4 billion new business venture, after opposition by at least one of its biggest members.
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Big Ten's $2.4 billion deal talks extended after pushback
Debate continues over the conference's new business venture.
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November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Following the naming of its first new managing partner in 16 years, one of Northeast Ohio’s largest law firms has also appointed a new leader for its flagship outpost in Cleveland.
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Tucker Ellis names new leader for its Cleveland office
Tucker Ellis said that it has named Thomas Ostrowski—a 12-year firm veteran who helmed its finance practice group for the past seven years—as its new partner-in-charge in Cleveland effective January 2...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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A group of five buildings in Valley View that had been listed for $11.5 million is under contract, according to recent information on file with the real estate data site CoStar.
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Five Valley View properties reportedly under contract
The five-building sale would include more than 200,000 square feet of space and 16 acres of land, including mixed-use space and a truck yard.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Some global recognition for David Gilbert, leader of Destination Cleveland.
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David Gilbert receives international award for Destination Cleveland work
David Gilbert, president and CEO of Destination Cleveland, received an international award that recognized his “leadership, passion and innovation” in promoting Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.  Th...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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“On balance, I think we need to remain somewhat restrictive to continue putting pressure to bring inflation down toward our target,” Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said Thursday, Nov. 13, in a fireside chat at the Pittsburgh Economic Club.
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Cleveland Fed's Hammack says interest rates should still weigh on economy
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack said the US central bank should hold rates steady to keep reducing inflation.“On balance, I think we need to remain somewhat restrictive to con...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Founders John Bikis and his wife, Adriana, are countersuing Andrew Gould and his investment group, Gouldram Holdings LLC of North Canton, an entity created in June 2024 to hold shares in the brewery and restaurant business.
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Royal Docks Brewing countersuit claims investor 'ran the brewery into the ground'
The founders of now-defunct Royal Docks Brewing Co. of Canton are firing back at an investor that sued them in June for fraud in the Stark County Court of Common Pleas after their relationship fell ap...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Some holiday retail nostalgia is coming to Crocker Park.
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Beloved national toy store bringing holiday pop-up to Crocker Park
The store will open soon and will operate into early 2026.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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"As it was in the midst of financing a $61 million bribery scheme, Akron-based FirstEnergy also improperly claimed millions in construction expenses, according to a new report," writes @martyschladen.bsky.social of @ohiocapitaljournal.com.
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Report shows scandal-plagued Ohio utility made $108 million in errors. It wants customers to pay
FirstEnergy misclassified lobbying funds as it financed a massive bribery scandal.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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When Masu, the long-awaited modern sushi concept from Chef Dante Boccuzzi, opens within the Valor Acres development in Brecksville on Nov. 19, it'll mark a series of firsts for the chef — not that he's sweating the details.
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Dante Boccuzzi takes a new approach with Masu at Valor Acres
When Masu, the long-awaited modern sushi concept from Chef Dante Boccuzzi, opens within the Valor Acres development in Brecksville on Nov. 19, it'll mark a series of firsts for the chef — not that he'...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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"States’ progress on NEVI (the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program) did not follow a neat red-blue divide. Ohio, a Republican-led state, was the fastest to open stations, as the administration of Gov. Mike DeWine made it a high priority."
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Why Trump Couldn’t Stop the Electric Vehicle Dream
We never got those promised EV chargers — but we did get a future for EVs.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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A busy day for the Port of Cleveland.
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Port of Cleveland approves funding for Warner & Swasey, two other big developments
As multiple projects aim to close by the end of the year, the Port of Cleveland cemented its contributions at its Thursday, Nov. 13, board of directors meeting. The first approval came in the for...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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It took a while, but it looks like the former Platform Beer Co. warehouse at Fulton Road and Vega Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side is selling.
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Old Cleveland craft brewing site under contract
The site was both a tap room and production facility for Platform before the company closed in 2023.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Northeast Ohio is benefiting from another sizable chunk of Motion Picture Tax Credits.
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State awards another $17 million in film tax credits, almost all in NE Ohio
The Ohio Department of Development said that it has released about $17 million in additional tax credits to support film and television productions in the state, and 99% of it is allocated to three pr...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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The Browns used the company’s coach for road trips to Pittsburgh and Detroit. They got a 36-seat bus that converts into 18 private suites, each with a 6.5-foot bed, a mattress pad, a pillow, a plush blanket and a curtain for privacy.
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Luxury sleeper buses used by the Browns are reshaping first-class travel
Napaway’s luxury sleeper buses are gaining traction in Cleveland as the Browns and others use lie-flat suites for regional travel.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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IdentifySensors Biologics aims to bring its technology — a lab-free detection method for cancers, viruses, and bacteria — to market in 2026. It also hopes to close its ongoing Series A funding round and then launch a Series B raise.
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Shaker Heights biotech company aims to launch product, secure funding in 2026
IdentifySensors Biologics, a Shaker Heights-headquartered biotech company, plans to commercialize its disease testing technology and hit new funding markers in the new year. The company aims to b...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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If you’re looking for evidence that a building’s worth is determined by its tenants and their leases, look no further than 1801 Superior Ave. on the eastern edge of Downtown Cleveland.
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Cuyahoga County leases transform value of former Plain Dealer building
Built for $40 million, the building might still be worth less than its original costs, but shows signs of a dramatic recovery since 2022 through its mortgages.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Ohio's licensed marijuana companies, who have been pushing for restrictions on intoxicating hemp products, are celebrating this development at the federal level.
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Congress bans intoxicating hemp in deal to end government shutdown
The 43-day government shutdown is over — but part of what comes next is a shutdown of the national hemp-derived THC industry.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM