More than five years ago, an official from the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base approached leaders at the University of Dayton to help with what they saw as a dearth of trained and experienced government contracting and procurement professionals, due in part to an increase in retirements.

From Bloomberg: Large U.S. banks may have to boost their capital by an average 20%, and a broader swath of lenders would face strict requirements for setting aside money, under a draft plan from U.S. regulators to bolster the financial system.

From Bloomberg: The U.S. is in the grip of a factory-building boom as government incentives to spur domestic manufacturing, aimed at helping the economy compete with China, drive a wave of investment. One of the biggest projects in the works is Intel's chip-fabrication plant near Columbus.

Cuyahoga Falls is the first city in Northeast Ohio to have a Welcoming Workforce Coalition to craft a strategy to attract and retain an international workforce.