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Jobless rate in Aug.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Unemployment rates last month were slightly higher than they were a year ago.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services said Friday that the unemployment rates in local counties in August were: Mahoning, 6.8 percent, up from 6.6 percent a year earlier; Trumbull, 6.9 percent, up from 6.5 percent; and Columbiana, 7.9 percent, up from 7.2 percent. The jobless rate in Youngstown was 11.8 percent in August, up from 11.7 percent a year earlier.
The state's jobless rate was 6.3 percent in August.
Cooper makes deal to sell
FINDLAY, Ohio -- Cooper Tire & amp; Rubber Co. has reached a $1.2 billion deal to sell its automotive group, the company said Friday. New York-based equity group The Cypress Group and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners have joined together to buy Cooper-Standard Automotive, based in Novi, Mich.
From staff and wire reports
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