OHIO

OHIO

Goodyear, NASA team up

AKRON — Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., which helped develop tires in the 1960s for NASA’s moon missions, will work on a new generation of tires to handle heavy-duty lunar exploration. The tire maker said Thursday that it hopes to have a set of 12 prototype tires for lunar missions by 2009. The research valued at $877,000 will be done by Goodyear’s Akron Technical Center and the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.

NATION

Jump in gasoline prices
pushes wholesale inflation

WASHINGTON — A record jump in gasoline prices pushed up wholesale inflation in November at the fastest pace in more than three decades, while retail sales showed unexpected strength.

The Labor Department said Thursday that wholesale prices rose by 3.2 percent last month, the biggest increase in 34 years. The jump reflected a 34.8 percent surge in gasoline prices. Outside of energy and food, core inflation posted a 0.4 percent jump, double what was expected.

From Vindicator staff and wire reports