Regional Business Digest

January 9, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

REGION

Call center hours extended for unemployment claims

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services is extending the hours of its unemployment compensation call center from Wednesday through Saturday until further notice. Claimants may file their unemployment claims by calling (877) 644-6562 from: Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

NATION

GameStop’s sales grow during holiday season

NEW YORK — In what was a dismal holiday season for many store chains, video game retailer GameStop Corp. proved an exception. The company said Thursday that its sales for the November-December period jumped more than 22 percent, boosted by strong sales of new games. Same-store sales, or sales at stores open at least a year, grew 10.2 percent in the nine weeks between Nov. 2 and Saturday.

From Vindicator staff and wire reports