BUSINESS DIGEST | Title company sees improvement in ’10

Title company sees improvement in ’10

Title One General Manager Diane Giovannelli looks to her company’s 2010 year-end results as proof that the economy slowly is improving.

The title company affiliated with Canton-based Cutler Real Estate reported 2010 as its best year since 2006. It closed 1,113 transactions in 2010, 39 more than in 2009.

“This shows some significant recovery in this area,” Giovannelli said. “It’s not leaps and bounds, but it corresponds with what you read in the news — that there are pockets of improvement out there.”

In 2006, the company closed 1,354 transactions.

Title One and Cutler Real Estate serve Stark, Carroll, Tuscarawas, Summit, Medina, Portage and Wayne counties.

Toyota probe results

WASHINGTON

The government plans to release the findings of its investigation into runaway Toyotas today, completing a 10-month review that could address whether faulty electronics played a role in the Japanese automaker’s series of safety recalls.

Toyota has recalled more than 11 million vehicles globally since the fall of 2009 to address sticking accelerator pedals and gas pedals that became trapped in floor mats and other safety issues.

Vindicator staff/wire reports