James Trumm

Toledo

Business Writer at The Toledo Blade

Reporter at the Toledo Blade. Opinions expressed are my own.

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Articles

Toledo's real estate market catches eye of out-of-town investors

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

Stuart Bertsch was inundated by offers from companies with out-of-state addresses seeking to buy the Toledo rental properties he owns. “People have been hounding me with offers to buy them,” he said. “I get them from New York, New Jersey, Nevada, Florida, all over the place. I get postcards, letters, and sometimes calls from people asking about specific properties and saying they will make me a cash offer. I was getting contacted every other day a few years ago.
3 to receive honorary degrees from UT

1 week ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

Three notable individuals will receive honorary degrees at the University of Toledo’s spring commencement on Saturday. One of the recipients is Steven Klar, a UT alumnus and president of the Klar Organization, who will deliver the keynote address at each of the two undergraduate ceremonies. Mr. Klar earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UT in 1969.
Recession possibility is a toss-up, Huntington Private Bank CIO says

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

The United States is experiencing a period of policy volatility that centers on trade tensions with China. That was the message delivered by Huntington Private Bank’s Chief Investment Officer John Augustine on Wednesday at a luncheon at Toledo’s Inverness Club. Mr. Augustine offered his observations on the current economic outlook and said that it was a toss-up as to whether investment and trade difficulties will force the country into a recession in the first half of the 2025.
Tariff uncertainties cloud O-I Glass' quarterly report

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

O-I Glass issued an earnings report Tuesday for the first quarter of 2025 that was hedged with references to uncertainties over tariffs. When earnings were calculated according to generally accepted accounting principles, losses for the quarter amounted to $16 million, or 10 cents per share.
Co-defendant names Duhart as shooter in 2024 West Toledo murder

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

A Toledo man convicted for his role in a 2024 West Toledo murder named an old high school friend as the shooter in the case. Catarino Rodriguez, 23, was convicted April 17 for his role in the Feb. 11, 2024, murder of Michael Bradford-Washington. On Monday, he testified against his former co-defendant, Sean Duhart, stating that Mr. Duhart was the one who fired the shots that struck the car Mr. Bradford-Washington was driving.
Local companies’ stocks mixed on tariff turmoil

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

The stocks of the five Toledo-area companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange do not appear to have reacted drastically to the tariff turmoil of the last three months. O-I Glass saw its stock price rise since the first day of trading in 2025. The company traded at $10.75 on Jan. 2 and is currently priced 11 percent higher at $11.93. When the markets closed on Friday, The Andersons stock was selling for $38.02, down 5.2 percent from its $40.10 opening on the first trading day of 2025.
From 1st job to career change or advancement, Blade event has something for everyone

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

Kailey Brownfield, a human resources specialist with Sofo Foods, is passionate about job fairs. “This is my first job out of college,” she said, “and the only way I would have found it was through a job fair. That’s where I learned that I wanted to work in HR.
From smart mirrors to bowling balls, engineering expo showcases student projects

2 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

Aakrit Tyagi has never liked mornings. “Morning routines are hard, especially if you’re working 9 to 5,” she said. “It was always hard for me to wake up early.”So together with three fellow students in the University of Toledo’s department of electrical engineering and computer science, she plotted a way to make the a.m. easier.
Lt. Gov. Tressel stresses work-force development at BGSU visit

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

BOWLING GREEN — At a tour of a construction project that will expand Bowling Green State University’s technology engineering innovation center by 50 percent, Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel called on the university to offer more work-force training to Ohio residents. Mr. Tressel said some authorities estimate that by 2030, Ohio will need to fill 540,000 new jobs. “This means that Bowling Green needs to get us more engineers,” he said. “We need to raise awareness out there.
Sunrise Easter service marks the transition from darkness to light

3 weeks ago | toledoblade.com | James Trumm

There’s an elemental humility to the St. Mark Lutheran Church’s sunrise Easter service. At 6:30 Easter morning, about 30 parishioners stood in a rough circle around a flaming fire pit at a pavilion in East Toledo’s Prentice Park. They saw the sun come up on the day that, for Christians, marks the resurrection of Jesus. It was chilly outside, but no one seemed to mind. One coatless woman in a green dress did her best not to shiver in the early morning cold and gamely refused an offer of a parka.