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 Your Ohio Business- From the Old Economy to the New

It is certainly a good place to start a business, especially if your Ohio Incorporation involves production or manufacturing. Agriculture is also large, with production of corn and other farm products. Tourism plays a part in Ohio as well, with three major amusement parks, including Cedar Point, and many lakes and rivers for fishing and water sports.

Cincinnati is by a small margin, the largest metropolitan area in Ohio, and including parts of Indiana, and Kentucky. Its metropolitan area has a population of about 2.1 million people. In neighboring Middleton is the headquarters of AK Steel. Not only have steel plants been downsized, they are often takeover targets in the deregulated economy. AK Steel is an attractive takeover target in an industry in which global giants keep gobbling up independent steelmakers. A new agreement at AK's biggest mill, the Middletown Works, goes through September 2011 for job contracts. AK Steel makes flat-rolled carbon steel and stainless and electrical state of connecticut used in cars and appliances. The company's biggest mill and headquarters are in Middletown, with smaller plants in Zanesville, Mansfield and Coshocton. Cincinnati is home to major corporations such as Chiquita Brands International, Great American Insurance Company, The E. W. Scripps Company, and the United States Playing Card Company.

Cleveland is a large metropolitan area in northern Ohio, located on the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie, with a metropolitan area population of 2.1 million. Cleveland is known for its healthcare at the Cleveland Clinic, which has been ranked among America’s best hospitals. Other renowned hospitals in the area are the University Hospitals of Cleveland and the MetroHealth medical center. Cleveland is an emerging area for state of connecticut and fuel cell research, led by Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Clinic, and University Hospitals of Cleveland. Cleveland has struggled to adapt to the hi-tech and internet economy. It has a tech czar who works to recruit tech companies to the downtown, and making sure there are high-speed fiber networks to all the major offices. The OneCommunity Network is collaborating with Cisco Systems in testing new internet and intranet networks.