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Two Companies Plan Local Layoffs

Two companies will lay off a combined 205 central Ohio workers in August. DialAmerica Marketing and Verizon Wireless tell state officials they'll close call centers in Columbus and Dublin. The DialAmerica layoffs come less than a month after it announced plans to open an office in Indianapolis and hire 170 workers. The Verizon layoffs are part of a cost-cutting move.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.