MPMF Starts Today

Iron your skinny jeans, buy a pack of Camels and wax your mustaches Cincinnati hipsters, MPMF starts today. There’s a number of articles choosing the best venues, bands and activities to see and listen, but we at QC Stacks saved you the trouble of sifting through the fluff and picked our four favorite links:

• Each Note Secure’s Thursday Picks
• Cincinnati Enquirer’s Weekend Picks
• Biking Midpoint
• CityBeat’s MPMF Overview

Seelbach Aids Bleeding Gunshot Victim

This past Tuesday, City councilman Chris Seelbach got to experience first-hand the problem of gun violence in Queen City. As he and his partner were at home watching TV about 10:30 pm, they heard gunshots outside their window. Upon investigation, they discovered a victim, bleeding profusely and struggling to cross the street. Thanks to the councilman’s quick response, emergency personnel whisked the man away to the hospital where he’s expected to recover.

Official – Pure Romance Coming Downtown

Following weeks of well-intentioned efforts by the city to lure more jobs downtown, only to be curtly undermined by Governor Kasich’s office and subsequent threats to take its business across the river, Pure Romance has officially committed to Cincinnati. The move will indeed bring more than 100 jobs downtown and will likely occupy the Delta Airlines building on Plum street.

Cincinnati Startup Dotloop Faces Legal Trouble

Cincinnati-based startup Dotloop has been hit with a lawsuit for copyright infringement and a cease-and-desist letter for using a Realtor’s association’s forms in its software. Dotloop, which started in 2008 as MLS Contracts, is being sued by LoopNet, an online real estate marketplace, who maintains Dotloop’s CEO Austin Allison was well aware of the name dispute as Allison was a registered member of LoopNet. Allison and partners filed for the Dotloop trademark in 2011. The company faces another legal battle from the California Association of Realtors who claim Dotloop steals and alters their real estate forms.

Chinese Holding Company Purchases John Morrell Parent Company

Chinese investors are one step closer to acquiring Smithfield Foods, the parent company of John Morrell, a nationwide pork production company headquartered in Cincinnati. Following shareholders approval of the sale for over $4 billion, Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. will pay $34 per share in the deal, more than 30% of the current market value.