Five things you need to know today, and three things I'd actually pay more for

Good morning, Cincinnati! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day:

P&G’s Passerini headed to Carlyle Group

Procter & Gamble’s Filippo Passerini, one of Cincinnati’s highest-paid executives and until recently group president of global business services and chief information officer at P&G, plans to join Washington, D.C.-based asset management firm Carlyle Group. He plans to retire from the Cincinnati-based company on July 1 after 35 years with…

Why GE is getting out of the real estate business: Bloomberg (Video)

GE plans to exit the bulk of its lending business, including a $26.5 billion sale of most of its real estate, as CEO Jeffrey Immelt refocuses the company on its industrial roots.

Bloomberg’s Devin Banerjee and Rick Clough reports on “Market Makers.”

New proposal to Metro that would scale back increase to 8-car trains during rush hour

Expanding to all eight-car trains during rush hour had been a key element of Metro’s expansion plan, approved in 2013. But now, with falling ridership and calls for cutbacks from government officials, WAMU says Metro is developing a plan to cut back on the eight-car train service to make room for other budget items.

Google all over the map in Nashville office search

Google is scouting a wide variety of buildings where it would set up shop locally, as the tech giant prepares to start selling its Google Fiber Internet service in Nashville.

Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) has two chief needs: office space and “retail” space, which would allow consumers to test-drive the network and provide Google the room to make presentations to various groups.

Nashville is among a group of metros in line to receive Google Fiber, with Internet speeds nearly 100 times faster than…

One Bloomingdale store illustrates the effects and tensions of gentrification in D.C.

Gentrification has been an increasingly hot topic of Washington region discussion for the past few years, particularly in certain neighborhoods and regions.

It’s often spoken about on the 30,000-foot, overarching level. But the effects – and accompanying tensions – that come with gentrification become sharper when it’s addressed through the prism of a single business.

The Washington Post reports Jak & Co. Hairdressers, a 50-year-old business in Bloomingdale, has posted a sign on its doors,…