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Hampton Inn addsInternet service, buffet
AUSTINTOWN -- The Hampton Inn at 880 N. Canfield-Niles Road has completed improvement to its property and services. The hotel has added high-speed Internet service in each room and an expanded, hot breakfast buffet, as well as a breakfast kiosk for those in a hurry. The hotel also has added new floor mats, outdoor planters and art work.
Author to speak
YOUNGSTOWN -- Jefferson Cowie, a history professor at Cornell University and author of "Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor," will speak Oct. 12 at Youngstown State University. His interests focus on workers and issues of social class in the United States and international history, especially Latin America.
A public lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Room of Kilcawley Center. An informal discussion with faculty and students will be at 4 p.m. in the history department conference room. The visit is sponsored by the history department and the Center for Working Class Studies at YSU.
Wedding World chainfiles for bankruptcy
ALTOONA, Pa. -- WeddingStores Inc., which has been selling bridal gowns for more than a century, has entered Chapter 7 bankruptcy, ending almost any chance its Kaufman's Wedding World Stores will reopen.
Objections to a bankruptcy judge's order filed Friday can be filed within 10 days, but that is unlikely, an attorney for the chain said Monday. Chapter 7 bankruptcy would require the company to sell off its assets.
There are Kaufman's Wedding World stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio, including one in Boardman. The stores closed in September. The company tried to secure additional funding last month but was unsuccessful, said Salene Mazur, an attorney for the company.
Ferrari contract
WARREN -- Delphi Packard Electric Systems is providing the electrical systems for Ferrari's new 612 Scaglietti sports car. Warren-based Packard said the Italian-made car will have advanced electronics, including a 3-D navigation system and electronic tire pressure control.
From Vindicator staff and wire reports