Business Digest || Repair garage opens

Repair garage opens

austintown

Alexander’s Diagnostic, a full-service repair garage, has opened at 4443 New Road. The staff at the new garage can fix brakes, heater cores, air conditioning and radiators and provide tune-ups and oil changes. The business will also perform major engine and transmission repairs and replacements.

NorTech workshop

cleveland

NorTech Energy Enterprise will host an interactive workshop on transportation electrification Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon at Corporate College East, 4400 Richmond Road. Attendees will have the opportunity to gain global insights from national experts who will provide information on vehicle and infrastructure technologies, emerging global markets and the policies and regulations that will drive and shape growth in the field.

Speakers include Britta Gross, director of global energy systems and infrastructure commercialization at General Motors; Mark Duvall, director of electric transportation and energy storage at the Electric Power Research Institute; Veerender Kaul, research director of Frost & Sullivan’s Automotive and Transportation Practice; and Dean Taylor, senior program manager in the Electric Transportation Division of Southern California Edison.

To register, visit www.nortechtransportation.eventbrite.com.

Chamber workshop to help with interns

youngstown

The Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber will host a program for businesses looking to start or improve an internship program Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon at the chamber’s downtown office, on the 17th floor of 11 Central Square. Sean McKinniss of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education will conduct the educational workshop. Participants will also receive a workbook and program plan that will help in implementing and successfully managing an internship program long term.

For more information, contact Sean McKinniss at 216-420-9200 or e-mail smckinniss@noche.org. The event costs $25 for chamber members and $35 for non-members. To register, visit www.regionalchamber.com.

Health-care site

boardman

Visiting Physicians Association, Pinnacle Senior Care and Grace Hospice have opened at a single location at 7206 Market St. Visiting Physicians Association is a national leader in home medical care, focusing on senior adult and disabled populations.

Pinnacle Senior Care is a certified Medicare home-care agency specializing in care for the elderly. They offer skilled nursing care, physical, occupational and speech therapy, medical social work services and home health aide services.

Grace Hospice of Youngstown delivers care to patients whose medical conditions are not responsive to treatment, providing additional support to caregivers and family members.

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Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .62, 21.59 .13

Avalon Holdings,2.80—.07

Clear Channel, 1.75 59.67 —.04

Cortland Bancorp, 5.15.05

Delphi Automotive, .02 .00

Farmers Nat., .12, 3.55 .00

First Energy, 2.20, 35.65.05

FirstMerit Corp., .64,19.00 .15

First Niles Financial, .32,6.75—.75

First Place Fin., 2.45—.07

FNB Corp., .48,9.78.19

General Electric, .48,17.72.59

Motors Liquidation, .11.00

Huntington Bank, .04, 6.84.12

JP Morgan Chase, .20,41.43.62

Key Corp, .04,8.38.01

LaFarge, 15.45 —.01

Macy’s, .20, 25.49.05

Parker Hannifin, 1.08, 86.141.10

PNC, .40,60.67—.90

RTI Intl. Metals,27.55.21

Rural/Metro, 12.81 .17

Simon Prop. Grp.,2.40,98.95.52

Stoneridge 15.65 —.12

United Community Fin. 1.21.01

Selected prices at 4 p.m. Friday. Provided by Stifel Nicolaus. Not to be construed as an offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security.