Business Digest | Seasonal work available

Seasonal work

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Individuals interested in seasonal-work opportunities at Things Remembered can complete job applications at the Mahoning County One-Stop, 141 Boardman-Canfield Road. The North Jackson distribution center of Things Remembered is seeking to hire 200 call-center and production employees for 30 to 40 hours per week on various shifts at $7.30 per hour during the holiday season. Positions include engravers, quality inspectors, re-packagers, gift wrappers and customer-order shippers. Employees enjoy 40 percent merchandise discounts, weekly pay, a health fair and $5 flu shots, Employee Appreciation Days with food, an opportunity for overtime, Stay & Play Days and prizes for attendance.

Job seekers also can apply in person at Things Remembered, 500 S. Bailey Road in North Jackson, or online at www.thingsremembered.com.

Business webcast

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Armstrong will co-host a free webcast for small-business executives, in collaboration with Bloomberg Television, Cisco and 14 other cable companies. The webcast, titled “Protect Your Business with Effective Cyber Security Strategies,” will take place Thursday at 2 p.m.

Hosted by Bloomberg Television anchor Monica Bertran, the seminar will feature three speakers: Larry Godfrey of Heartland Payment Systems, Rich Kissel of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and John Marshall of Main Street Fine Foods. The speakers will discuss ways small businesses can develop security policies to avoid disruptions to service and protect sensitive data.

To register for the webcast, visit www.solutionsforsmallbusiness.com.

Oil settles higher after dollar sags

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Oil prices climbed Monday as the dollar fell against the euro and other currencies. Benchmark crude rose 83 cents to settle at $82.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In its weekly report on retail gasoline prices, the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration said the average price for a gallon of regular was $2.817 on Monday. That’s 1.7 cents below a week ago and almost 14 cents higher than a year ago.

Vindicator staff/wire report