Howard Hanna’s open-house day

April 30, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

POLAND

Howard Hanna’s annual open-house day always has been one of the company’s most successful days of the year. Come Sunday, it may be even bigger, thanks to its smartphone application, Hanna Home.

The free app is available for iPhone and Android devices and allows home-seekers the ability to search open houses within 25 miles of their current location.

Howard Hanna will have more than 2,700 open houses throughout the Midwest on Sunday.

More information is available at howardhanna.com.

CHS profits fall in first quarter

YOUNGSTOWN

Community Health Systems Inc. saw profits fall 12.4 percent in the first quarter, and its net revenue rose 9 percent compared with this time last year to $3.4 billion.

CHS said the decline in profits, down from $70 million to $61.3 million, was due to the loss on a sale of a physician clinic and an impairment of a hospital held for sale.

CHS has offered a $3.3 billion unsolicited bid for Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, which recently filed a lawsuit against CHS, claiming it improperly billed Medicare.

PSM International purchases BAS

YOUNGSTOWN

United Kingdom-based PSM International Holding Ltd. recently purchased BAS Components Ltd.

PSM said the operations and sales part of BAS will move from Youngstown to Newberry, S.C. The Youngstown facility, 1100 North Meridian Road, soon will serve as the North American Technical Center for PSM and BAS.

United Bancorp’s earnings increase

MARTINS FERRY

United Bancorp, Inc. reported an 8 percent jump in net income for the first quarter of 2011 compared with 2010, increasing from $683,000 in 2010 to $738,000 this year.

The company’s diluted earnings were $0.15 for the first three months of the year, up a penny compared with last year.

From wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .62, 22.55 .11

Avalon Holdings,2.900.00

Clear Channel, .63 60.00 1.00

Cortland Bancorp, 7.200.00

Farmers Nat., .12, 4.80.05

First Energy, 2.20, 39.96.15

FirstMerit Corp., .64,17.47 —.08

First Niles Financial, .32,13.27—.16

First Place Fin., 7.500.00

FNB Corp., .48,10.95—.05

General Motors,32.09.18

General Electric, .56,20.45—.15

Motors Liquidation, .04220.00

Huntington Bank, .04, 6.79—.06

JP Morgan Chase, 1.00,45.63—.22

Key Corp, .04,8.67—.01

LaFarge, 17.68 —.18

Macy’s, .20, 23.91—.30

Parker Hannifin, 1.28, 94.32.21

PNC, .40,62.34—.17

RTI Intl. Metals,31.94.44

Rural/Metro, 17.03—.01

Simon Prop. Grp.,3.20,114.54—.41

Stoneridge 15.30 .41

United Community Fin. 1.41.02

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.