SCORE will host startup seminar

SCORE will host startup seminar

YOUNGSTOWN

SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, the Business and Investment Center and the Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County, have partnered to present a business startup seminar.

The seminar, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at the Main Library, 305 Wick Ave., will focus on starting a new or home-based business.

A librarian for the Information Services Department’s Business and Investment Center will introduce print and electronic resources that can help those interested in the startup process.

To register, call 330-744-8636 and ask for information services.

One-Stop job shop

BOARDMAN

The Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana County One-Stops have programs for those who are looking for work.

Those interested in applying for jobs at the VAM USA LLC pipe-finishing plant, which should employ 100 when it reaches full capacity in 2013, can do so at any One-Stop center.

The One-Stops also have an On-the-Job Training program for those unemployed for long stretches. The program will reimburse employers for new-hire wages during an initial training period for a new worker.

For more information, including locations of the One-Stops, visit www.one-stopohio.org.

Perkins chosen as software designer

YOUNGSTOWN

Perkins Communications, a Youngstown Business Incubator portfolio company, has designed enabling software for Channel One Interactiv educational tool.

Channel One, based in New York City and a CBS Partner Company, provides news content to teens nationwide.

Promethean, headquarted in London, England, is the world’s largest provider of smart-board technology to education.

The two companies are globally deploying a new educational tool for schools called Channel One News Interactiv.

Tax requirement

WASHINGTON

Anyone preparing taxes claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit will need to file a due-diligence checklist, Form 8867, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

The requirement, enacted by Congress more than 10 years ago, was designed to reduce errors on returns claiming the EITC, most of which are prepared by tax professionals. The IRS created Form 8867 to help preparers meet the requirement by obtaining eligibility information from their clients.

Preparers have been required to keep copies of the form, or comparable documentation, which is subject to review by the IRS.

The EITC is refundable – taxpayers can get it even if they owe no tax. For 2011 tax returns, the maximum credit is $5,751.

More information is available at IRS.gov.

Vindicator staff reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .66, 22.03 .18

Avalon Holdings,2.77.00

Clear Channel, .78 61.01 —.05

Cortland Bancorp, 7.30.30

Farmers Nat.4.80 —.05

First Energy, 2.20, 44.38.09

FirstMerit Corp., .64,15.44 .10

First Niles Financial, .32,7.98.00

First Place Fin., .41—.04

FNB Corp., .48,11.29.02

General Motors,20.50—.20

General Electric, .60,18.23—.18

Motors Liquidation, .0422.00

Huntington Bank, .16, 5.65.05

JP Morgan Chase, 1.00,33.57.12

Key Corp, .12,7.78.05

LaFarge, 8.63 .06

Macy’s, .40, 32.20.33

Parker Hannifin, 1.48, 77.421.27

PNC, 1.40,58.57.57

RTI Intl. Metals,23.44—.13

Simon Prop. Grp.,3.60,130.281.22

Stoneridge 8.70 .07

United Community Fin. 1.20.00

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.