West Corp. job fair

West Corp. job fair

NILES

The West Corp., 5185 Youngstown-Warren Road, is looking to fill 50 customer-service- representative positions during a weeklong job fair that begins Monday.

The fair will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through next Friday.

Those selected will begin a paid, nine-week training course beginning July 25.

Pay starts at $8.50 an hour and increases to $10 an hour after 90 days and includes a benefits package, 401K and tuition reimbursement.

Job requirements include a high-school diploma or GED, intermediate-level computer experience and at least six months of customer-service experience.

West has been in the Mahoning Valley for nearly seven years and services two wireless companies. For more information, call 330-574-0507.

Donating proceeds

CANFIELD

As part of its grand-opening celebration, which coincides with Everybody Deserves a Massage Week, the Massage Caf will donate a portion of its proceeds from massages to gift cards to the proposed Mahoning Valley Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention starting Monday.

More than 34,000 people in the United States die by suicide annually, and according to the National Center for Health Statistics, about 90 percent of those had suffered from depression.

Massage Caf , 4259 Boardman-Canfield Road, is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.

Grand opening

AUSTINTOWN

The new Austintown Dairy Queen Orange Julius at 146 N. Canfield-Niles Road, hosts its grand-opening celebration this weekend.

The event will feature special deals and fun for children, including free balloon animals from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and free spin art from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. There also will be free samples from 7 to 9 p.m. both days.

Game sales down

NEW YORK

U.S. retail sales of video- game hardware, software and accessories dropped 10 percent in June to $995 million compared with the same month a year ago. The industry’s second-straight month of sales decline was due largely to a lackluster slate of new game releases.

Market researcher NPD Group said in its monthly report Thursday that sales of video-game hardware fell 9 percent to $366.6 million.

Sales of software, the games themselves, dropped 12 percent to $469.5 million. When including PC games, total software sales fell 10 percent to $508.9 million.

Oil-spill probe

WASHINGTON

It likely will be months before investigators know what caused an ExxonMobil pipeline to rupture near Billings, Mont., unleashing crude oil into the Yellowstone River, a federal safety official said Thursday.

Thus far, investigators are unaware of any safety violations by ExxonMobil related to the spill, Cynthia Quarterman, administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, told a congressional hearing.

Staff/wire reports