Job fair, trade show

Job fair, trade show

Austintown

Mark Cole of the American National Insurance Co. in Austintown will host a community fundraiser, job fair and trade show from 5 to 8 p.m. June 23.

The event takes place at the Austintown Senior Center, 100 Westchester Drive, and will connect local business owners who want to offer job opportunities to the public. Health-care agents, marketing and design professionals, pet groomers and handymen also will offer free consultations.

The event is free to attend; any businesses that would like to set up a table can RSVP by calling Yalonda Stewart at 330-978-6732.

All proceeds benefit Awesome-town.us and the Austintown Senior Center.

One-Stop recruiting

BOARDMAN

The Mahoning County One-Stop will host a recruiting event, which includes the opportunity for open interviews, from 8:30 a.m. to noon June 23.

The event takes place at Home Instead Senior Care, 141 Boardman-Canfield Road. Home Instead is looking for residents interested in part-time employment as caregivers.

Those interested should bring a r sum to the event.

Call the One-Stop at 330-965-1787 for more information.

F.N.B. merger OK’d

HERMITAGE, PA.

F.N.B. Corp. and Parkvale Financial Corp. announced Wednesday the signing of a merger.

The agreement means F.N.B. Corp. will acquire Parkvale, a Pennsylvania-based holding company and parent of Parkvale Savings Bank, in a stock transaction valued at $22.48 per share, or $130 million.

The acquisition will provide F.N.B with $1.8 billion in total assets. F.N.B. will have $11.6 billion in assets, $8.9 billion in total deposits and 282 full-service banking offices.

The boards of directors of both companies have approved the merger.

Oil prices fall 4%

NEW YORK

The financial crisis in Europe is sending oil prices back to where they were four months ago.

Oil prices fell more than 4 percent Wednesday on worries that a financial crisis in Greece could spread, with European banks getting burned if the country defaults on its debt. That sent the dollar surging against the euro, another negative for oil. And the Europe news comes on the heels of recent U.S. economic weakness and signs of declining demand for oil and gasoline.

“Things are very unsettled right now,” Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research, said. Three years after the banking meltdown in the U.S., investors remain skittish about banks, Lynch said.

Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude plunged $4.56, or 4.6 percent, on Wednesday to settle at $94.81 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That’s the lowest level since late February, when a rebellion in Libya closed off that country’s oil exports. Brent crude, which is used to price many international oil varieties, dropped $6.34, or 5.3 percent, to settle at $113.01 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

staff/wire reports