Insana to speak

Insana to speak

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Ron Insana, a CNBC senior analyst and commentator and host of “The Insana Quotient,” a nationally syndicated daily radio show, will be the guest speaker at the Regional Chamber’s 2011 Annual Meeting and Luncheon Thursday at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman.

Cost is $30 for members and $40 for nonmembers. Reservations are required. Call Jennifer Mascardine at 330-744-2131, ext. 12; fax at 330-746-0330 or e-mail jennifer@regionalchamber.com. No walk-ins are permitted.

Learning Lab

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The Youngstown Business Incubator will present a full-morning Learning Lab session on optimizing websites for search-engine optimization Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Geared toward executives, managers, marketers and webmasters at small businesses and organizations, this workshop covers how to measure search performance and structure a page for better search placement.

The YBI’s Chief Imagination Officer, Tyler Clark, will lead the session.

Clark has developed websites locally and nationally. He has been a featured speaker on SEO and Social Media at the Wean Foundation’s Annual Nonprofit Summit and for the Ohio Department of Development Division of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

Register at http://ybi.org/news-events/learning-lab-search-engine-optimization for the four-hour session, which costs $45.

Career orientation

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The YWCA of Youngstown and Hard Hatted Women Present will have a free career orientation to trade and technical careers for women Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Newport Library, 3730 Market St.

Speakers will cover the basics of careers in construction, transportation, manufacturing, energy, information technologies, logistics and green jobs. For information or to register, contact Jennie Andrews at 330-746-6361 or e-mail at jmandrews@hotmail.com.

Getting federal funds

The Duquesne University Small Business Development Center will offer a free, introductory program about how technology-based companies can land federal dollars.

On Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m., small- and medium-sized business operators, university students, faculty members and staff are invited to attend the free session about the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Research program.

This is the first of three introductory programs Duquesne will bring to the region. Cynthia Laurash, manager of Western Technology Services for the university’s SBDC program, will present:

Tuesday at Duquesne University, Office of Research Conference Room, 4th Floor, Rangos School of Health Sciences, Uptown, Pa., 15282.

April 8, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Chamber of Commerce Inc., 5000 Brooktree Road, No. 100, Wexford, Pa., 15090.

May 11, 9 to 11 a.m., Erie Technology Incubator, 130 W. 8th St., Erie, Pa., 16501.

Vindicator staff report

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .62, 22.00 .23

Avalon Holdings,2.67—.03

Clear Channel, .76 52.40 .21

Cortland Bancorp, 6.070.00

Farmers Nat., .12, 4.46 —.04

First Energy, 2.20, 36.52—.04

FirstMerit Corp., .64,16.53 .29

First Niles Financial, .32,7.50.33

First Place Fin., 2.29—.11

FNB Corp., .48,10.19.16

General Motors,31.85—.41

General Electric, .56,19.25.03

Motors Liquidation, .05—0.00

Huntington Bank, .04, 6.69.07

JP Morgan Chase, .20,45.741.18

Key Corp, .04,8.92.07

LaFarge, 14.56 .71

Macy’s, .20, 22.99—12

Parker Hannifin, 1.28, 88.71.64

PNC, .40,62.76.75

RTI Intl. Metals,29.01.05

Rural/Metro, 12.87 —.63

Simon Prop. Grp.,3.20,103.88.54

Stoneridge 14.92 .05

United Community Fin. 1.38.05

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.