Edward Jones opens new office

Edward Jones opens new office

Canfield

Edward Jones has opened an office at 4259 Boardman- Canfield Road. Financial adviser John Stewart will staff the new office, which opened Friday.

The St. Louis-based investment firm also has offices in Austintown, Warren, Boardman, Salem, Columbiana, Hubbard and Hermitage, Pa.

Realty reps to appear at job fairs

Youngstown

The Youngstown Columbiana Association of Realtors will be at April job fairs hosted by Youngstown State University and Kent State University’s Trumbull Campus.

The YSU job fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 12 at Kilcawley Center on campus.

The KSU-Trumbull job fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 28 at the Trumbull Campus Technology Building, 4314 Mahoning Ave. NW, Champion.

SC lawmakers take dim view of lights

COLUMBIA, S.C,

South Carolina lawmakers are taking a stand against a federal law that is phasing out incandescent light bulbs in favor of energy-efficient compact fluorescents.

Some South Carolina legislators say Washington has no business telling the state how to light its homes and businesses. As early as today, the South Carolina House will begin debating a bill that would allow companies to make incandescent bulbs in the state, despite the federal law.

The federal government is phasing out incandescent lights starting with 100-watt bulbs in 2012. In 2014, manufacturers will stop making 75-, 60- and 40-watt bulbs under the 2007 Bush administration law.

The energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs have drawn complaints they are too expensive, put out a dim light and contain traces of mercury.

Sprint fights AT&T’s buying T-Mobile

WASHINGTON

Sprint Nextel is urging government officials to block AT&T Inc.’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG.

Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, said Monday the proposed $39 billion cash-and-stock deal would create a duopoly market for U.S. wireless services dominated by AT&T and Verizon Wireless.

The Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission could take a year or longer to review the proposed transaction.

Mich. governor cuts jobless benefits

LANSING, Mich.

Gov. Rick Snyder on Monday made Michigan the first state in the country to lower the number of weeks jobless workers can get state benefits, a trend other cash-strapped states may follow as a way to avoid taxing businesses more for unemployment benefits.

Snyder said he signed the bill reducing state benefits from 26 to 20 weeks because it will allow people out of a job to get up to 20 more weeks of help from a federal program for those who used up their state and most of their regular federal unemployment benefits.

Vindicator staff/wire reports