Speaking out against Romney

Speaking out against Romney

WARREN

Ohio Senate Minority Leader Capri Cafaro of Liberty, D-32nd; Mahoning and Trumbull county commissioners; Jim Graham, president of United Auto Workers Local 1112; Dave Green, president of UAW Local 1714; and others will speak out today against Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor and GOP presidential candidate.

Romney, during Tuesday night’s GOP debate, said he supported using Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to bail out Wall Street banks but opposed President Barack Obama’s decision to use funding from the same source to help General Motors Co. and Chrylser Group LLC.

TCTC plans open house Friday

CHAMPION

Businesses are invited to the Trumbull Career and Technical Center Adult Training Center’s business open house from 7:30 a.m. to noon Friday.

Tours will be available, and business, health-care, information-technology and industrial coordinators will answer questions about the center’s training, assessment and consulting services.

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in hands-on learning demonstrations. To reserve a seat, call 330-847-0503, ext. 1602.

Home Savings kicks off campaign

YOUNGSTOWN

Home Savings, a subsidiary of United Community Financial Corp., recently kicked off the first of several new television commercials for its campaign “Make Yourself at Home.”

The commercials focus on making lending and banking decisions at a community bank, where customers can speak with a locally based representative. Local talent was selected during a July casting call.

Credit ratings up

PITTSBURGH

Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the credit ratings of Huntington Bancshares Inc. and Huntington National Bank by one notch.

The rating action sustains Moody’s outlook for Huntington as stable.

The bank’s financial- strength rating was upgraded from C- to C. The holding company’s senior debt rating was upgraded from Baa1 to Baa2, which under a Standard & Poor’s rating is like moving from a B to a B+.

GM plans to launch pure-electric car

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General Motors Co. is returning to the pure-electric market for the first time since the EV1’s demise 12 years ago, electrifying its tiniest car in an attempt to appeal to urban buyers.

GM will launch an electric version of its global Chevrolet Spark minicar in 2013, the year after the Spark’s gasoline version comes to the U.S.

The automaker built its last EV1 pure-electric car in 1999. GM recently has focused on extended-range electric vehicles. The Detroit-built Chevrolet Volt it launched last year runs on battery power for 35 miles. Then the car switches to a gasoline engine, giving it an unlimited driving range.

Now, the automaker plans to offer a pure-electric to compete with the Nissan Leaf and upcoming electrics from other automakers — and to help it meet stricter fuel-economy regulations.

Vindicator staff/wire reports