Bottom Dollar grand openings

Bottom Dollar grand openings

YOUNGSTOWN

Discount-grocer Bottom Dollar Food has announced its grand-opening dates for its Youngstown locations.

The three area locations, 890 East Midlothian Blvd., 2649 Glenwood Ave., Unit 1, and 3377 Mahoning Ave., will open at 8 a.m. Feb. 9, the company said Thursday.

The grand-opening festivities will include giveaways of free, private-brand products to the first 200 customers at each location and free reusable bags.

The company has 29 stores in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; the Youngstown locations will be the first in Ohio.

Huntington dividend

COLUMBUS

Huntington Bancshares Inc. had a net income of $542.6 million, or 59 cents per share, in 2011, up from $312.3 million, or 19 cents per share, in 2010.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, Huntington had a net income of $126.9 million, down $16.5 million from $143.4 million in the prior quarter. The fourth quarter was the first quarter for the Durbin Amendment, which set fee limits for debit-card transactions.

The board of directors also declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 4 cents per share. The dividend is payable April 2 to shareholders of record March 19.

Leaving First Place

WARREN

First Place Bank’s chief credit officer has announced his resignation.

Christopher G. Tietz will resign effective Jan. 30, according to a Form 8-K filing on the Securities and Exchange Commission website.

Tietz served in his current role since last May.

Company fined

Waynesburg, Pa.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants a southwestern Pennsylvania drilling company to pay $53,200 in fines for alleged safety violations even though they weren’t linked to a worker’s death.

OSHA said it found 14 “serious” violations, including failing to use property listed and labeled electrical equipment, and two less-serious violations against Target Drilling.

Chesapeake ranking

OKLAHOMA CITY

For the fifth-consecutive year, Fortune Magazine named Chesapeake Energy Corp. to its list of 100 Best Companies to Work For.

The Oklahoma City-based company moved up 14 spots from 2011 and is ranked No. 18.

Chesapeake is the top-ranked natural-gas and oil producer on the list.

Fresh-water delivery

Allentown, Pa.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will deliver fresh water to four homes in a northeastern Pennsylvania village where residential water wells were tainted by a gas driller.

More than a dozen homeowners in Dimock have been without a reliable supply of clean water since Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., the Houston-based drilling firm blamed for polluting their aquifer, stopped making daily deliveries Nov. 30.

Staff and wire reports.

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .66, 21.71 .10

Avalon Holdings,3.33—.15

Clear Channel, .78 63.63 .14

Cortland Bancorp, 6.66.00

Farmers Nat.5.15 .01

First Energy, 2.20, 41.14—.83

FirstMerit Corp., .64,16.03 —.25

First Niles Financial, .32,7.30.00

First Place Fin., .57—.08

FNB Corp., .48,12.20—.23

General Motors,24.82.31

General Electric, .68,19.15.13

Motors Liquidation, .0422.00

Huntington Bank, .16, 5.79—.24

JP Morgan Chase, 1.00,36.93.39

Key Corp, .12,8.30—.01

LaFarge, 10.00 .34

Macy’s, .40, 35.82.45

Parker Hannifin, 1.48, 84.97—.09

PNC, 1.40,59.40—.24

RTI Intl. Metals,26.42—.18

Simon Prop. Grp.,3.60,131.222.74

Stoneridge 9.47 .04

United Community Fin. 1.284.014

Selected prices at 4 p.m. Thursday. Provided by Stifel Nicolaus. Not to be construed as an offer or recommendation to buy or sell any security.