NEOSCC event

NEOSCC event

YOUNGSTOWN

Young Mahoning Valley leaders will have an event today to work with the Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium to talk about challenges facing the region.

The group will discuss findings from a report done by the consortium. The event is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Youngstown Museum of Labor and Industry at 151 West Wood St.

The report includes information about land use, economic development, the environment and housing and transportation in 12 Northeast Ohio counties including Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

The data about conditions and trends in the region can be viewed online at cat.neoscc.org.

Cisco to lay off 1,300

SAN JOSE, Calif.

Cisco Systems is preparing to lay off about 1,300 workers just a few months after the world’s largest maker of computer networking equipment warned that growing economic uncertainty is making it tougher to close sales with its customers.

The cuts announced Monday represent about 2 percent of Cisco System Inc.’s payroll of 65,000 workers.

The upcoming layoffs represent the company’s latest austerity measure. Last year, Cisco shed about 10,000 jobs as part of a program aimed at saving about $1 billion annually.

Cisco says it is shedding jobs to simplify its operations and adjust to changing economic conditions around the world. The company, which is based in San Jose, Calif., didn’t specify what parts of its operations will be trimmed.

Airfare increases

DALLAS

Get ready to spend more on travel. Airlines are raising ticket prices again after a four-month lull that coincided with falling fuel costs.

Over the weekend, several big airlines matched United Airlines’ increase in base fares of up to $10 per round-trip within the U.S. Fare watchers said it virtually was certain that the new prices would stick, resulting in the fourth fare increase this year and the first since late March.

United raised fares Friday morning by $4 to $10 per round trip depending on flight length. Over the weekend, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, US Airways, JetBlue and Virgin America all matched the move; so had Southwest Airlines and its AirTran subsidiary on flights of at least 500 miles. Southwest carries more passengers within the U.S. than anyone and is seen as a price-setter on many routes.

Study to monitor air quality in Pa.

PITTSBURGH

Pennsylvania has begun a one-year air-quality study in a region with heavy Marcellus Shale natural- gas activity.

The Department of Environmental Protection said in a release Monday that the study will focus on areas with gas-processing plants and compressor stations in Washington County, about 25 miles southwest of Pittsburgh.

The study will monitor the air for ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide, methane and 60 other pollutants.

Vindicator staff/wire reports