Tax workshop

Tax workshop

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The Youngstown Business Incubator will host a workshop on global tax consulting today from 8:30 to 10 a.m.

The Learning Lab will feature information about the Research and Development tax credit and the Interest Charge Domestic International Sales Corp.

Exporters can reduce their income-tax rate by 20 percent.

For more information, contact Rose Shaffer at rshaffer@ybi.org, or call 330-599-4583.

Mobile banking

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First National Bank of Pennsylvania has introduced a mobile banking service that provides anytime account access with nearly any mobile phone.

First National Bank has partnered with Fiserv to introduce an all-in-one mobile banking and payment solution. With First National Bank’s Mobile Banking, customers can verify account activity, check balances, pay bills, transfer funds between accounts and more, all using their mobile phone.

New doctor’s office

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Dr. Alma Garcia-Smith will have a ribbon-cutting at her new office at 4531 Belmont Ave. Suite 6 in Liberty Township at 4 p.m. Thursday. Garcia-Smith is a board- certified internist, and her practice includes primary care for adults and adolescents.

Ribbon-cutting set

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A ribbon-cutting will take place for Izzy’s Restaurant and Lounge at 10826 Market St. in North Lima at 11 a.m. Friday. The location formerly was Ambrosini’s.

Oil prices rise

The price of oil rose for a second-straight day Tuesday as European leaders tried to find a way to clean up their financial mess.

Benchmark oil rose 31 cents to finish $84.29 per barrel in New York. The small gains over the past two days came after the price fell more than 8 percent last week as gloomy economic data from the U.S., China and Europe raised questions about the strength of demand for oil and other energy-related products.

Finance ministers and central-bank presidents of the world’s seven wealthiest countries had an emergency conference call Tuesday to discuss options being considered by European leaders, but no substantive details were announced.

‘No’ to pink slime

NEW YORK

The nation’s school districts are turning up their noses at “pink slime,” the beef product that caused a public uproar earlier this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the vast majority of states participating in its National School Lunch Program have opted to order ground beef that doesn’t contain the product known as lean finely textured beef.

Only three states — Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota — chose to order beef that may contain the filler.

The product has been used for decades, and federal regulators say it’s safe to eat. It nevertheless became the center of national attention after the nickname “pink slime” was quoted in a New York Times article on the safety of meat-processing methods.

Vindicator staff/wire reports