Company seeks cook supervisors

Company seeks cook supervisors

YOUNGSTOWN

A recruiting event for supervising cooks will be Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mahoning County One-Stop at 141 Boardman-Canfield Road in Boardman.

The company, iforce staffing, is seeking to hire 36 cook supervisors to oversee inmates preparing food at correctional facilities in the Youngstown area. In addition to supervising, those hired also will assist in food preparation and meal serving. The positions pay $11 an hour with dental and health insurance.

Free workshop for new homebuyers

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. and Chase Bank are hosting a free workshop for new homebuyers Friday.

The workshop is geared to helping people know if they are ready to buy, what they need to know before applying for a loan, and other actions to take during the home-purchasing process.

The event will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. at the YNDC building, 820 Canfield Road. For more information, email Tiffany Sokol at tsokol@yndc.org.

BP to deliver meat

warren

Oil and natural-gas company BP will deliver meat to both the Warren Family Mission and Trumbull mobile meals today.

The meat was locally processed from animals that BP purchased at this year’s Trumbull County Fair Junior Livestock Auction.

Farmers donates $3K to OFIC

canfield

Farmers National Bank gave a $3,000 gift Tuesday to the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges.

Farmers has provided annual donations to the OFIC over the last eight years. The OFIC, which is headquartered in Columbus, works with corporations, foundations and individuals to provide scholarship assistance to 100,000 students.

Penney’s 2Q results show signs of life

new york

The worst may be over at J.C. Penney Co.

The beleaguered department store chain Tuesday reported its sixth-straight quarter of big losses and steep revenue drops as it continued to face challenges related to a botched turnaround plan spearheaded by its ousted CEO Ron Johnson.

But investors sent Penney shares up 6 percent to more than $14 — after having pushed the stock down nearly 70 percent in the last 18 months — in an expression of confidence that returning CEO Mike Ullman has started to stabilize the business.

Since he retook the top job in April after having occupied it from 2004 to 2011, Ullman has been bringing back coupons, frequent sales events and basic merchandise such as khakis and jeans that Johnson eliminated in a failed attempt to attract hipper, more-affluent shoppers.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .76, 30.85 .12

Avalon Holdings,4.0601.0601

Clear Channel, .61 27.61 —.13

Cortland Bancorp, 9.99—.11

Farmers Nat., .126.23 .00

First Energy, 2.20, 37.24.85

FirstMerit Corp., .64,22.97.30

First Niles Financial, .32,6.62.00

First Place Fin., .0022.00

FNB Corp., .48,12.80.23

General Motors,34.82.33

General Electric, .76,23.74—.11

Motors Liquidation, .0422.00

Huntington Bank, .20, 8.57.12

JP Morgan Chase, 1.52,52.13.30

Key Corp, .22,12.16.17

LaFarge, 15.54 —.21

Macy’s, 1.00, 45.60.65

Parker Hannifin, 1.80, 102.41—.05

PNC, 1.76,74.59.66

RTI Intl. Metals,31.34.22

Simon Prop. Grp.,4.60,145.932.71

Stoneridge 12.67 .18

United Community Fin. 4.27.16

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