Ribbon-cutting event

Ribbon-cutting event

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and owner Matthew W. Conley will cut the ribbon on the new Matthew W. Conley Funeral Home at 10 a.m. today.

The funeral home, at 75 E. Midlothian Blvd. on the city’s South Side, offers pre-paid funeral planning and uses major insurance companies to invest the funds.

Gates back on top of Forbes ranking

NEW YORK

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is once again the world’s richest person.

Forbes magazine announced its ranking of the world’s billionaires Monday. Gates, who led the list for 15 of the past 20 years, won the spot back from Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu, who had topped the list for the past four years. Gates’ net worth is estimated at $76 billion; Slim Helu follows at $72 billion.

Spanish clothing magnate Amancio Ortega, known for the Zara retail chain, maintained his No. 3 spot and came out ahead of famed U.S. investor Warren Buffett, who ranked fourth. Larry Ellison of Oracle came in fifth.

Vindicator staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .61, 24.73 —.46

Avalon Holdings,5.68.03

Clear Channel, .61 21.89 —.58

Cortland Bancorp, 10.55.00

Farmers Nat., .127.42 .02

First Energy, 2.20, 30.48—.30

FirstMerit Corp., .64,20.55 —.21

First Niles Financial, .32,6.80.00

FNB Corp., .48,12.18—.02

General Motors,36.15—.05

General Electric, .76,25.08—.38

Huntington Bank, .20, 9.52—.01

JP Morgan Chase, 1.52,56.09—.73

Key Corp, .22,13.02—.15

LaFarge, 18.09 —.55

Macy’s, 1.00, 57.53—.33

Parker Hannifin, 1.80, 119.46—1.09

PNC, 1.76,80.86—.92

RTI Intl. Metals,26.85—.32

Simon Prop. Grp.,4.60,161.38.08

Stoneridge 10.89 —.12

Talmer Bank, .00.00

United Community Fin. 3.95.24

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