Residence Inn jobs

Residence Inn jobs

NILES

Residence Inn by Marriott will host a job fair next week at Eastwood Mall as it builds a staff for the new 103-suite hotel in Niles, set to open in early May.

The job fair will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at 5555 Youngstown Warren Road.

New hearing aid connects with iPhone

AUSTINTOWN

Beltone Hearing Care Center here will sell Beltone’s first hearing aid made for the iPhone.

The Beltone First, which fits 90 percent of all hearing losses, allows direct connection between the iPhone and the hearing aid, the company said in a press release.

Beltone Hearing Care Center is at 25 N. Canfield-Niles Road, Suite 102. For information about the device, call 330-799-2114.

Wing cracks delay 787 Dreamliner

NEW YORK

Boeing’s much-delayed 787 Dreamliner has hit another production snafu.

Hairline cracks have been discovered in the wings of some 787s that are being built. The Chicago-based manufacturer said none of the 122 jets already flown by airlines around the world is affected.

“We are confident that the condition does not exist in the in-service fleet,” Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said in an email. “We understand the issue, what must be done to correct it and are completing inspections of potentially affected airplanes.”

The production problem was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Boeing said that roughly 40 airplanes might be affected and that it will take one to two weeks to inspect each plane and fix any cracks found on shear ties on a wing rib. A shear tie is an attachment fitting. It is part of the rib — and connects the rib to the wing skin. The company would not give an overall time frame to inspect all of the wings.

Trade gap widens

WASHINGTON

The U.S. trade deficit widened slightly in January as a rise in imports of oil and other foreign goods offset a solid increase in exports.

The trade deficit increased to $39.1 billion, up 0.3 percent from December’s revised $39 billion deficit, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Exports climbed 0.6 percent to $192.8 billion, led by increased sales of U.S.-made machinery, aircraft and medical equipment. Imports also rose 0.6 percent to $231.6 billion, reflecting a 9 percent jump in imports of petroleum. Imports of food and machinery also rose.

Borrowing rose $13.7B in January

WASHINGTON

Consumers increased their borrowing in January on autos and student loans but cut back on their credit- card use.

Consumer borrowing rose $13.7 billion in January after an even larger $15.9 billion rise in December, the Federal Reserve reported Friday.

The category that includes auto and student loans increased $13.9 billion while the category that covers credit cards fell $226 million, marking the third time in the past five months that credit card loans have declined.

Vindicator staff/wire reports