Lunch Bucket ribbon-cutting

May 3, 2014 at 12:00a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and owner James Sutman will celebrate the opening of Gallagher’s Lunch Bucket on the ground floor of the Oakhill Renaissance Building, 345 Oakhill Ave., with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting Monday.

Gallagher’s Lunch Bucket, created by the nonprofit Golden String Inc., will employ more than 25 adults with disabilities through Golden String and The Purple Cat. It will serve light breakfasts and lunches Monday through Friday in the former cafeteria area of the building.

Nese’s Country Cafe to open

LORDSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and owner James Sutman will mark the official opening of Nese’s Country Cafe, 1500 Salt Springs Road, with a 10 a.m. ribbon-cutting Tuesday.

The country-style cafe serves breakfast all day, and its dinner menu includes homemade meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy, lasagna, pot roast, liver and onions and more.

Nese’s is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

USITC: Cheap imports squeezing Thomas Steel

WARREN

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday affirmed that Thomas Steel Strip Corp., a division of the Indian conglomerate Tata Group, was being squeezed by cheap Japanese imports being sold at unfair prices.

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, praised the decision and said it clears the way for the USITC to impose anti-dumping penalties on steel imports from Japan.

Jury says Apple, Samsung both infringed patents

SAN JOSE, Calif.

A California jury awarded Apple $119.46 million, far less than it demanded, in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copying of smartphone features, and the jury made the victory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally used one of Samsung’s patents.

The verdict was a far cry from the $2.2 billion Apple sought and the $930 million it won in a separate 2012 trial making similar patent-infringement claims against older Samsung products, most of which are no longer for sale in the United States.

The jury found that Apple had infringed one of Samsung’s patents in creating the iPhone 4 and 5. Jurors awarded Samsung $158,400, trimming that amount from the original $119.62 million verdict. Samsung had sought $6 million.

“Though this verdict is large by normal standards, it is hard to view this outcome as much of a victory for Apple,” said Brian Love, a Santa Clara University law professor. “This amount is less than 10 percent of the amount Apple requested and probably doesn’t surpass by too much the amount Apple spent litigating this case.”

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .61, 25.13 —.23

Avalon Holdings,4.53.05

Clear Channel, .61 23.38 .14

Cortland Bancorp, 11.50.25

Farmers Nat., .127.64 .01

First Energy, 2.20, 33.40—.48

FirstMerit Corp., .64,19.30 —.05

First Niles Financial, .32,7.50.00

FNB Corp., .48,12.37.01

General Motors,35.00.10

General Electric, .76,26.70—.07

Huntington Bank, .20, 9.15.07

JP Morgan Chase, 1.52,55.60—.12

Key Corp, .22,13.67.14

LaFarge, 22.72 —.02

Macy’s, 1.00, 57.20.27

Parker Hannifin, 1.80, 125.08—1.01

PNC, 1.76,84.781.01

RTI Intl. Metals,27.86—.29

Simon Prop. Grp.,4.60,173.05—.60

Stoneridge 10.40 —.08

Talmer Bank, 13.32.02

United Community Fin. 3.38—.03

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