‘Quick Balance’ app

‘Quick Balance’ app

COLUMBUS

Huntington Bank announced a new mobile application feature Monday for its customers.

The “Quick Balance” feature allows customers to have the option of quickly checking their account balances at the touch of a button without having to go through the log-in process.

Quick Balance is avaliable for iPhone and Android smartphone users.

HBA service project

HUBBARD

The Home Builders and Remodelers Association of the Valley started a service project Monday at a Hubbard home for Linda Clark, a Sharon Regional Health System employee who was stabbed in the neck while working in the emergency room last year.

She survived, but she still deals with challenges from her injury, according to a press release issued by HBA.

Meander Homes, ARA Home Remodeling LLC, Carter Lumber and Banner Supply are involved in the project. Lowe’s also donated deck pots.

Installing seismic monitors in area

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources will be installing seismic monitors in Trumbull County today for its injection-well monitoring program to watch over activity as fluid is being injected for the fracking process.

The exact location of the monitors was not known as of late Monday.

More Ormet layoffs

HANNIBAL, OHIO

Ormet Corp. has told the state it will lay off the remaining 42 employees at its aluminum smelter in eastern Ohio.

The Columbus Dispatch reported that the employees remained after the plant in Hannibal ceased operations in October.

They will lose their jobs at the end of the month, with a complete closing of the plant by the end of July.

The company announced it would close its plant along the Ohio River and lay off more than 1,000 workers after state utility regulators rejected portions of its proposed deal for reducing electricity costs.

Ormet said the decision by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio made it impossible for the company to escape bankruptcy.

Gas prices in Ohio move up slightly

COLUMBUS

Gas prices in Ohio haven’t moved much over the past week.

The cost for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was averaging $3.72 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s up only about a penny from a week ago.

Monday’s Ohio price is about 4 cents higher than a month ago, but it’s about 6 cents lower than last year at this time.

The national average Monday was $3.65 per gallon. That’s the same as a week ago, but 2 cents higher than a month ago.

Analysts expect prices to drop at a moderate rate into the summer due to ample U.S. crude oil stocks and other factors.

Vindicator staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .61, 24.46 —.36

Avalon Holdings,4.00.02

Clear Channel, .61 23.52 —.06

Cortland Bancorp, 12.50.25

Farmers Nat., .127.48 —.06

First Energy, 2.20, 31.35—.89

FirstMerit Corp., .64,19.04 .19

First Niles Financial, .32,8.000.00

FNB Corp., .48,12.22.16

General Motors,34.24.24

General Electric, .76,26.61—.06

Huntington Bank, .20, 9.12.12

JP Morgan Chase, 1.52,53.83.52

Key Corp, .22,13.30.19

LaFarge, 21.60 .17

Macy’s, 1.00, 58.10.03

Parker Hannifin, 1.80, 123.81.78

PNC, 1.76,83.21.43

RTI Intl. Metals,24.58.10

Simon Prop. Grp.,4.60,175.52—.61

Stoneridge 8.89 .09

Talmer Bank, 13.58—.11

United Community Fin. 3.47.11

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.