Ribbon-cutting set

Ribbon-cutting set

BOARDMAN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Western Reserve Title & Escrow Inc., 725 Boardman-Canfield Road, Building Q, at 9 a.m. Friday.

Partners Daryl Kirtley and Elizabeth McNamee have more than 15 years in the title insurance industry.

In November 2010, Kirtley formed Western Reserve Title & Escrow, a full-service title company, and now, Kirtley and McNamee announced the opening of the company’s new location.

Western Reserve Title & Escrow Inc. is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by appointment. For information, call 330-758-3650.

Ohio BWC to award $15M in grants

COLUMBUS

More than 570 Ohio employers have received, or are in the process of receiving, nearly $15 million in safety grants from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Ohio BWC expects to finish awarding its fiscal year 2016 grants in the next few weeks to applications already in hand. This will be the quickest the money has been awarded since the amount of available dollars was tripled three years ago.

Fed is on track to hike interest rates

WASHINGTON

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen indicated Wednesday that the U.S. economy is on track for an interest rate hike this month, but she said the Fed will need to review incoming data before making a final decision.

Yellen gave an upbeat assessment of the economy’s progress since the Fed’s last meeting in October, describing it as in line with its expectations for the labor market and inflation.

But she adds that policymakers need to be more cautious in deciding when to start raising rates, given that it doesn’t have much room to cut them if the economy begins to falter.

Staff/wire reports