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Pure Barre to open

YOUNGSTOWN

Pure Barre, a national barre franchise with headquarters in Spartanburg, S.C., recently announced the launch of its newest location in Boardman.

Pure Barre Youngstown is owned by Mahoning Valley natives Beth Klingensmith-Karzmer and Hannah Vernal-Morrison, both of Poland. The studio, at 1393 Boardman-Canfield Road, in the newly renovated Huntington Woods Plaza, is expected to open Monday.

The principle behind the Pure Barre routine is to work imperative muscles to fatigue using small, isometric movements, and then stretch them back out, which creates long, lean and strong physiques. The low-impact workout is designed to work for people of all shapes, sizes and fitness levels.

Pure Barre Youngstown will offer classes seven days a week, with six to seven classes Monday through Friday and three to four classes Saturday and Sunday.

Individual class times, reservations and additional information can be found at purebarre.com/oh-youngstown.

Carefusion deal

new york

S&P MidCap 400 constituent Henry Schein Inc. (HSIC) replaced Carefusion Corp. (CFN) in the S&P 500, S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (BWLD) replaced Henry Schein in the S&P MidCap 400 and Talmer Bancorp Inc. (TLMR) replaced Buffalo Wild Wings in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading Tuesday. S&P 500 constituent Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX) is acquiring Carefusion in a deal expected to be completed on or about that date, pending final approvals.

Grant program for medical schools

WASHINGTON

U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan of Howland, D-13th, and Pat Tiberi of Genoa Township, R-12th, on Tuesday introduced the bipartisan Expansion of Nutrition’s Role in Curricula and Healthcare (ENRICH) Act of 2015, which establishes a $15 million grant program for U.S. medical schools and osteopathic colleges to create an integrated nutrition and physical-activity curriculum program. There is no mandatory requirement for U.S. medical schools and osteopathic colleges to include nutrition and physical activity in their curriculum.

US stocks mostly fall

NEW YORK

The guessing game over higher interest rates is making for a jerky stock market.

A day after their biggest gain in six weeks, U.S. stock indexes mostly fell Tuesday as oil continued to slide and investors fretted over when the Federal Reserve will raise a key borrowing rate. Low rates have helped stocks soar over the past six years. The Fed kicked off a two-day meeting Tuesday to discuss rates and will release a policy statement today.

Losses were small but spread across industries. Nine of the 10 sectors of the Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped, led by a 1.2 percent fall in raw- material companies.

Vindicator staff/wire reports