New entities filed; fewer than before

May 19, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

COLUMBUS

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted announced Friday that 8,893 new entities filed to do business in Ohio during April 2015, down from 8,970 new entities filed in April 2014. In March 2015, there were 10,102 new entities filed.

So far in 2015, Ohioans have created 34,418 new businesses compared with 33,774 new business entities formed at the same point in 2014.

Medical Mutual to give check to YBI

YOUNGSTOWN

Ed Byers, manager of Medical Mutual of Ohio, will present a $10,000 check to the Youngstown Business Incubator as part of Medical Mutual’s Customer Loyalty Rewards Program, today.

The program rewards customers and employees for their loyalty.

Entrepreneur event set in New Castle

NEW CASTLE, PA.

The city of New Castle’s Department of Community and Economic Development, in partnership with the Franklin Center of Beaver County Inc., Penn State Cooperative Extension and New Castle Area School District, announced its first entrepreneur conference titled “Entrepreneur 2.0: Growing Momentum to 2025.”

The group is hosting the event at the Confluence, 214 E. Washington St., from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

Financing seminar for business owners

CLEVELAND

The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a seminar about how to obtain financing for current and prospective small-business owners at the Lower Level Amphitheater, 1350 Euclid Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday.

Participants will have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with a SBA specialist.

For information, contact SBA at 216-522-4180.

Hearing to target recall compliance for Fiat Chrysler

Detroit

The U.S. government’s highway safety agency says it will have a public hearing in July to determine if Fiat Chrysler has met its legal obligations in 20 safety recalls.

Witnesses and the auto- maker will be able to present evidence at the July 2 hearing by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

If the agency finds that Fiat Chrysler failed to fix safety defects, it could take action that includes ordering the company to buy back or replace vehicles.

Also Monday, the agency ordered Fiat Chrysler to provide information on the pace of repairs of several recalls.

The agency has been feuding with the company over the recall of 1.56 million older Jeeps with gas tanks positioned behind the rear axles, making them susceptible to fires.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Aqua America, .61, 26.74 .23

Avalon Holdings,3.20—.27

Clear Channel, .46 23.17 —.34

Cortland Bancorp, 15.01—.04

Farmers Nat., .128.15 —.01

First Energy, 1.44, 35.33.09

Fifth/Third, .5220.52.16

FirstMerit Corp., .64,19.75 .32

First Niles Financial, .32,8.50.00

FNB Corp., .48,13.55.26

General Motors, 1.2035.05.14

General Electric, .88,27.31.04

Huntington Bank, .20, 11.26.18

JP Morgan Chase, 1.60,66.42.54

Key Corp, .26,14.86.16

LaFarge, 18.18 —.23

Macy’s, 1.25, 67.851.32

Parker Hannifin, 1.92, 122.71.38

PNC, 1.92,94.63.89

RTI Intl. Metals,37.72—.39

Simon Prop. Grp.,5.20,184.78—.83

Stoneridge 12.60 .42

Talmer Bank, 16.11.42

United Comm. Fin., .04 5.49.04

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.