Dominion rates down

Dominion rates down

YOUNGSTOWN

Dominion East Ohio posted standard choice offer/standard service offer for October 2015 rates of $2.583 per thousand cubic feet, effective Oct. 12. The revised rates are 7.5 cents, or 2.8 percent, lower than the September SCO/SSO rates of $2.658 per mcf. The revised rates are $1.831, or 41.5 percent, lower than the October 2014 SCO/SSO rates of $4.414 per mcf.

Things Remembered will hire hundreds

NORTH JACKSON

The Things Remembered Fulfillment and Distribution Center in North Jackson will hire 600 seasonal first-, second- and third-shift employees. The open positions are for engraving, embroidery machine operators and call-center representatives.

Seasonal positions will be full time, and compensation is $8.10 per hour with weekly pay.

Apply online at ThingsRemembered.icims.com or attend the Things Remembered recruiting event from noon to 7 p.m. Monday at its Fulfillment Center at 500 S. Bailey Road.

Manufacturing index

WASHINGTON

U.S. manufacturers expanded at their slowest pace in two years last month, held back by faltering global growth and cutbacks in oil and gas drilling.

The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday its index of factory activity fell sharply to 50.2 in September from 51.1 in August. That is the lowest level since May 2013. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion.

New orders and production both fell sharply and a measure of hiring also declined, according to the ISM, a trade group of purchasing managers. All three measures still barely remained in expansion territory.

Ozone standard set

WASHINGTON

The Obama administration on Thursday established stricter limits on the smog-causing pollution linked to asthma and respiratory illness, drawing swift condemnation from business leaders and Republicans who warned of damage to the economy.

The Environmental Protection Agency said the new standard of 70 parts per billion will reduce exposure to dangerous ozone pollution and prevent thousands of asthma attacks and emergency-room visits and hundreds of premature deaths each year.

Environmental and health groups argued that the rules fall short. The new standard is below the current standard of 75 parts per billion but at the high end of a range announced by the EPA last fall.

Experian: Hack of T-Mobile affects 15M

NEW YORK

Hackers have stolen personal information belonging to about 15 million T-Mobile wireless customers and potential customers in the U.S., including Social Security numbers, home addresses, birthdates and other personal information.

In the latest high-profile breach, the hackers got the information from credit reporting agency Experian, which T-Mobile uses to check the credit of consumers applying for phone plans and financing for devices.

Experian said T-Mobile customers who applied between Sept. 1, 2013, and Sept. 16, 2015, may have had their information stolen.

Staff/wire reports