Hollywood Gaming is looking to hire

Hollywood Gaming is looking to hire

AUSTINTOWN

Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course is looking to fill about 50 jobs as the 2015-2016 live thoroughbred racing season approaches.

Positions available in racing operations include mutuel tellers, backstretch maintenance and security personnel, stall laborers, starters and clockers and general track-crew personnel for the 100-date racing season, which begins Oct. 30 and runs through April 23.

In addition, Hollywood Gaming has openings in its gaming area for bartenders and barbacks, food and beverage personnel, security officers, valets, VLT attendants and Player Services representatives.

Applicants are required to complete an online application at www.hollywoodmahoningvalley.com/careers, where they can learn about the specific positions that are available.

US bank income

WASHINGTON

Commercial banks and savings institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported aggregate net income of $43 billion in the second quarter of 2015, up $2.9 billion, or 7.3 percent, from a year earlier and the highest quarterly income on record. The increase in earnings was mainly attributable to a $3.6 billion rise in net operating revenue.

Of the 6,348 insured institutions in the second quarter of 2015, more than half, or 58.7 percent, reported year-over-year growth in quarterly earnings. The proportion of banks that were unprofitable during the second quarter fell from 6.8 percent a year earlier to 5.6 percent, the lowest since the first quarter of 2005.

Edmunds.com: Buy 2015 car models

SANTA MONICA, Calif.

Car shoppers looking for great deals in the coming weeks are strongly urged to consider 2015 model-year vehicles that are scheduled to be redesigned or refreshed for the 2016 model- year, according to a new advisory from car-shopping destination Edmunds.com. The reason is that dealers have extra urgency to sell these vehicles before the all-new models fill their lots.

An expanded list of Edmunds.com’s 2015 model-year selldown recommendations can be found at www.edmunds.com.

Low gas prices for holiday weekend

GAITHERSBURG, Md.

This weekend will have the cheapest Labor Day prices at the pump in over a decade, leading to a savings of $1.4 billion over the four-day period, according to GasBuddy.com.

GasBuddy currently identifies as many as 19 states where at least one retail outlet already is selling gas below $2, while South Carolina is the lone state to see an average under that level at about $1.99 per gallon. Nationally, gas prices stand some 21 cents below where they were just a month ago.

This weekend, GasBuddy analysts predict nearly 70 percent of the nation’s gas stations to be priced at under $2.50 per gallon.

Staff reports