AT&T seminars

AT&T seminars

BOARDMAN

AT&T’s Tiffany Boulevard store, 7125 Tiffany Blvd., will have free tech-talk seminars from 2 to 4 p.m. the first and third Saturdays of the month.

AT&T smartphone experts will be on hand to teach people how to make the most of the mobile device.

For more information, call 330-629-8072.

Preparedness Day

NILES

Dominion East Ohio, in partnership with The American Red Cross, will have Preparedness Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Eastwood Mall, 5555 Youngstown-Warren Road.

The goal is to teach participants the importance of being “Red Cross Ready” in the event of a disaster. Participants will be given the opportunity to take a pre-test and post-test to determine their safety/preparedness knowledge.

The five-minute test and follow-up will be completed by trained Red Cross and Dominion volunteers. Those who take both parts of the test will receive a first-aid kit sponsored by Dominion East Ohio.

Ford recalling vans

DETROIT

Ford says it’s recalling about 38,000 Transit vans in the U.S. and Canada because the side curtain air bags may not protect people properly in a crash.

The recall covers low-roof Transit vans from the 2015 and 2016 model years. The company says the bags on either side of the vans may have been folded incorrectly. They may not inflate at the proper angles to protect drivers or passengers. Ford says no crashes or injuries have been reported.

The affected vans were built from March 12, 2014, through March 18, 2016.

Dealers will inspect the air bags and adjust them if needed at no cost to owners.

$35,000 Tesla

DETROIT

The promise of an affordable electric car from Tesla Motors had hundreds of people lining up to reserve one.

Tesla planned to unveil its Model 3 Thursday night at its Los Angeles design studio. It doesn’t go on sale until late 2017, but potential buyers could reserve one with a $1,000 deposit at Tesla stores starting Thursday morning.

Long lines, reminiscent of the crowds at Apple stores for early models of the iPhone, were reported from Hong Kong to Austin, Texas, to Washington.

At a starting price of $35,000 – before federal and state government incentives – the Model 3 is less than half the cost of Tesla’s previous models. The car is expected to have a range of at least 200 miles when fully charged.

Antitrust case

TRENTON, N.J.

The Federal Trade Commission has accused several drugmakers of violating antitrust laws, via agreements the commission said delayed the U.S. launches of cheaper generic versions of two popular pain treatments.

It’s the first so-called “pay for delay” case brought by the commission in which a drug’s original maker agreed not to sell its own “authorized generic” version until well after a generic drugmaker began selling its product. That guaranteed the generic drugmaker would have no competition, and so could keep prices high, for at least six months.

Staff/wire reports