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Young Professionals plans April mixer

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley Young Professionals will have its April mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rust Belt Tap House, 12 W. Commerce St., downtown.

GM sold 2.36M vehicles in 1Q

DETROIT

General Motors Co. sold 2.36 million vehicles globally in the first quarter of 2016 for a 2.5 percent decrease from 2015’s first-quarter sales.

The company has strong results in the SUV and luxury segments in China and retail performance in the U.S.

The year-over-year drop was due primarily to continued challenging conditions in parts of South America and Asia and the softening of the mini-commercial vehicle market in China.

North American sales increased 1.2 percent to 800,000 vehicles.

In the U.S., GM continued to grow retail share faster than any other automaker with retail deliveries up 7 percent, or 537,000 vehicles.

Slot machine revenue impact

HARRISBURG, PA.

Slot-machine gaming in Pennsylvania generated $246 million to support the state’s horse-racing industry, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s annual Racetrack Casino Benchmark Report, released Tuesday.

The 2015 report is the ninth compiled by the board detailing the impact of Pennsylvania casinos on the state’s horse-racing industry.

The report is available through download from the gaming control board’s website, gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov

Staff/wire reports