Flynn’s Tire gives $1,400 to charity
Flynn’s Tire gives $1,400 to charity
HERMITAGE, PA.
Flynn’s Tire Group recently presented a donation for the amount of $1,400 to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation. The gift represents a commitment made by the tire group to donate $10 for each home run hit by the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 2015 season.
The Pirates hit 140 home runs during the regular and post-season games.
Flynn’s Tire Group is a major regional tire retailer and wholesaler. There are 19 Flynn’s Tire & Auto Service retail stores in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
Gas prices drop
COLUMBUS
Ohio drivers are still seeing gas prices drop.
The state average was $1.56, according to Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That’s about 13 cents less than a week ago and about 36 cents less than this time last month. A year ago at this time, the average was $1.90.
Ohio’s prices still are running way below the national average, which was about $1.83 Monday. That’s down from $1.89 a week ago and $2.04 a year ago.
Gas prices are expected to remain relatively low because there is more than enough oil and gasoline around the world to meet demand. Pump prices also typically fall during winter months due to reduced demand.
Twitter parts with 4 key executives
SAN FRANCISCO
Four of Twitter’s key executives are leaving the company in an exodus that has escalated the uncertainty facing the messaging service as it struggles to broaden its audience and lure back disillusioned investors.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the management shake-up late Sunday after technology news site Re/Code reported the changes earlier in the day.
Dorsey described the departures as voluntary, a characterization that three of the four exiting executives echoed in their own posts.
The upheaval leaves Twitter without its top engineering executive, Alex Roetter; its top products executive, Kevin Weil; its head of human resources, Skip Schipper; and Katie Stanton, who oversaw the company’s media partnerships.
Ford pulling out of Japan, Indonesia
DETROIT
Ford Motor Co. is pulling out of Japan and Indonesia, saying that market conditions in each country have made it difficult to grow sales or make sustained profits.
Neither market is large for the Dearborn, Mich., automaker. Last year Ford sold only 6,100 cars and trucks in Indonesia and only 5,000 in Japan, where it has accused the government of protecting domestic brands.
The company in an emailed statement said that the decision was communicated to employees and dealers Monday. Ford will exit the countries before the end of the year and plans to explain to customers its commitment to servicing cars, providing parts and making warranty repairs.
Staff/wire reports