Chamber celebrates new business with ribbon cutting

Chamber celebrates new business with ribbon cutting

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony for Wicked Awesome Comix and Cool, 108 E. Midlothian Blvd., at 10 a.m. Friday.

Wicked Awesome Comix and Cool is a friendly, small-town comic-book shop, offering books at the best possible prices.

Wicked Awesome Comix is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. For information, visit www.wickedawesomecomix.com.

New bistro features Mexican, Italian food, opens in Canfield

CANFIELD

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony for Maria’s Mexican-Italian Bistro, 4010 Boardman-Canfield Road, at noon Thursday.

Maria’s Mexican-Italian Bistro plans to create a fusion of Mexican and Italian cuisine in one location. The bistro’s Italian cook and Mexican cook have nearly 50 years of experience between them, and together they create an extensive menu of Mexican and Italian favorites.

Maria’s Mexican-Italian Bistro is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information, visit www.marias224.com.

Pa. control board posts slot revenue

HARRISBURG

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Tuesday posted its monthly report for total gross revenue and tax revenue generated from the play of slot machines at casinos during April.

Gross revenue from slot machines at 12 casinos rose 1.5 percent in April of this year to $208,999,688 compared with the $205,894,827 of gross revenue in April 2015. Tax revenue in April of this year was $111,555,793.

Labeling issue causes Giant Eagle to recall 2 kinds of cookies

PITTSBURGH

The Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle supermarket chain is recalling Walnut Delight and Pecan Tassie cookies because labels wrongly omitted milk as an ingredient. That could cause problems for people with milk allergies.

Giant Eagle is recalling all cookie packages with “sell-by” dates through Tuesday. The chain wants customers to throw away the cookies or return them for a refund.

Giant Eagle has 175 corporate and 54 independently owned and operated supermarkets, plus 178 GetGo! fuel and convenience stores in western Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia.

VW replaces exec

FRANKFURT, GERMANY

Volkswagen’s Porsche division has replaced a top vehicle-development manager suspended since the start of the Volkswagen group’s scandal over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests.

Porsche said in a news release that Wolfgang Hatz, 57, would be replaced by Michael Steiner, 51.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1210.35—.61

Aqua America, .71 32.29 —.04

Avalon Holdings,1.92—.03

Cortland Bancorp, .2815.75—.13

Farmers Nat., .129.38 —.10

First Energy, 1.44 33.56.51

Fifth/Third, .5218.03—.42

FirstMerit Corp., .6822.01 —.37

First Niles Financial, .208.80.05

FNB Corp., .4812.96—.35

General Motors, 1.5231.25—.50

General Electric, .9230.63—.26

Huntington Bank, .28 10.01—.18

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.14 .00

JP Morgan Chase, 1.7662.56—1.23

Key Corp, .3012.19—.27

LaFarge, .3417.57 .00

Macy’s, 1.44 39.49—.42

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 113.68—1.82

PNC, 2.0488.87—1.04

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.40204.96.44

Stoneridge 13.79 —.47

Talmer Bank, .20 19.54—.02

United Comm. Fin., .10 5.90—.10

Selected prices from Tuesday’s 4 p.m. close.