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Job fair in Liberty

LIBERTY

Staff Right Professional and Personal Services LLC will sponsor a job fair from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Classic Optical Laboratories Inc., 3710 Belmont Ave.

The job fair is for immediate general-labor openings in Mahoning County for finishing, surfacing, stockroom and customer service. Positions are available for first and second shifts.

Pay rates are $8.50 per hour.

On-site applications and interviews will take place. Applicants should bring two forms of identification and must be able to pass a background check and drug screen before placement.

Call 330-372-0280 or 330-726-6754 for more information.

Pison Stream to open facility in Brecksville

CLEVELAND

Pison Stream Solutions, a global research and development company offering special niche chemical coatings, defense, antimicrobial, additives compositions, renewable energy solutions, and communication systems designs, expanded operations by opening a new research and manufacturing facility in Brecksville. The new facility is expected to employ 150 people within three years and create an annual payroll of $8.5 million.

The company opened its new facility Sept. 1 and has started hiring key personnel at the Brecksville location.

Allegiant names new president

LAS VEGAS

Allegiant on Friday announced the appointment of John Redmond as the company’s president.

A former president and chief executive officer of MGM Grand Resorts, Redmond brings to the position more than 30 years’ experience in executive management in the hospitality and leisure travel industry. Redmond also has served for eight years as a member of Allegiant’s board of directors.

GM recalls 4 million vehicles for air-bag defect linked to death

DETROIT

General Motors Co. is recalling more than 4 million vehicles, most of them in the U.S., to fix an air-bag software defect that has been linked to one death.

The vehicles involved in the recall are all from the 2014-17 model years and include models from Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac.

The company is recalling 4.28 million vehicles worldwide, including 3.6 million in the U.S.

The company said Friday that in rare cases, the car’s sensing and diagnostic module – a tiny computer that senses what the vehicle is doing and controls air-bag deployment – can go into test mode. If that happens, the front air bags won’t inflate in a crash, and the seat-belt pretensioners may not tighten up around occupants to help prevent injuries.

GM says the defect is linked to at least one death and three injuries.

The company learned of the problem in May when a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado crashed and its air bags didn’t deploy.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .129.60-0.52

Aqua America, .71 29.89-1.20

Avalon Holdings,2.97-0.05

Cortland Bancorp, .2816.000.00

Farmers Nat., .1610.54-0.34

First Energy, 1.44 32.64-1.00

Fifth/Third, .5219.93-0.21

FirstMerit Corp., .6821.610.37

First Niles Financial, .1211.500.00

FNB Corp., .4812.50-0.02

General Motors, 1.5230.48-1.23

General Electric, .9230.11-0.93

Huntington Bank, .28 9.86-0.03

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.22-0.03

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9266.65-0.60

Key Corp, .3412.26-0.14

LaFarge, .3417.570.00

Macy’s, 1.51 35.48-0.52

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 120.78-3.57

PNC, 2.0489.92-0.80

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.40209.90-7.19

Stoneridge 17.61-0.66

Talmer Bank, .20 23.34-0.36

United Comm. Fin., .10 6.50-0.06

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