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Job Corps workshops

YOUNGSTOWN

Informational workshops for Job Corps have resumed at OhioMeansJobs Mahoning County, 141 Boardman-Canfield Road. Sessions will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday. Pre-registration is required for attendance.

Job Corps provides free education and career training for those who qualify. Career training is offered in a number of fields including automotive, construction, health care, security and hospitality.

For information, contact the “Resource Room” at OhioMeansJobs Mahoning County at 330-965-1787.

25 Under 35 dinner

YOUNGSTOWN

Tickets are on sale for the 25 Under 35 Awards Dinner that will take place at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Stambaugh Auditorium, 1000 Fifth Ave.

The Mahoning Valley Young Professionals, in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, sponsor this annual awards dinner that honors the Mahoning Valley’s best and brightest young professionals.

The 25 honorees will receive awards, and three honorees will be distinguished for special accolades as MVP Award winners. Both the 25 honorees and top three are selected by a small committee based upon professional, educational and community service categories.

Tickets are $55 each. To purchase tickets, call the Stambaugh Auditorium office at 330-259-0555, or visit www.stambaughonlinetix.com.

Learn about COBRA

NILES

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a Human Resources Hot Topics: Health Benefits under COBRA, or the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Feb. 23 at the Residence Inn, 5555 Youngstown-Warren Road.

A representative from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration for the presentation.

According to the Labor Department, COBRA allows employees and their families who would lose group health coverage because of a serious life event to continue their coverage under the employer’s group health plan, usually at their own expense.

The cost is $20 for members; and $30 for nonmembers.

To register, go to: regionalchamber.com/events/.

Increase for PNC

PITTSBURGH

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. announced a $300 million increase in its common stock share repurchase programs for the four-quarter period ending June 30.

This amount is in addition to the share-repurchase programs of up to $2 billion during this period authorized as part of PNC’s 2016 capital plan under the Federal Reserve’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, which included up to $200 million related to employee-benefit plans.

Staff/wire reports