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Boardman Civic business mixer

BOARDMAN

The Boardman Civic Association is hosting its first business mixer Monday at Magic Tree Pub & Eatery.

The event, which runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., will feature complimentary wine tasting, appetizers and soft drinks, a disc jockey, a cash bar and hourly giveaways of wine and Chick-fil-A platters.

The cost is $20 if you RSVP by Wednesday and $25 at the door.

Purchase tickets online at boardmancivic.com or contact Mark Harris at mharris1421@yahoo.com.

The BCA mixer is for businesses and nonprofits based in or near Boardman.

Youngstown Annual Tax Update

YOUNGSTOWN

The Williamson College of Business Administration and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants will host the Youngstown Annual Tax Update from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 17.

The seminar will take place in Williamson Hall at Youngstown State University. Registration begins at 8 a.m.

The update provides opportunities for attendees to network with professionals in the field, obtain eight hours of continuing professional education credits for Ohio and Pennsylvania, and obtain eight hours of continuing education by the IRS for enrolled agents and tax preparers.

To register for the seminar, visit ysu.edu/taxupdate. Register by Nov. 3 and receive the early-bird rate of $250. After Nov. 3, registration fee is $300. For information, call 330-941-3064.

Financial fitness workshop offered

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority will have a financial fitness workshop from 10 a.m. to noon and 6 to 8 p.m. Nov. 14 on Protecting Your Money at YMHA, 131 W. Boardman St. The workshop is free, but registration is required at least one day before each workshop. Call 330-744-2161, ext. 251, to register.

General Motors’ 4th-quarter dividend

DETROIT

General Motors Co. on Monday declared a fourth-quarter 2017 dividend of 38 cents per outstanding share of common stock. The dividend is payable Dec. 21 to all common shareholders of record at the close of business Dec. 8.

Kaspersky to open its security code to outside review

Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, battered by suspicion of Russian government influence, wants to reassure customers by opening up its software’s underlying code for outside review. But security experts and some U.S. politicians say the move is mostly meaningless.

In September, the U.S. government barred federal agencies from using Kaspersky’s anti-virus products because of concerns about its ties to the Kremlin and Russian spy operations. News reports have since linked Kaspersky software to an alleged theft of cybersecurity information from the U.S. National Security Agency.

Staff/wire reports

Selected local stocks

STOCK, DIVIDENDCLOSECHANGE

Alcoa Inc., .1247.930.00

Aqua America, .71 35.88 -0.14

Avalon Holdings,2.100.02

Chemical Bank, .2753.53-0.49

Community Health Sys.6.440.00

Cortland Bancorp, .2818.500.50

Farmers Nat., .1615.25 -0.35

First Energy, 1.44 32.130.00

Fifth/Third, .5228.43-0.17

FirstMerit Corp.,— —

First Niles Financial, .1211.000.00

FNB Corp., .4813.46-0.13

General Motors, 1.5245.15-0.46

General Electric, .9222.32-1.51

Huntington Bank, .28 14.11-0.08

iHeartMedia Inc.,1.55 -0.20

JP Morgan Chase, 1.9299.34-0.17

Key Corp, .3418.45-0.04

LaFarge, .34— —

Macy’s, 1.51 21.330.16

Parker Hannifin, 2.52 182.87-1.63

PNC, 2.20136.77-0.18

Simon Prop. Grp., 6.60165.440.72

Stoneridge 22.07 -0.13

United Comm. Fin., .12 9.59-0.09

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