CALCUTTA — JC Penney released today the list of 138 store locations it plans to close. The Calcutta location is not among those to be shuttered. The four Ohio locations that will close include stores in Findlay, New Philadelphia, Richmond Heights and St. Marys. There is one West Virginia store closing (Martinsburg), and seven in Pennsylvania. For more, see Saturday’s print edition of The Review.
NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s has started testing mobile order-and-pay after acknowledging the ordering process in its restaurants can be “stressful.” The company says it will gather feedback from the test before launching the option nationally toward the end of the year. It says mobile ...
Fed raises rate and sees more hikes as US economy improves WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time in three months and forecast two additional hikes this year. The move reflects a consistently solid U.S. economy and will likely mean higher rates on some consumer and business loans. Will mortgage rates rise? What to know about Fed rate hike WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Federal Reserve having raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday and signaled the likelihood of additional rate hikes later this year, consumers and ...
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes sank Tuesday after yet another drop in the price of oil dragged down shares across the energy industry. Other areas of the market saw modest losses as investors wait to hear from the Federal Reserve, which began a two-day policy meeting on interest rates. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 8.02 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,365.45. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 44.11, or 0.2 percent, to 20,837.37. The Nasdaq composite fell 18.97, or 0.3 percent, to 5,856.82. Two stocks fell on the New York Stock Exchange for ...
Rogers joins HHM in Salem SALEM — Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell, Ltd. is announcing the addition of Kellie S. Rogers as a senior associate attorney in the firm. Rogers brings more than 20 years of legal experience in workers’ compensation, social security disability and employee relations, as well as personal bankruptcy, domestic relations, probate law and appeals. She is based in HHM’s Salem office. Before joining HHM, Rogers practiced with Aronson, Fineman & Davis Co. LPA in East Liverpool, focusing on workers’ compensation and social security disability. She is a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks meandered Thursday as the eighth anniversary for the current bull market turned out to be a quiet one. Large-company stocks finished mostly higher, but declines in smaller stocks across the board meant that more companies fell than rose on the New York Stock Exchange. The market started out with small gains, then dipped in the early afternoon. Thanks to late gains for energy companies, major indexes turned higher near the end of trading. Industrial companies dipped as heavy machinery maker Caterpillar continues to slide. Health care companies climbed ...
