Business

Losses for banks pull US stocks further from record highs

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks finished lower Monday for the second time in the last three trading days. Banks gave back some of their recent gains after a jump in interest rates last week sent them sharply higher. Mining and chemical companies declined after China cut its economic growth forecast, and airlines slumped after a Delta said its business isn’t improving as fast as it hoped. There were few winners to be found on Wall Street as more than two-thirds of the stocks on the New York Stock Exchange fell. That included consistent losses for banks, investment firms and insurance ...

First Choice America Board reorganizes

‘Steady progress’ for First Choice

WEIRTON — First Choice America Credit Union made steady progress in 2016 amid tough competition and a lackluster economy, according to officials. The credit union recently held its annual meeting at the Pepsi-Cola Roadhouse in Burgettstown, Pa., and Kenneth W. Truax, board chairman, said the First Choice employee team worked hard to maintain a safe and sound and secure financial institution in 2016. He listed achievements in 2016 as earning another superior rating; assets growth to a record $428 million; expanded deposits to a record $367 million; and preserved a strong capital ...

Columbiana County Property Transfers

Columbiana Teresa Boord to Gerard and Brandi Brown, home on Metz Road; $182,000. Wimsatt Family to Patriot Land Co., commercial building on Nulf Drive; $749,100. Dylan Joy to Christine Rouse, home on West Park Avenue; $69,900. East Liverpool Alison Dunbar to Josie Groskiewicz, home on Orchard Grove Avenue; $20,000. Bernice Powell to Timothy Shreeve, manufactured home and lot on Gaddis Street; $2,000. East Palestine PLB Properties to Michael and Melissa Smith, commercial property (former law office) on North Market Street; $89,000. Terry Mellott Jr. to Tabatha Garman, home ...

CHANGE adds to Family Medical Care team

NEWELL — CHANGE Inc. is the newest pediatrician, Dr. Paul Macdonald, to its Family Medical Care team. Macdonald received his medical degree from the University of California, Davis School of Medicine, and then completed his residency at Children’s Hospital of Orange County in Orange, ...

Local resident earns healthcare management’s top credential

CALCUTTA — Amber L. McGeehan, RN, MSN, CNOR, CSSM, FACHE, Operating Room manager of Heritage Valley Surgical Center in Beaver, Pa, recently became a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the nation’s leading professional society for healthcare leaders. “The ...