FARMERS ANNOUNCEMENT: Farmers National Bank has appointed Rochelle Baer to the role of director of private banking. This is a newly created position within the organization and is a result of the continued growth and success of the Private Banking division of Farmers, the company said in a ...

More car buyers are finding themselves in a tough spot financially. According to a recent report from Edmunds, more than 26% of new-vehicle trade-ins in the second quarter of 2025 had negative equity — the highest share in more than four years. Negative equity refers to a situation in ...

Local consumers continued to drive Mahoning Valley vehicle sales in September and for the year, the Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Association reported in its monthly survey. Buyers in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties again made Boardman Subaru the leader in new and used ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered Friday, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China. The S&P 500 sank 2.7% in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 878 points, or 1.9%, and ...

Staff report Ohioans filed 46,114 unemployment claims Sept. 28 through Oct. 4, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reported Thursday. Initial unemployment claims for the period numbered 5,159 last week, 677 more than the previous week. Continued unemployment claims were 40,955, ...

The Associated Press PepsiCo expressed confidence Thursday that new products — including protein-infused Starbucks coffee, low-sugar Gatorade and Doritos with all-natural ingredients — will boost flagging consumer demand in the coming year. Rapidly changing consumer preferences have ...