[naviga:h3]Seminars offer fresh notary knowledge[/naviga:h3]

The Pennsylvania Association of Notaries will hold several educational seminars Feb. 5 and 6 for Butler County notaries.

The seminars will be held at the Holiday Inn Express, 203 N. Duffy Road, on the following dates:

The First Time Notary Seminar will be from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 5. The seminar is state-approved and fulfills the three-hour mandatory education provision for new notaries.

The Everyday Notary Challenges Seminar will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 5. and is offered in conjunction with the First Time Notary Seminar.

Notary Reappointment Seminar will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 6 and fulfills the state’s educational requirement for reappointed notaries. It covers new aspects of the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts, which became effective Oct. 26, 2017, and includes the notary appointment process, identifying customers, changes in notary equipment and the new notary act of witnessing or attesting a signature.

Registration is required. The cost is $69 per seminar.

For more information call 800-944-8790 or visit www.notary.org/Education.

[naviga:h3]Johnson & Johnson shows strong sales[/naviga:h3]

A big jump in prescription drug sales, particularly overseas, helped Johnson & Johnson swing to a large fourth-quarter profit after posting a huge loss a year earlier, when it took a $13.6 billion charge.

The world’s biggest maker of health care products also benefited from an effective tax rate of 2.6 percent for the latest quarter, amounting to just $80 million. That was the main reason J&J topped Wall Street profit expectations, an analyst said.

The company reported lower spending on research and development, restructuring and interest charges.

J&J reported net income of $3.04 billion, or $1.12 per share, for 2018’s fourth quarter. A year earlier, J&J reported a rare net loss — $10.71 billion, or $3.99 per share.