Business notebook

Small business owners are invited to a free Small Local Business Enterprises stakeholders meeting Monday to learn about working on projects financed by the “transportation penny” and other Richland County jobs.

County officials – including the transportation and procurement directors – will discuss the details of the small business program and the resources available through the Office of Small Business Opportunity. Officials will discuss the processes for becoming eligible to work on projects related to the sales tax increase as well as where Richland County solicitations come from.

The meeting starts at 6 p.m. in County Council chambers at the county administration building, 2020 Hampton St. in Columbia. For additional information, contact Gloria Cyprian-Tanner at tannerg@rcgov.us or (803) 576-1548.

Greece and its creditors moved closer to clinching a deal this weekend that would keep the country from defaulting on its debts and falling out of the euro bloc, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made more concessions Friday.

Greece has agreed to reforms that are close to what creditors have demanded before they release new loans, officials said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations. The creditors in return offered Greece a five-month extension to its bailout program, which is due to end Tuesday.

IN BRIEF

▪  U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that the power brake assist can fail on some Ford F-150 pickup trucks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the probe covers about 250,000 pickups from the 2011 and 2012 model years with 3.5-liter six-cylinder turbocharged engines.

▪  France’s president wants Uber’s cheapest car service shut down and its vehicles seized, but Uber refuses to stop the service until a ruling by the country’s top court.

▪  Google and Delphi Automotive are denying a news report that their self-driving cars nearly collided on the streets of Palo Alto, Calif., earlier this week.

From Staff and Wire Reports