Edward Jones collects for food bank

MANATEE -- Edward Jones locations in Manatee are accepting donations for The Food Bank of Manatee. Food such as pasta, rice, canned or dried foods, flour and sugar are needed. Collection during normal business hours continue through Aug. 31.

The locations include 324 Eighth Ave. W., 2808 Manatee Ave. W., 6741 Manatee Ave. W., 1838 59th St. W., Palmetto, 3226 E. Bay Drive, 7480 Cortez Road W., 5226 State Road 64 E., 5889 53rd Ave. E., Holmes Beach, 3040 University Parkway, 11053 Gatewood Drive, Sarasota.

For more information, call 941-746-3348.

Psychology center opens in Lakewood Ranch

LAKEWOOD RANCH -- Carter Psychology Center has opened a new office at 9015 Town Center Parkway, Suite 103.

The new location will offer individualized psychotherapy, marriage counseling, personal and executive coaching, and memory care services in a private, personal setting.

Dr. Michael Spellman is the lead psychologist at the new office.

Carter Psychology Center is celebrating its 25th year in Manatee County, led by psychologist Dr. Debra K. Carter. For more information, call 941-753-0064.

Hilton Garden Inn offers help for Feeding America

SARASOTA -- Hilton Garden Inn is supporting Feeding America, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief organization, with its Breakfast with Heart campaign.

From now through Sept. 30, guests booking the Breakfast with Heart room rate at the Hilton Garden 8270 N. Tamiami Trail hotel will receive cooked-to-order breakfast included in the roomrate.

A donation will be made to Feeding America that will help provide one million meals to families that need it most. For more information, call 941-552-1100.

JPMorgan revises 1Q profit down amid probe

NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase on Thursday formally revised its first-quarter financial results to show a lower profit, after finding that traders at its main investment arm had overstated the value of certain derivatives.

The reduction followed the bank's internal investigation into the nearly $6 billion in trading losses revealed in recent months.

Gas prices rise; officials wait to enter refinery

SAN FRANCISCO -- A fire at one of the nation's largest oil refineries helped push West Coast gas prices close to $4 a gallon Thursday, as the same federal team that investigated the Gulf Coast spill waited to inspect the unit that was knocked out by the blaze.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board team was standing by with state and company inspectors to do structural and environmental tests to see if it was safe to enter the unit and determine when production might resume after the Monday night fire.

-- Herald staff, wire reports

In all, five separate investigations will be done.