Manufacturing employers across Pennsylvania continue to struggle to fill manufacturing jobs – they create them faster than workers step up to fill them. Employers are promoting jobs through advocacy programs and manufacturing non-profit groups, working with public school district officials and guidance offices, career and technical school partnerships as well as old-fashioned word of mouth and one-on-one recruiting from existing employees, family and friends – and they’re sourcing new talent in unexpected places.

As the demand for skilled labor continues to grow, one technical school has seen a large number of its students achieve big wins in national manufacturing competitions. The achievements are important indicators that technical schools such as Carbon Career & Technical Institute in Jim Thorpe can be fertile environments for students to become the skilled, talented workers of tomorrow. Kevin ...

Michelle Finch, 48, is operations manager for Turkey Hill Dairy, based in Conestoga. She joined the company in 2015 and has been part of the company’s expansion into national distribution. Her career has been spent mostly in food manufacturing, having worked at Mars Chocolate North America, Frito-Lay’s York operation, and Kellogg’s Inc.

Top U.S. and Chinese negotiators met on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants between the world’s two largest economies threatened hopes for progress.

Delta Air Lines hopes to speed up the hiring of pilots, flight attendants, reservation and airport staff after “surprise” demand growth fueled better-than-expected third-quarter profit, Chief Executive Ed Bastian told Reuters.

Renovations at a large West Shore building previously occupied by Hewlett Packard at 225 Grandview Ave. in East Pennsboro Township are nearing completion. Select Capital Commercial Properties, a Lower Allen Township company purchased the 215,000-square-foot building last year and the project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.

General Motors Co.'s July to September vehicle sales in China fell 17.5%, as the U.S. automaker was hurt by a slowing economy amid the Sino-U.S. trade war and by heightened competition in its key mid-priced SUV segment.

In a rare move for a US tech company, Fitbit is pulling nearly all of its device manufacturing out of China amid a trade war between the world's two largest economies. The company announced Wednesday that "effectively all trackers and smartwatches" starting in January "will not be of Chinese origin" as a result of US tariffs.

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond spiked more than 21% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company announced Mark Tritton would become its new president and CEO effective Nov. 4.

The York Armory building will be transformed into Keystone Kidspace. The two-story space will encourage exploration and offer educational experiences, including science, technology, engineering, art and math activities as well as programming incorporating art and music, Wagman Construction said in a press release.

Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said on Wednesday it will stop selling e-cigarette components in the United States, amid growing regulatory scrutiny and reports of lung disease and some deaths linked to vaping.

Telecommunications carrier AT&T Inc. said on Wednesday it will sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America Ltd for $1.95 billion in cash.

Saturday’s Market, one of the largest and longest-running flea markets in Pennsylvania, is reportedly going to close the end of November.

Singapore has knocked the United States out of the top spot in the World Economic Forum's annual competitiveness report. The index, published on Wednesday, takes stock of an economy's competitive landscape, measuring factors such as macroeconomic stability, infrastructure, the labor market and innovation capability.