“There will be no industry — it’s that simple,” said Todd Mostoller, president of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA). Mostoller’s organization advocates for member race tracks like Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Dauphin County.

The acquisition marks Harsco’s sixth major strategic transaction since 2018 to advance a corporate strategy of transformation into a global, market lending and single-thesis environmental platform, Harsco officials said on a Friday morning conference call.

The public-private compromises reflected by the proposed spending plan left industry leaders hot and cold about the budget and the overall economic climate it speaks to in the coming fiscal years.

Investment Real Estate LLC of York recruited Rick Hansberry as its director of acquisitions, a position in which the intellectual and business law expert will work with the firm’s leadership team to craft strategic planning and organizational goals.

Executives at a Harrisburg insurance carrier anticipate a competitive edge and reduced costs from a newly implemented electronic payment portal, which policyholders can access from any device with internet capabilities.

Fulton Financial Corporation’s mortgage division was honored by the Affordable Housing Centers of Pennsylvania (AHCOPA) for its financial support of first-time homebuyers in low and moderate-income communities.

Financial companies across the country and in the central Pennsylvania region are looking ahead to a year defined by greater certainty in 2020, now that phase one of a trade agreement has been signed by the Trump administration and China. 

The state’s utility commission is seeking $8.8 million in penalties from an energy company in Houston, Texas for using misleading and deceptive sales tactics with Pennsylvania customers.

Clients of PeoplesBank can expect a new brand identity this year as the York-based financial services company seeks to highlight coming innovations in community banking across its 26-branch footprint.

Business groups are speaking out against extensions to the state’s overtime eligibility requirements that will qualify 82,000 more Pennsylvania workers for time-and-a-half pay by the end of 2022, approved this week by the state Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC).

Revelations from Wawa’s data breach in December that compromised millions of customers’ payment information indicate the convenience store was targeted for its unsecured transaction technology at gas pumps, according to the cybersecurity experts, a cautionary tale for businesses still using obsolete card readers.

Democratic state lawmakers are drafting legislation to institute a combined reporting requirement for the state’s corporations, requiring them to accurately and comprehensively disclose revenues earned in Pennsylvania.

State officials this week announced 42 strategic guidelines for building the commonwealth’s workforce to compete on a nationwide and global scale in the new decade.

UPS announced a $1.4 billion expansion project in Pennsylvania, creating more than 1,721 new full-time jobs and will expand operations in Dauphin, Lehigh, Cumberland, Northumberland and Philadelphia counties.

York Traditions Bank announced plans this week to open a full-service branch location in Lancaster County with an expected opening date in the fall of 2020.