New federal dietary guidelines encourage Americans to focus more on eating healthy throughout life, to be flexible in their eating patterns and to cut down on empty calories.
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Poll: Teens game too much, but that’s normal
Nearly 90% of parents believe their teen spends too much time playing video games, but also seem to shrug it off as typical adolescent behavior.
Read More »Black-owned businesses find lifeline in small banks as they scramble for survival
Even before the pandemic, these businesses were more than twice as likely as white-owned firms to be "at risk" or "distressed," according to a survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Read More »New U.S. data next week to show 7.8% of workforce have multiple jobs
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Thursday it will present new data next week that will show 7.8% of the country’s workforce hold multiple jobs, a trend that has been on the rise during the past 20 years.
Read More »A Sweet Deal: Couple offers case of Girl Scout cookies in bid to buy Berks home
With several offers often competing for the same desirable home property, buyers have had to get creative to get their bids noticed and accepted by the seller.
Read More »Giant to rank product sustainability for online shoppers
Socially conscious shoppers have a new tool to learn about the environmental and social impact of the products they buy from Giant grocery stores.
Read More »Jobless claims worse than expected as pandemic-related filings surge
First-time claims for unemployment insurance totaled 793,000 last week as declining Covid-19 cases provided little relief for the jobs market.
Read More »Autoworkers face dimmer future in a new era of electric cars
When General Motors boldly announced its goal last month to make only battery-powered vehicles by 2035, it didn’t just mark a break with more than a century of making internal combustion engines. It also clouded the future for 50,000 GM workers whose skills — and jobs — could become obsolete far sooner than they knew.
Read More »Sheetz announces pay increases and plan to give new moms time off with pay
Altoona-based Sheetz today said it will invest $28.5 million in employee wage increases and give new mothers 12 weeks off with full pay.
Read More »PSECU launches virtual campus ambassador program
PSECU has long had a commitment to student outreach on Pennsylvania’s state-run college and university campuses, but with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping most campuses practically shut down for the better part of the last year it’s become a difficult challenge.
Read More »Powell stresses commitment to full employment and low rates
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday underscored the Fed’s commitment to reducing unemployment to multi-decade lows, where it stood before the pandemic, while signaling little concern about the risk of potentially high inflation or financial-market instability.
Read More »Survey: $15 minimum wage will result in layoffs, one-third of small business owners say
One third of small business owners say they’ll likely lay off workers if Congress raises the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, according to the latest quarterly CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey.
Read More »A leadership change at Landmark Commercial Realty pledges to take company to the next level
“I’ve been in it since 9/11, through the Great Recession to the COVID-19 global pandemic,” said Grace, who bought Landmark on Jan. 19. “I would say this has been the most challenging in my 20 years because we had to change how we had to operate.”
Read More »Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf again seeks a higher minimum wage, and he faces strong opposition again
Gov. Tom Wolf continues his pitch to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, even in the face of daunting odds.
Read More »Taxing time: How the pandemic will affect filing your taxes
Tax filing season will start a bit later this year and look a bit different too. That’s because the pandemic that defined 2020 has seeped into tax time too.
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