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Finance
Hershey, Harley-Davidson report strong 2013 earnings
It was a strong 2013 for Dauphin County candy maker The Hershey Co. and Milwaukee-based motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc., which has operations in York County.
Read More »Pennsylvania trails national rate for foreclosure inventory
Pennsylvania accounted for 2.3 percent of completed U.S. foreclosures last year.
Read More »JCI, Exelon, Knight Transportation, Harsco, York Water declare dividends
Five public companies with headquarters in the midstate or Central Pennsylvania operations announced dividend payments this week.
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‘Free’ checking gets rarer and more complicated
Free checking isn't necessarily a given at financial institutions these days and, where it is offered, it often comes with requirements.
Read More »New loan program for Lancaster-area small businesses
Assets Lancaster, a nonprofit economic development group dedicated to helping small businesses, has teamed with an agency from Philadelphia to provide a new funding program to entrepreneurs.
Read More »Metro, Northwest banks up big in Q4
Metro Bancorp. Inc. reported a 40 percent increase in net income for its record fourth quarter of 2013 compared to 2012.
Read More »Susquehanna posts ‘record’ year; National Penn hits adjusted projections
Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. of Lititz reported its earnings rose in 2013 against 2012 figures, even if it fell off in year-to-year fourth-quarter earnings.
Read More »Newsmakers: Banking and Finance
Businesses featured this week: ACNB Bank, Mid Penn Bank
Read More »Mid Penn, Orrstown banks report year-over-year Q4 growth
Two midstate banks showed fourth-quarter growth compared with 2012 in earnings reports released this week.
Read More »Fulton Financial to close 13 branches, cut leadership, minor benefits
Lancaster-based Fulton Financial Corp., holding company of Fulton Bank, announced plans to close 14 of its bank branches by the end of the second quarter of the year.
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Behind the List with Joseph V. Guerrisi
Joseph V. Guerrisi is president and CEO of Select Asset Management & Trust. He also is an active volunteer with the Harrisburg Diocese Catholic Youth Organization and assists in curriculum development for a business school.
Read More »Banks view out-of-area lending with caution
There's a lot of scrutiny in how banks lend these days, partially a consequence of the financial crisis and resulting federal legislation to rein in the worst offenders of substandard lending practices.
Read More »Community banks survive with classic strategies
Community banking may be under fire, but it won't die as long as those banks stick to core fundamentals and adjust their business model for a new generation, midstate banking officials said.
Read More »Johnson Controls, J.B. Hunt report earnings
Two companies with significant midstate operations announced quarterly earnings Thursday.
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