Palm used to be a smartphone leader. What happened?
Click here to read Andréa Maria Cecil's latest shiny post.

What a pair of red, patent-leather shoes teaches us about
finances. Click here to read Rose Anderson's latest blog post.

After getting fed up with Palm Treo, making the switch to
iPhone 3G. How do the two stack up? Click here to read a guest post from Tony
Pantano, CEO at Internet marketing company imwave in York County.

Another local bank disappeared recently when The PNC
Financial Services Group Inc. hung its signs on the branches of what had been
Lancaster County-based Sterling Financial Corp.

Shares of The Hershey Co. dropped sharply this morning as investors reacted to an update from the company
and a downgrade by an analyst.

Finally! 3G in York
County! Click here to
read Andréa Maria Cecil's latest shiny post.

The demise of Bear Stearns, failure of IndyMac Bank,
troubles at U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the housing
debacle, coupled with the nasty de-leveraging process saw our markets and
economy on tenterhooks.

Dear Mr. Berko: I know that you don't like most stock-market
services that claim subscribers earned much better returns than the Dow Jones.

Bankruptcies, disciplinary actions, mortgages, incorporations, liens

The Android is coming! Click here to read Andréa Maria
Cecil's latest shiny post.

Cumberland County-based Select Medical Corp. reported net
income of $12.6 million for the second quarter of 2008.

Lancaster-based Community First Fund has been named a
semifinalist for a nearly $2.8 million national award.

State Attorney General Tom Corbett yesterday announced that
consumer protection lawsuits have been filed against two mortgage company
owners that illegally solicited consumers throughout Central
Pennsylvania and other parts of the state over the past year and a
half.

PennFuture, a Harrisburg-based nonprofit
environmental-advocacy group, is pushing a bill that would reduce Pennsylvania's energy
use and require all electricity customers to have smart meters within 10 years.

Will the recent bankruptcy filings of national retailers
make it harder for midstate malls to keep their occupancy rates up? Why or why
not?