The Lebanon Valley Economic Development Corp. has repaid a $1.5 million bank loan.

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The advancement of technology is making it necessary to change the way students are educated in grade school, said Scott Sheely, executive director of the Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board.

Donegal Group Inc. reported earnings of $10.8 million, or 43 cents per diluted Class A share, for the fourth quarter of 2007.

More than 200 businesses across Pennsylvania owe the state a combined $6.8 million in delinquent taxes, state Department of Revenue Secretary Thomas W. Wolf said last week in a statement.

A slowdown is an opportunity for your business.

The York-based specialty-paper maker P.H. Glatfelter Co. reported fourth-quarter 2007 earnings of $50.4 million, a 236 percent jump from the year-ago period that was driven by sales of timberland.

Bankruptcies, disciplinary actions, mortgages, incorporations, liens

Harrisburg's 2008 budget is $111 million and calls for no tax increases and no borrowing, city councilman Dan Miller said.

Pennsylvania loses between $210 million to $267 million annually in earned income tax revenue, state officials said.

Harrisburg recently was awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 18th consecutive year.

The slowing economy has most people keenly watching the markets.

Gov. Ed Rendell has been touring the state lately, pushing his $28.3 billion budget proposal to media and anyone else willing to listen.

This time in history will long be remembered. The international stock markets nearly melted down, the U.S. equity markets faltered, the Federal Reserve System cut rates twice, and the economic data turned ugly.

$500 billion a year. That's the estimate the Rockville, Md.-based Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) gave for the cost of the 10 most-expensive health conditions to treat in its most recent study.