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.

In most American homes, the rising cost of good health care — like the rising costs of gasoline and home heating — remains a perpetual kitchen-table discussion.

A gift doesn't count unless it arrives on time, and popular holidays often strike panic in the small businesses that employ half of the U.S. workforce.

Bankruptcies, disciplinary actions, mortgages, incorporations, liens

Commerce Bank/Harrisburg's primary regulator is delving deeper into the bank's business deals with senior executives and board members.

Sterling Financial Corp. on Friday sent shareholders a letter about the final results of its investigation into the alleged fraud at logging-finance subsidiary EFI.

Sterling Financial Corp. shareholders will vote next month on the bank's merger with The PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Robin L. Wiessmann today said the state has invested $15 million in publicly traded funds that hold stocks of environmentally friendly companies in the state.

Wormleysburg-based Harsco Corp. today announced it will begin repurchasing shares of its stock.

Camp Hill-based Ames True Temper Inc. today reported 59 percent fewer losses in the first quarter compared to a year ago.

Gov. Ed Rendell made a pitch for his new budget yesterday evening in Lancaster, offering some pointed words for the business community.

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today said he had refused to make a presidential endorsement until he saw the whites of a candidate's eyes.

The economic forecast for 2008 is brighter in Central Pennsylvania than it is for most parts of the U.S., a global economist said today during a visit to the midstate.