The Bright Side Opportunities Center in Lancaster was hopping on a recent Thursday morning.

An insurance agency based in Shippensburg has a new owner.

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Sterling Financial Corp.’s $80 million loan from M&T Trust Co. got a favorable reaction today from investors. Stock analysts said the credit would help, but continued to predict a sale of Sterling.

Local financial institutions are reaching out to furloughed state workers.

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. declared a quarterly cash dividend of 63 cents per share on its common stock.

M&T Bank’s decision to grant troubled Sterling Financial Corp. a big loan is boosting speculation that M&T’s parent company could acquire Sterling.

Two foundations are teaming up to invest $42 million over five years in financial institutions serving poor communities.

Belco Community Credit Union has new digs. The credit union completed a move from Harrisburg to its new operations center in Swatara Township June 25.

If there’s any company in Central Pennsylvania that does not need another headache, it’s Sterling Financial Corp.

Union National Community Bank agreed to make changes to its business in a pact with federal regulators.

Lancaster-based Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc.’s board of directors authorized a 5-cent-per-share quarterly cash dividend on its issued and outstanding shares of common stock.

Q: What is the best management advice you’ve heard?

A: An important mentor in my business life was Mr. William Kapp, past president of our company, who recently passed away. Mr. Kapp once told me that trust — among your co-workers, clients, shareholders and regulators — was of the utmost importance in this industry. Bill often said, ‘Promise that which only you can deliver, and always deliver what you promise.’

Sterling Financial Corp. employees have responded to the company’s crisis by focusing on the work ahead of them, Chief Executive Officer and President J. Roger Moyer Jr. said.

For many workers, retirement planning starts with a simple step: signing up for their company-sponsored 401(k) plans.

Some never even get that far.