Business leaders applauded Republican U.S. Reps. Joe Pitts and Todd Platts for pushing earmark reform after the representatives announced a moratorium on the set-asides.

The news last week that a local biofuels producer might have to close without state subsidies left us feeling a little conflicted.

Sometimes it's no fun being right.

Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 100 shares of each of those bank stocks you recommended back in December, and I'm losing money. Those were lousy choices, and I'm disappointed in you for those selections.

Much like a quarterback approaches a contest with a full game plan in mind rather than a single play, so, too, should a broker working on a large case see it as a multistage process.

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The state and a Lancaster County economic development organization will offer $2 million in loans to minority- and women-owned businesses in 13 counties throughout Central Pennsylvania.

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Business leaders applauded Republican U.S. Reps. Joe Pitts and Todd Platts for pushing earmark reform after the representatives announced a moratorium on the set-asides.

State Rep. Ron Marsico (R-Dauphin County) plans to soon introduce legislation that would protect municipalities, school districts and other public entities from paying prevailing wages for construction projects that cost less than $250,000.

Unusual action by the Federal Reserve System should make it easier for consumers and businesses to get loans, local observers said today.

Accounting firm Beard Miller Company (bmc) has a new chief financial officer.

Lancaster County-based Herley Industries Inc. reported a net loss of $3.8 million for the second quarter of 2007.

A top officer of Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. has resigned.