David Trushel did not want to be idle after he retired from his law practice in western Pennsylvania.

New Jersey-based Ryan Beck & Co. Inc. has opened a new branch in Camp Hill.

Mid Penn Bancorp Inc. plans to buy back up to 250,000 shares of its own stock.

C.W. Smith has a new employer and a new mission — all at his old insurance brokerage.

Orrstown Financial Services Inc., parent company of Orrstown Bank, declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents per share payable Oct. 28 to shareholders of record Oct. 6. Orrstown is based in Shippensburg, Cumberland County.

The unemployment rate in Central Pennsylvania rose slightly in July.

William L. Jones III has been elected to the board of directors at The Legacy Bank.

Standard Register will present "How to Protect Your Business from Fraud", a free seminar at The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Oct. 13.

AmeriChoice Federal Credit Union expanded its service territory, adding Adams, Dauphin, Lebanon, Perry and York counties to its Cumberland County base.

August unemployment rates in all four Central Pennsylvania metropolitan areas declined compared to a year ago, according to the state Center for Workforce Information and Analysis.

A majority of business owners indicated the economic situation in their community had improved over the past 12 months and that they expected the economy to get better over the next year, according to a survey conducted by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.

An accounting firm with an office in Lancaster has acquired an accounting practice in Haddonfield, N.J., for an undisclosed price.

The price of unleaded gasoline looks to be ramping up again.