Finance

Mediation forces Ernst & Young to offer free online CPA course

Ernst & Young will hold a free online education course
for certified public accountants following mediation with the Pennsylvania Department
of State's legal office.

Wenger named Fulton president

Fulton Financial Corp. promoted E. Philip Wenger to president
and chief operating officer Dec. 16.

Mid Penn announces charges of about $1.2 million

Millersburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp Inc. today announced it
would take two charges totaling about $1.2 million in its fourth-quarter
earnings.

Eastern Life & Health Insurance Co. debuting vision benefits

Lancaster-based Eastern Life & Health Insurance Co.
will add vision benefits to its portfolio beginning in February.

Commerce Bank Park to get a makeover

The Harrisburg Senators' Commerce
Bank Park
on City Island is going to get a long-awaited
$45 million makeover, Mayor Stephen R. Reed this afternoon announced.

Belco looks to the future, but banks say court battle not over

The leader of Belco Community Credit Union said his institution
can finally move forward after a favorable Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision,
but the Pennsylvania Bankers Association said the struggle is not over.

Road to Recovery: How to survive tough times: Look for opportunities, don’t panic

Bobby Rahal Automotive Group recently laid off its three
least-productive salespeople, cut its advertising spending and decided to
consolidate a car lot.

Marked bills

Pennsylvania senators and representatives brought home hundred of
millions of dollars in earmarks in the last federal fiscal year,
according to Citizens Against Government Waste. The Washington, D.C.,
nonprofit is critical of earmarking.

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Don't pardon Dick Cheney for spreading the Big Lie: 'Deficits don't matter'

Among the biggest cultural disorders afflicting America are
the destructive notions that personal debt, habitual government
borrowing and chronic trade deficits don't matter.

Hogwash!

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LG introduces watch phone with 3G

Sadly, this is only for Korea and Europe, but this was so
James Bond (and who doesn't love the technology in Bond movies), that I
had to pass it along.

It's a watch phone. That's right. A watch that is a phone.

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Department of Treasury buys $10M in Mid Penn Bank stock

The U.S. Department of Treasury is investing $10 million in
Millersburg's Mid Penn Bancorp Inc. through the department's Capital
Purchase Program.

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Are Pa.'s politicians the naughtiest?

In the wake of
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's arrest for "a public corruption crime
spree," newspapers across the nation wondered which state had the most
political corruption.

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