About 100 bankers will amass in Harrisburg on Monday to share their legislative hopes with state lawmakers.
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Finance
Q1 results start rolling in for midstate banks
Banks had long been positioning themselves for the Fed to increase interest rates. Now, as rates inch up, some are starting to reap the rewards of that preparation, as well as of an overall improving economy.
Read More »Are there too many banks in Lancaster?
When a rapid-fire series of mergers knocked National Penn, Susquehanna and Metro banks out of existence in late 2015 and early 2016, many bankers eagerly rushed to fill what they perceived as a community banking void in Central Pennsylvania.
Read More »Riverview Financial to merge with Clearfield bank
Riverview Financial Corp. is combining forces with Clearfield County-based CBT Financial Corp. in a move being billed as a merger of equals.
Read More »At least nine InterContinental hotels in the midstate breached by malware
Global hotel chain InterContinental Hotels Group has said about 1,200 of its franchised properties in the United States, including at least nine in the midstate, were breached by credit-card stealing malware at the end of last year.
Read More »Wind, hail dent Donegal Q1 earnings
A series of severe storms knocked down Donegal Group Inc.'s earnings by nearly 57 percent in the first three months of 2017, the company announced Wednesday.
Read More »House OKs $15M for ‘wounded’ Pa. unemployment centers
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives gave its blessing Tuesday to a bill that would extend $15 million to the state's beleaguered unemployment compensation system.
Read More »Pa. Treasury not alone in ditching active money managers
When Pennsylvania's Treasury Department announced last week that it was taking about $1 billion out of the hands of active money managers, it joined a growing flood of investors embracing passive investment strategies.
Read More »Former Middlesex Diner co-owner charged for tax evasion
A Carlisle man allegedly dodged three years' worth of employment taxes by failing to report a portion of wages paid to employees at a diner he owned in Cumberland County.
Read More »Women hold most Pa. health care jobs, very few construction
If you go to the doctor in Pennsylvania, there's a very good chance a woman will provide some part of your care.
Read More »Guest view: Intended as a supplement, 401(k)s are now main ingredient
Over the past few decades, the type of retirement plan offered by employers has changed significantly.
Read More »York insurance broker rides merger wave
Judd Lando has seen more mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry in the last five years than he did in the five years before that.
Read More »Municipal pension reforms resurface
Pennsylvania has an ongoing pension problem, but it's not just the commonwealth's two giant retirement systems for state government workers and school district employees that have large unfunded liabilities and are in need of relief.
Read More »York, Fulton launch effort to help city homebuyers
York leaders are teaming up with Fulton Bank to make it easier for the city's 300-plus employees to buy homes in the White Rose city.
Read More »Mid Penn Bank plans Halifax branch
Mid Penn Bank hopes to open a new branch in Halifax Township in northern Dauphin County.
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