Q: As hard as it is to believe, I have had one of my employees take my intellectual property and use it outside of our company to make money for himself. What should I do?

Carlisle Construction Materials has opened a new research and development facility in Carlisle. Stewart & Tate Construction built the $10.1 million complex.

A nearly $2.3 million state loan has been awarded to help fund a new business park plan in Paradise Township, Lancaster County.

Sounds too good to be true, right? Over the past nine months, I have received calls from a number of my clients asking about a new investment opportunity being pitched to them. Whether it was a downtown York restaurant or an apartment complex in Baltimore, a primary draw of these investment opportunities was the potential tax savings. Many of these clients I would label “sophisticated investors,” so they are all well aware of various investment and tax-deferral strategies, such as 1031 like-kind exchanges. But permanent tax abatement? That almost seems too good to be true.

Being the top executive of your company and the front man for the brand at the same time is always a risky proposition. A CEO has to make unpopular decisions at times and his business priorities may not fit perfectly with the demands of being the face of the brand. Every statement is highly scrutinized and mistakes, big and small, can weigh heavily on public perception.

Cumberland County contractor Weidner Construction Services is relocating its headquarters to 10 Kacey Court in Upper Allen Township. The move out of the Rossmoyne Business Center will give the construction company more office space and room to grow.

Two school districts in the Lehigh Valley are challenging the tax-exempt status of two major hospital networks in an effort to force the nonprofits to pay property taxes.

Citing an increase in bank consolidation over the past five years thinning out competition, Camp Hill-based Linkbank saw an opportunity to open two branches in the region.

Longtime Harrisburg environmental lawyer Joel Burcat is authoring more than legal papers – he is becoming a bona fide novelist.

Parents with newborn babies undergoing surgery will now have the option to stay with their children overnight at UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg’s new neonatal intensive care unit.

Blanda Nace, a Republican candidate for York County Commissioner, is stepping down from the race to accept a position with York city’s Redevelopment Authority.

Uber will go public on Friday in a highly anticipated initial public offering that will be the largest since 2014 — and one of the biggest in U.S. history.

Exelon Generation, which operates the Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, announced Wednesday that the station will shut down permanently by Sept. 30, LNP reported.

UPMC Pinnacle has acquired an East Pennsboro Township cancer treatment center.

Canadian engineering giant WSP Global has acquired Leach Wallace Associates, which has an office in York Township, for an undisclosed sum.