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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 26,000 last week to 319,000, the latest sign that the job market is slowl...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher Thursday as investors assessed the latest batch of company earnings reports. There was also encouraging news on hi...

HARRISBURG — Keystone Powdered Metal in St. Marys has earned a state Department of Labor and Industry and Pennsylvania Workforce Development Associati...

JOHNSONBURG — The Area Transportation Authority of North Central Pennsylvania board of directors will hold its annual board meeting at 10:30 a.m. May ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Are you a "Turketarian"? Trying to get the word out that Butterball makes more than just the big bird on Thanksgiving Day, Butterball ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Nancy Strumwasser, a high school teacher from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, always thought she'd have two children. But the layoffs that...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is improving but noted that the job market remains "far from...

NEW YORK (AP) — Soothing words from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen helped pull the stock market out of a morning slump Wednesday. But Internet com...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. productivity fell in the first quarter while labor costs rose, reflecting the economic slowdown caused at the start of the year...

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is rising in early trading as Disney and other big companies post stronger earnings. Investors are also waiting to he...

PITTSBURGH — Bradford motorists are paying an average of $3.793 a gallon for unleaded, self-serve gasoline this week, according to the American Automo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top executives at major United States companies are reconsidering or withdrawing their participation in a Russian international econ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen media organizations challenged the government's ban on the use of drones by journalists Tuesday, saying the Federa...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has a book deal. Bernanke's agreement is with publisher W.W. Norton & ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After watching China narrow the U.S. lead as the world's largest economy, Americans might be tempted to cheer signs that the Chinese...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Germany's Bayer plans to buy U.S.-based Merck & Co.'s consumer health business, creating a combined medicine cabinet of household...

NEW YORK (AP) — Add hackers to the long list of things that give CEOs insomnia. Target's chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, is the first boss of a maj...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell broadly on Tuesday as investors found little to cheer in corporate earnings reports. A plunge in Twitter led Internet...

WARREN —J.D. Power and Associates has ranked Northwest Savings Bank as highest in customer satisfaction in the Mid-Atlantic Region, according to the f...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett remains confident in the long-term future of his company, and on Monday he again defended the quiet way he handled h...