finance

HARRISBURG (TNS) — High-income people in Pennsylvania — and especially those with annual incomes greater than $1 million — pay a significantly lower e...

(TNS) — Holiday shoppers shelled out more on gifts, restaurant meals, and decor than they did last year, according to reports from major credit card c...

DEAR RUSTY: My wife will reach her full Social Security benefit at 66.5 years of age which is just under 2 years away for her now. If she were to begi...

NEW YORK (AP) — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept gr...

The Social Security Trust Fundwill run dry by 2033. At that point, incoming payroll tax revenues will be able to pay just 79% of scheduled benefits. T...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — A bankrupt Mercer County hospital is slated to close in less than three weeks, throwing 699 employees out of work, after efforts to...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Northwest Bancshares Inc. (Northwest), the bank holding company for Northwest Bank, and Penns Woods Bancorp Inc. (Penns Woods), the m...

Federal agencies reported $161.5 billion in improper payments during fiscal year 2024, according to data released by the Office of Management and Budg...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — St. Bonaventure University MBA students Ethan Kerr and Daniel Schiffhauer tied for first place over three consecutive weeks in...

David Walkerran the Government Accountability Office for a decade, under both a Republican and Democratic president. Elected officials should take him...

HARRISBURG — More Pennsylvania retirees will soon qualify for a reduction in their vehicle registration fee under a new state law taking effect Sunday...

DEAR RUSTY: Please explain the Medicare premium increase based on income reported to Social Security. For those of us who waited to draw Social Securi...

Progressives who argue that “the rich” should pay their “fair share” of income taxes are inadvertently arguing they should get a tax cut. The IRS rece...

Adam Jack of Smethport has been admitted as a partner of Generational Wealth Management, affiliated with Northwestern Mutual, John Bongiovanni, certif...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has finally admitted how badly she underestimated the inflationary threat last year. Although President Joe Biden hims...

Pennsylvanians just elected 228 state senators and representatives. These candidates-turned-lawmakers spent the past several months doing all the chal...

Senate Banking Committee Chair Sen. Sherrod Brown has taken on all manner of powerful lobbies and industries over the courts of his career. Now, it se...

OLEAN, N.Y. — High Point Federal Credit Union is making progress on its new branch in Bradford, Pa., at 1035 E. Main St. The branch is expected to ope...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged lower as momentum came out of the torrid “Trump trade” that swept Wall Street following Donald Trump’s presidential ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are rising Monday and adding to the gains made during their best week of the year. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% in afterno...