Stocks headed higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday, as investors focus on the prospects for an economic recovery as more businesses reopen after being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%, extending gains from a day earlier and on pace for its ...
NEW YORK — Wall Street is stumbling in Friday afternoon trading after worries about rising coronavirus infections in several U.S. states undercut an earlier rally. The selling followed word that Apple will temporarily close 11 stores in Arizona, Florida and the Carolinas as coronavirus ...
PARIS (AP) — France's highest administrative court has upheld a fine of 50 million euros ($56 million) Google was ordered to pay for not being “sufficiently clear and transparent” with Android users about their data protection options. Google was first slapped with the fine in January ...
FRANKFURT, Germany — The chief executive of German payment service provider Wirecard AG resigned on Friday after the company disclosed that auditors could not find 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in cash, adding to the accounting woes of a firm once regarded as a star of the growing ...
RICK KESSINGER/THE EXPRESS Embelishment Salon and Formal Wear Studio offered free dresses on the Main Street curb this Thursday, May 21. Above is a photo of a nearly empty rack aside from a single remaining skirt with a large sign with “Free” written on it. Evidently it was successful!
LOGANTON — Looking for some hand-crafted furniture for your backyard? Maybe a new porch swing? A decorative item? Fishers Woodworking, LLC is a small family-owned business that has been in business for more than 30 years. David Stoltzfus is the owner and operator of Fishers ...
WASHINGTON — Like many Americans cooped up during the virus outbreak, Jeff Kardesch of Austin, Texas, is spending a lot of time on social media. It isn't just idle talk with friends. Kardesch is struggling to find out when he’ll receive the unemployment benefits he needs. His business as ...
BEECH CREEK — The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been kind to local businesses, as many have been forced to either shut down or exclusively offer curbside services. Only a few weeks ago Gov. Tom Wolf announced the statewide shutdown of non-essential businesses and while there have been many ...
ALLENTOWN— The PPL Foundation has donated $500,000 to Operation HELP to support customers dealing with temporary hardships as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. “These are extraordinary times for individuals and families throughout eastern and central Pennsylvania, and this ...
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits surged last week by 70,000 to the highest level in more than two years, indicating that the effect of the coronavirus was starting to be felt in rising layoffs in the ...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has implemented its disaster declaration for Pennsylvania so small businesses and private non-profits statewide can access SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help alleviate economic injury caused by the coronavirus. The loans may be used to pay ...
WILLIAMSPORT —Woodlands Financial Services Company has announced the appointment of D.A. Davidson & Co. as agent for their stock repurchase program that was announced Feb. 27, 2020. D.A. Davidson & Co. will execute on behalf of the Company’s stock repurchase program and in ...
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Enbridge Inc. said Friday it has hired companies to design and build a disputed oil pipeline tunnel beneath the channel linking Lakes Huron and Michigan, despite pending legal challenges. The Canadian company is forging ...
ST. MARYS —The first ever rural entrepreneurship cohort offered to small businesses in the Pennsylvania Wilds kicked off on Feb. 17 when individuals representing 10 businesses came together to begin the inaugural PA Wilds PACE Program. Ten businesses were selected for the 10-week long ...
WILLIAMSPORT—Woodlands Financial Services Company (the “Company”) (OTC Pink: WDFN) has announced the initiation of a stock repurchase program under which the company may repurchase up to 10% of the company’s outstanding shares of common stock, or approximately 154,300 shares, in the ...
LOCK HAVEN — When he was just 18, Greg Lightner was driving by Domino’s Pizza in Lock Haven when he spotted a “now hiring” sign. Lightner thought to himself, “I like pizza. I like driving.” The rest, as they say, is history. Lightner took a job as a driver and worked his way ...
Safety on the roads. That’s the motivation behind a former Lycoming County man’s patent-pending invention that works to prevent the buildup of ice and snow on top of large truck trailers, box trucks and other vehicles that can cause accidents. Jim Nelson, a native of Williamsport who now ...
WILLIAMSPORT —During a recent board meeting of the Billtown Blues Association, the members shared their appreciation to the PPL Foundation for its recent sustaining grant of $7,500. The funds were used to help expand the Association’s annual Bluesfest to a three-day event and helped to ...
STATE COLLEGE — One on One, 424 W. Aaron Drive, State College, is pleased to announce it raised $49,285 through its “Give Back” initiative in 2019, and over $400,000 since its inception. “Give Back” provides One on One’s clients the opportunity to pay for certain services by ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ pay and benefits rose at a solid pace last year, but at a slower rate than in 2018, the Labor Department said Friday. Total salaries and benefits such as health insurance rose 2.7% in 2019, according to the government’s employment cost index, down from 2.9% ...