IN BRIEF
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania casinos reported that table games saw a drop of about 3.6 percent in September compared to a year ago, adding to the woes of casino owners after slot machine revenues also saw a decline.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said the 12 casinos brought in $57.1 million from table games last month. That generated $7.4 million in taxes.
Including slot machines, the casinos brought in $245 million, or more than 5.7 percent below the $260 million they collected in September 2012.
The casinos with the largest table game revenue were Sands in Bethlehem with $14.7 million and Parx in Bensalem with $9.9 million. The Rivers in Pittsburgh brought in $5.5 million.
GM raising prices on pickup trucksDETROIT — General Motors is adding a twist to the fight for supremacy in the red-hot U.S. pickup truck market: It’s raising prices.GM is adding almost $2,100 to the sticker price of the base 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. That’s 8.5 percent above the price when the truck hit showrooms in the spring. Other versions of the Silverado, as well as the GMC Sierra, will see similar increases.Raising prices sounds like an odd way to boost sales. But industry analysts expect GM to raise incentives next month so dealers can advertise big discounts.
JPMorgan pays $100M penaltyWASHINGTON — JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay a $100 million penalty and admitted that its traders acted “recklessly” during a series of London trades that ultimately cost the bank $6 billion.The settlement announced Wednesday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission comes less than a month after JPMorgan agreed to pay $920 million and admit fault in a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators. The trading losses that surfaced in 2012 shook the financial world and hurt JPMorgan’s reputation.
