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GROVE CITY — GE Transportation, which has a plant in Grove City, had a $1.13 billion profit in 2014. It also had a $316 million profit in the fourth quarter.

The total profit was down 3 percent from 2013, when the profit was $1.16 billion. However, the fourth quarter profit was up 13 percent from the fourth quarter of 2013, when the profit was $280,000 million.

The company reported $5.65 billion in revenue for 2014. The numbers came from General Electric's quarter earnings report, released Friday.

The report said there were 1,355 orders for the company's Tier 4 locomotives during the fourth quarter of 2014. The engines for those locomotives are made in Grove City.

The Element Cafe, 232 S. Main Street, will close Friday.Management with the restaurant said in a Facebook post that the cafe's lease expires at the end of the month.The restaurant's parent company, JPC Event Group of New Castle, will continue to offer catering and event services.

HARRISBURG — Federal officials say more than 140,000 Pennsylvanians have enrolled for the first time in plans sold through the health insurance marketplace for 2015.Tuesday's report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gave statistics for the first two months of open enrollment, through Jan. 16.About 278,000 others re-enrolled after purchasing a plan during the 2014 enrollment period. Including people who signed up for the first time, four in five were eligible for federal tax credits to help them pay for the coverage.The numbers don't include automatic re-enrollment by any of the 317,000 Pennsylvanians who signed up in the 2014 enrollment period. However, federal officials haven't said how many of those who signed up for 2014 remain insured.The enrollment period lasts through Feb. 15.

FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines is logging record profits and rewarding shareholders just one year removed from bankruptcy court and a big merger.The airline is getting a huge lift from cheaper fuel — savings could top $5 billion this year — and travel demand that shows no sign of weakening. CEO Doug Parker says 2015 is shaping up as another strong year.But amid a broader market sell-off, American's shares fell 5 percent — more than other major U.S. carriers — after the company said that a key revenue figure would decline in the first quarter. American said revenue for each seat flown one mile would be 2 percent to 4 percent lower than a year ago partly because competition is leading to lower fares on about 50 routes.Much of the new competition is coming from low-cost carriers who are adding flights from cities including Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington and Dallas.

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