[naviga:h3]Mars bank team golf champion[/naviga:h3]

The Mars National Bank team won the Butler County Tourism & Convention Bureau’s fourth annual Butler County Bankers Golf Challenge on Sept. 1 at the Butler Country Club.

The proceeds of the event went to the winning team’s charity of choice, the Community Health Clinic of Butler County. During the past four years the challenge has raised more than $16,000 for Butler County charities, according to the bureau.

[naviga:h3]Eclectic Emporium opens at Clearview[/naviga:h3]

The T.J. Haaland & Co. opened its Eclectic Emporium store this month in Butler’s Clearview Mall.

The business was moved from Hermitage by co-owners Jay French and Terry Haaland, who started the business together after they spent time selling antiques in Milroy, Mifflin County.

In addition to antiques the store will also sell records, jewelry, books and furniture.

“It’s a hard store to describe,” he said. “We don’t sell anything that’s new.”

French said part of the business’ agreement with the mall promises it space to expand in January, but before that it will show off its traditional Christmas window displays.

“Our goal is to integrate firmly in the Butler community and provide merchandise that nobody else provides,” French said.

[naviga:h3]Visa sees 4Q profits rise[/naviga:h3]

NEW YORK — Visa’s fiscal fourth-quarter profits rose 11 percent, the company said, as it continued to benefit from the purchase and integration of Visa Europe, as well as an increase of more customers spending on Visa’s payment network.

The San Francisco-based company said it earned $2.14 billion, or 90 cents per share, compared with $1.93 billion, or 79 cents per share, in the same period a year ago. The results beat analysts’ forecasts

From staff and wire reports