Buys BG Group for $69 billion
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British gas producer BG Group for $69.7 billion in cash and stock, the compani...
WASHINGTON — A new Labor Department report Tuesday showed that job openings surged 3.4 percent to 5.1 million in February — a 14-year high. That’s a clear sign that comp...
Baseball ticket prices increase
CHICAGO — Major League Baseball’s average ticket price rose 3.3 percent this season to $28.94, the steepest increase in six years.
Team M...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds foreign people with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are requ...
PHILADELPHIA — Three Butler Eagle staff writers are among those honored in the annual the Pennsylvania Associated Press Managing Editors annual writing and photography c...
Fewest since December 2013
WASHINGTON — A weakening U.S. economy spilled into the job market in March as employers added just 126,000 jobs — the fewest since December 201...
18 new hangars are planned
PENN TWP — Construction of a $1 million hangar project at the Butler County Airport took off his week with a ceremonial dig by airport official...
STATE COLLEGE — Rex Energy has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners to jointly develop 32 wells in the company’s Butler operating are...
Have you noticed that we don’t talk about certain things anymore?
Remember when gold was the talk of the town? It was $400 to $1,900 an ounce. If you were smart, you go...
States increasing production caps for microbreweries
Four Peaks Brewing in Phoenix has grown over the last two decades from a historic red-brick microbrewery and restaura...