WASHINGTON — Fitch Ratings said Tuesday that it would keep its rating on long-term U.S. debt at the highest grade, AAA, and said the outlook remained stable. But it warn...
Tobacco giants upset by labels
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tobacco companies want a judge to put a stop to new graphic cigarette labels that include the sewn-up corpse of a smoker a...
CRANBERRY TWP —The Westinghouse Electric Co. announced Monday that its NuCrane Manufacturing facility in Hutchinson, Minn., is shipping the first AP1000 polar crane to C...
Mixed month for defaults
BOSTON — The nation’s top credit card companies on Monday reported mixed progress in reducing the rate at which customers default on their accoun...
Here is the 125 years of history of the Butler County Family YMCA as compiled by the YMCA.
• Early 1870s — A.C. Taggart, state secretary of Pennsylvania, decided that, d...
Fares were raised when tax expired
DALLAS — Airline travelers are finally catching a break. Even though the government is taxing tickets again, the total cost to consumer...
Mysterious notebook fuels gas drilling feud in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A memo that appears to coach buyers of oil and gas drilling leases to use deceptive tactics on unsusp...
CENTER TWP — The Raven Rock Workwear store at the Clearview Mall is helping Butler Catholic Charities with boots.
The company has a national effort for customers to trad...
WASHINGTON — The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service is considering cutting as many as 120,000 jobs.
Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion, the agency ...
Competition leads to move
CRANBERRY TWP — Kuhn’s Quality Market in the Cranberry Mall will close in early September, according to company officials.
“It’s becoming an ove...
