Borders seeks liquidation OK
NEW YORK — There will be no storybook ending for Borders. The 40-year-old book seller could start shuttering its 399 remaining stores as earl...
NEW YORK — Economists increasingly see hiring picking up through the rest of 2011, even as they predict slower overall growth.
The National Association for Business Econ...
LOS ANGELES — After a weekend freeway shutdown marked by breathless warnings then sighs of relief, it’s back to the regular grind today for Southern California commuters...
Deficit talks draw closer to deadline
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders are giving tea party-backed Republican freshmen the run of the House this week with a plan to let...
Mission of organization stays the same
JEFFERSON TWP — One hundred and thirty years ago, Concordia Lutheran Ministries started as a farm that took in orphaned children.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Eight of 90 banks have flunked stress tests that project how they would fare in another recession, and 16 more barely passed, Europe’s banking regul...
WASHINGTON — Airlines would have to report the fees they charge passengers and give more useful statistics about lost or damaged luggage and mishandled wheelchairs, unde...
The Mercer Livestock Auction provided the following report on the July 12 livestock auction. Market active.
Commercial bulls, $76.50 to 97.50; commercial cows, 40. to 83...
Agency says 200,000 trees would be lost
ALLENTOWN — Federal environmental regulators are questioning the rationale of a proposed 39-mile natural gas pipeline that opponen...
WASHINGTON D.C. — John Stilley, president of Butler-based Amerikohl Mining, was among several witnesses who testified Thursday at a hearing titled “EPA’s Appalachian Ene...
