Giant Food Stores launched a new app on Thursday for customers of the Middlesex Township, Cumberland County-based grocer’s pharmacies.
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What is the yield curve and why it matters
Yield curve inversions are one of those moments in markets that get everyone's attention. It happens when long-term bond yields fall below short-term bond yields. That rarely occurs. Before this month, that section of the yield curve hadn't inverted since 2007, just before the Great Recession.
Read More »Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne resigns following ‘deep state’ comments
Overstock CEO Partick Byrne has resigned from the e-commerce company after making controversial comments about his role in the “deep state.”
Read More »CBD chain opens first Lehigh Valley location in Bethlehem
National chain CBD American Shaman, which aims to relieve muscle pain, reduce anxiety and stress and improve overall health, has opened its first Lehigh Valley location.
Read More »Fed was divided on rate cut, wanted to avoid appearing on path for more cuts
Federal Reserve policymakers were deeply divided over whether to cut interest rates last month but were united in wanting to signal they were not on a preset path to more cuts, a message not likely to sit well with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Read More »Amazon just opened its biggest office building — and it’s not in the United States
Amazon just opened its biggest office building in the world in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
Read More »Jury awards $8.5M in malpractice suit against St. Luke’s
Robert Kline, 52, of Germansville, was awarded $8.5 million after a jury agreed that doctors at St. Luke’s Hospital in Allentown failed to properly notify him of a mass growing in his bladder.
Read More »Trump says he’s considering payroll tax cut to boost economy
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s considering a payroll tax cut as one of several possible ways to stimulate the economy — a comment that comes just a day after the White House dismissed reports that such a move was being considered.
Read More »Man sentenced in $54M Ponzi scheme with Hellertown girlfriend
The founder of a green energy company who employed his Hellertown girlfriend in a Ponzi scheme that promised to turn “trash to cash” but actually bilked investors of $54 million has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison.
Read More »Three Mile Island announces layoffs
Dauphin County-based Three Mile Island’s final power generator is closing next month, affecting 112 Exelon Generating Company employees.
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