The Lehigh Valley is once again one of the top regions in both the Northeast and the nation when it comes to economic development activity. Site Selection magazine has put out its annual rankings of regions based on the number of economic development projects completed, under construction or announced.

Health insurer Capital Blue Cross, which has offices in the Lehigh Valley, said it has extended its preferred partnership with the Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare through 2024.

Easton Public Market is getting a new butcher shop starting next month. Saylors & Co. of Hellertown will be opening a second business location there Aug. 5.

Moravian launched its online Master of Science in Predictive Analytics program in January of last year. It was the first online graduate business program offered by the college.

Those in the financial industry say the slowed economy, hoarding and a COVID-19 pandemic related reduction in production at the U.S. Mint have all led to the shortage in coins.

The redevelopment of the old Crane Iron Works site in Catasauqua is one of 27 projects that will be receiving part of $30.2 million in funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Multimodal Transportation Fund.

For Steve Thompson, vice president of finance at Delane Consulting & Talent Management in Bethlehem, continuous learning is a way of life.

Musikfest may be mostly virtual this year, but festival fans will still be able to shop for the handmade and artisan craft items that the Bethlehem arts and music festival is so well known for.

To be sure a number of valuable Easton businesses are now closed for good or moved out of the downtown, but it’s not all bad news.

Colliers International, a global commercial real estate firm headquartered in Toronto, said it has completed the acquisition of Maser Consulting PA of Red Bank, New Jersey.