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For now, carbon capture success hinges on subsidies

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania legislators see the future of reducing carbon emissions through capture and sequestration technology. The idea is to store future emissions to prevent their release into the atmosphere. However, the economic potential of doing so isn’t clearly ...

Atlanta financial firm partners with Williamsport’s Planned Futures LLC

Merit Financial Advisors, a Georgia-based financial advisory firm specializing in financial planning and wealth management for high-net-worth individuals and families and those navigating life transitions, recently announced it has partnered with Planned Futures LLC. According to a news release, Planned Futures, based in Williamsport, will expand Merit’s presence in the region and increase assets by about $460 million. Planned Futures provides investment management and retirement planning strategies for state troopers and other clients. The firm is led by James Arnold and John Keene ...

Dozens of jobs coming to Milton, Lewisburg

The Patton Logistics Group has added three new facilities in the past month to its portfolio in Lewisburg, Milton and Hazleton. According to a news release, Patton now operates 28 separate warehouses employing over 300 people in the Patton Warehousing and Logistics division of their company ...

Lewisburg firm names chief innovation and technology officer

HRG has chosen Michael Smetana for a newly created position as chief innovation and technology officer. According to a news release, he will be responsible for developing new technology service offerings for the firm’s clients related to infrastructure planning, design, and management. Smetana has 21 years of experience helping consultants and their clients use information technology to optimize operations and support growth strategies. He has deployed artificial intelligence and automation technologies to reduce costs and increase efficiency, implemented data analytics to ...

Employers add 339,000 jobs in May

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool. Friday’s report from the government showed that the unemployment ...

Financial literacy enters classrooms

Ligonier Valley financial literacy teacher Martin Hickey often hears from students about how his classes have impacted their lives, but one response from a former pupil sticks with him. “One of the kids I had in my class, I happened to see him in the street … and he goes, ‘Thank you ...