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College partners with Sodick for new instructional equipment

A partnership with Sodick, a global EDM manufacturing leader, is supporting Pennsylvania College of Technology’s acquisition of innovative electrical discharge machines for instructional purposes. Through the collaboration, Sodick, a Japanese company with North American headquarters in ...

Business travel future unclear as coronavirus upends work life

Brandon Contreras represents the worst fears of the lucrative business travel industry. A partner account executive at a U.S. tech firm, Contreras was used to traveling frequently for his company. But nine months into the pandemic, he and thousands of others are working from home and dialing ...

Local United Way is sub-recipient of Grant from Land O’ Lakes Foundation

United Way of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that the Lycoming County United Way has been awarded a $1,500 sub-grant, from a Land O’ Lakes Foundation grant to United Way of Pennsylvania. The Land O’ Lakes Mid-Atlantic Grants Program works to support valuable projects and charitable endeavors in local communities, that improve quality of life. Land O’ Lakes awarded this funding on behalf of their East Coast Hunger Initiative, specifically supporting the hunger and food needs of local United Way communities. In order to support their feeding outreach program, the Lycoming ...

For business owners with COVID, virus is just one struggle

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK — When Chris Hyland caught the coronavirus, his ordeal went beyond being sick and exhausted — he couldn’t help his business partners manage the virus’s impact on their company just as the outbreak was sweeping across the world. Hyland and his wife and children became ill in early March. Customers were cutting back orders at his employee management software business, The Happiness Index. Revenue was plunging and the London-based company was forced to furlough 12 of 20 staffers. Hyland tried to handle the crisis while also ...

Kallective Wellness offers first aid, CPR training

Abdul-Malik Walker and Anthony Kidd Jr. had been friends since they were in middle school, so when they found there was a void in the community for CPR and first aid training, they decided to combine their years of experience and open Kallective Wellness in the Pajama Factory, 1307 Park Ave., ...

Fair housing groups: Redfin ‘redlines’ minority communities

SEATTLE (AP) — Several fair housing organizations accused Redfin of systematic racial discrimination in a lawsuit Thursday, saying the online real estate broker offers fewer services to homebuyers and sellers in minority communities — a type of digital redlining that has depressed home ...