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Chinese auto companies race on EV technologies

HONG KONG — Chinese electric vehicles’ ultrafast charging is only getting faster. On Wednesday, Geely Auto unveiled technology that can charge an electric vehicle battery from 10% to 70% in just 4.5 minutes, a leap analysts called a significant development for the Chinese auto ...

CD rates — Sept. 26-27

Time Int. Yield Altoona First 3M 0.15 0.15 6M 0.10 0.10 7M 3.38 3.40 12M 0.15 0.15 13M 3.55 3.55 18M 0.20 0.20 24M 0.40 0.40 25M 3.70 3.70 30M 0.40 0.40 33M 2.50 2.50 36M 0.45 0.45 48M 0.45 0.45 60M 2.75 2.75 814-943-5411 Hometown Bank 6M 3.72 3.72 12M 0.25 0.25 13M 3.93 4.00 24M 0.35 0.35 25M 3.11 3.15 36M 3.00 3.04 48M 0.50 0.50 60M 0.60 0.60 61M 1.80 1.81 814-623-6093 Huntingdon Savings ...

Reprieve from rising oil prices helps stocks end week higher

NEW YORK — A cooldown in oil prices on Friday helped release some of the pressure that’s built up on Wall Street, and U.S. stocks closed out their first winning week in the last three. The S&P 500 added 0.5% to break a three-day losing streak marked by big swings due to rising yields in the bond market. Despite the week’s uneasiness, the main measure of the U.S. stock market’s health pulled back within 0.7% of its all-time high set last month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 478 points, or 0.9%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.5%. Stocks got a boost after the ...

Texas KFC opens to test ideas for reclaiming chicken crown

KFC has been taking a licking from fried chicken rivals like Raising Cane’s, but the global fast-food chain has a plan to return to the top of the U.S. pecking order. The Kentucky-born brand opened a new restaurant in McKinney, Texas, on Thursday to serve as a test lab in its home market. ...

Briefcase: Holtzinger to speak at UPJ

STATE COLLEGE State College author, educator and entrepreneur Liz Holtzinger has been selected to speak at TEDx Pitt-Johnstown at 3 p.m. Oct. 3 at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center. The youth-focused TEDx event will bring together speakers around the theme, “Not Born a Leader: How Ordinary People Become Change-Makers.” Holtzinger’s talk, “Start with Who,” will challenge the idea that leadership begins with what people accomplish or the titles they hold. Instead, she will explore how the stories people accumulate about themselves ...

Ticker: Shaky day for oil prices on Wall Street

Stocks ended a shaky day of trading on Wall Street roughly where they began following a couple sudden reversals. The S&P 500 finished Thursday nearly flat and edged down by less than 0.1% following several turns between losses and gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite added less than 0.1%. Stocks have slowed their rally since the S&P 500 climbed to the brink of its all-time high earlier this week as pressure from the bond market has cranked higher. Trump says little about tensions for US, China Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met on ...