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Briefcase: Sheetz joins Better Buildings Challenge initiative

Sheetz became the first convenience chain to join the U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge, a voluntary initiative in which participating organizations commit to reducing energy consumption by 20% over 10 years. Now just seven years into joining the program, Sheetz has achieved that goal by reducing energy consumption by 20% across its more than 830 locations. Sheetz remains the only convenience store chain participating in the challenge, which includes nearly 300 organizations across nine key market sectors and 24 Fortune 100 companies, such as Citi, Intel Corp., ...

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PITTSBURGH F.N.B. unveils 1Q numbers F.N.B. Corporation reported earnings for the first quarter of 2026 with net income of $137.0 million, or $0.38 per diluted common share. Comparatively, first quarter 2025 net income totaled $116.5 million, or $0.32 per diluted common share, and fourth quarter of 2025 net income totaled $168.7 million, or $0.47 per diluted common share. On an operating basis, there were no significant items impacting earnings for the first quarters of 2026 and 2025. By comparison, fourth quarter 2025 earnings per diluted common share on an operating basis ...

Cook steps down as Apple CEO, names his successor

Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone-fueled era of prosperity. Cook, 65, will turn the CEO duties over to Apple’s head of hardware engineering, John Ternus, on Sept. 1 while remaining involved with the Cupertino, California, company as executive chairman. That’s similar to the transitions made by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Netflix’s Reed Hastings after they ended their highly successful tenures as CEO. To allow Cook ...

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Giant sets opening dates for Bedford County stores The Giant Company, known locally as Giant and Martin’s, announced Monday its new Saxton store at 509 Main St. will open its doors on May 1, and the new Everett store at 250 West Main St. will follow two weeks later on May 15. Giant announced the acquisition of Everett Foodliner and Saxton Market in February. The stores are temporarily closed to complete minor remodels, install new signage and undertake an overall decor update. Kyler Runk, a 16-year grocery veteran, former store manager of Saxton Market, has been named store ...

Oil prices rise amid Iran war turmoil

NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed Monday following the latest rise of tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves were more modest than they were earlier in the war. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, gave back a bit of their record-breaking rally. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% from its all-time high for just its second drop in 14 days after the United States seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that it said had tried to evade its blockade of Iranian ports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 4 points, or less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. The price for a barrel ...

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French prosecutors summon Elon Musk Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct on the social media platform X. French authorities are looking into the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content. Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino have been invited for voluntary interviews. It’s unclear if they will attend. The investigation is still ongoing after a search at X’s French premises in February. French prosecutors have alerted U.S. authorities, but the Justice Department reportedly declined to assist. Reporters Without ...