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Hybrid SUVs costly, practical

SUVs deliver many attributes that car shoppers love in a vehicle. Thanks to their elevated height, they provide a commanding view of the road. They also deliver lots of passenger space, roomy cargo holds, and often have strong safety ratings. Less appealing are higher fuel bills and the expense of buying an SUV that’s showroom-fresh. The experts at Edmunds have found five solutions on the used market to keep costs in line. Choosing a used hybrid SUV saves money at the point of purchase, and the hybrid engine helps lower the cost of refueling for many miles down the road. Using a ...

Visa-Mastercard settlement may affect your rewards

NEW YORK — Visa and Mastercard have proposed a settlement in their long-running legal dispute with merchants and retailers over how much they charge merchants to accept their cards. The most important part of the settlement could directly impact how customers use their Visa- and ...

Wall Street scrambles back after big loss starts the day

NEW YORK — An early swoon shook the U.S. stock market on Friday, as Nvidia, bitcoin, gold and other high flyers swung on an increasingly antsy Wall Street, but it quickly calmed. After starting the day with a sharp drop of 1.3%, the S&P 500 erased all of it and then meandered up and down before finishing with a slight dip of 0.1%. The Nasdaq composite flipped to a gain of 0.1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average trimmed its loss to 309 points, or 0.7%, after earlier being down nearly 600. AI stocks were again at the center of the action, a day after dragging Wall Street to ...

F.N.B. announces dividend

PITTSBURGH F.N.B. announces dividend The board of directors of F.N.B. Corp. declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable on Dec. 15 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Dec. 1. The company has total assets of $50 billion and approximately 350 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. HUNTINGDON MBG implements digital pay One Inc., the leading digital payments network for the insurance industry, announced that the ...

Briefcase: Business news of local interest

LORETTO SFU sets business webinar Saint Francis University Small Business Development Center and Somerset Trust Company have scheduled a free pre-business planning webinar for 4 p.m. Dec. 3. This free, online seminar is for people who are interested in opening and operating their own business.     Topics to be discussed are feasibility issues, marketing, recordkeeping, business plans, legal issues, regulations, taxes and financing. Pre-registration is required. If interested, please contact the SBDC at 814-472-3200 or register online at ...

Colonial Courtyard earns Integracare award

TYRONE Colonial Courtyard earns Integracare award Colonial Courtyard at Tyrone earned IntegraCare’s Silver Level Award for its prompt handling of residents’ call bell requests during the third quarter of 2025. When a resident needs assistance, whether it’s for routine help or an emergency, they can push a pendant they carry on them. During the quarter, Colonial Courtyard at Tyrone’s team responded in person to each call in an average of 2 minutes, 36 seconds to attain Silver Level status for a fifth consecutive quarter. Colonial Courtyard at Tyrone achieved an impressive ...