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The Resource Center Honors Longtime Staff Members

Evelyn Wright-Kegelmyer and Tanya Schmidt recently were honored with The Resource Center’s top staff honors for 2022. Wright-Kegelmyer, who has worked at TRC for 28 years, received the Joseph Trusso Jr. Employee of the Year Award. As administrative support coordinator in the human ...

Consumer Banks Weather The Storm

NEW YORK — Lindsey Johnson became president of the Consumer Bankers Association in 2022, representing the trade and lobbying organization for the nation’s big retail banks like Bank of America, Wells Fargo, US Bank, PNC and others. Before she joined CBA, she was president of the trade ...

Tupperware Seeks Money To Stay Afloat

Tupperware Brands, which experienced a resurgence during the pandemic, is now pursuing investors to keep it afloat and is in danger of being delisted by the New York Stock Exchange. Shares of Tupperware Brands Corp. tumbled nearly 50% on Monday after the company said late last week that it ...

Compass Bar And Grille To Open Soon In French Creek

A new bar and grille is set to open in the town of French Creek at the end of May. Compass Bar and Grille is owned by Elizabeth and Megan Odell-McKinley and will be located at 1789 Old Road. The planned opening day is May 26. The building has been in the area since 1977, last being used as ...

Small Business Owners Feel The Credit Crunch

NEW YORK — When Nat West, owner of cider-making company Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, decided to supplement his wholesale business by opening a taproom in a bustling neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, he thought getting financing would be a breeze. After all, he was only seeking $50,000, has ...

Why New Grads Shouldn’t Fear A Recession

In 2023 alone, there have been over 118,000 U.S. tech layoffs, according to Crunchbase News, a business publication. That’s in addition to two major bank collapses and two federal rate hikes. The class of 2023 will graduate into this economic upheaval while facing another variable: student ...