Uber Technologies Inc’s shares fell nearly 9% in their debut on Friday, marking a rocky start to one of the most high-profile U.S. initial public offerings since Facebook Inc’s seven years ago.

Innovative Control Systems, a manufacturer of car-wash products, plans to open a new headquarters at 81 Highland Ave. in Hanover Township, Northampton County.

One way for lawyers to distinguish themselves from the competition is to offer highly specialized services in one area of the law. And the niche law firm, once a rarity, is becoming more common, more in-demand and more profitable

Stocks fell on Friday, extending this week's sell-off, after President Donald Trump said there's "absolutely no need to rush" on a trade agreement with China and tariffs will make the United States "much stronger."

State regulators voted Thursday to approve a $42.3 million annual rate hike affecting water customers in four Lehigh Valley communities served by Aqua Pennsylvania, while also voting to suspend a proposed increase by another utility that would affect nearly 1,000 Bethlehem-area customers.

A commercial real estate firm plans to start construction on an industrial project in Souderton.

Amid a global helium shortage, Party City announced Thursday it will shutter 45 stores in 2019.

On Thursday, Dogfish Head announced it would merge with Sam Adams brewer Boston Beer Company in a $300 million cash-and-stock transaction, combining two of the nation’s top 15 brewers to better take on competition from Big Beer and a crowded craft beer landscape that’s put pressure on the smaller players’ sales.

U.S. and Chinese negotiators will resume their high-stakes trade negotiations in Washington on Friday, hours after a scheduled increase in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods took effect.

St. Luke's University Health Network has opened a new obstetrics and gynecology practice in the village of Fogelsville.