The Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers, which has 18 locations in the state, including offices run through Lehigh University in Bethlehem and Kutztown University in Reading, is celebrating National SBDC Day by promoting its accomplishments over the last year.

Local financial and real estate industry professionals are reacting with cautious optimism to the Federal Reserve having raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percent last week.

For an individual, investing well takes time and effort. But investing as a couple has additional challenges.

The current financial planning industry has advisers juggling daily tasks such as managing client expectations, communications and investment performance while maintaining efficient back-office operations and complying with increasingly stringent government regulations.