The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority approved two loans to two Berks County businesses totaling $1.45 million.

A Northampton County middle school won first place in a statewide student video contest spotlighting local manufacturers, followed by a Berks County middle school that took the second spot.

Thomas F. Flynn, president of Alvernia University in Reading, will step down in June 2019, officials announced.

The relocated VF Outlet store will open to much fanfare this Friday in the former Designers Place building, marking the first phase of the $70 million Knitting Mills under development in West Reading and Wyomissing.

Godiva Chocolatier in Exeter Township and Nazareth Pallet Company in Northampton are among the companies getting assistance with Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania's latest round of regional investments.

Reading-based Rentokil Steritech, one of the country’s largest pest control companies, added two more companies to its growing portfolio, part of the extermination giant’s continued expansion in the United States.

The struggling Fairgrounds Square Mall in Muhlenberg Township will be demolished, the result of changing shopping habits as more consumers turn to buy goods online.

Berks County-based Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. will buy six Tropicana Entertainment casinos for $1.2 billion, the company announced.

Kinsley Construction Inc. of Wyomissing will build a student activity center for Immaculata University in Immaculata, Chester County.

A local commercial real estate firm is collaborating with a development company from North Carolina to develop a 209-acre Class-A industrial campus in Berks County, with construction starting today on the first building.