Despite low unemployment levels, local businesses showed a considerable drop in enthusiasm about the economy in a recent survey.

With the start of summer travel season around the bend, Lehigh Valley International Airport reported a nearly 30 percent increase in passenger traffic in April compared to the same month last year.

Disabled workers are often overlooked for jobs, but sources say they can make some of the best employees.

Julabo USA, a manufacturer of temperature-control products with U.S. headquarters in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, is planning to begin using an augmented-reality tool this summer in a partnership with Atheer, a company in Santa Clara, California. The tool combines AR smart glasses with Atheer’s software platform. Together, they will allow Julabo’s service technicians to remotely ...

Ford Motor Co. plans to eliminate about 7,000 salaried jobs — about 10% of its global white-collar workforce — as pressures mount on automakers to keep pace with massive technological shifts amid signs global car demand has peaked. Eliminating the positions will save Ford about $600 million a year, Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett wrote ...

WASHINGTON  – President Donald Trump is insisting he didn’t borrow from many banks because he “didn’t need the money,” not because they wouldn’t do business with him. Trump’s tweets Monday appear to be in response to New York Times reporting that Deutsche Bank anti-money laundering specialists recommended that multiple transactions associated with Trump and his ...

A day after Martin Tower was imploded, Bethlehem Police Chief Mark DiLuzio warned the site “is not a playground for souvenir hunters.” The tangled remnants of what was once Bethlehem Steel’s world headquarters is behind a chained-linked fence on private property where there is an active construction site. Those who do could be injured or ...