Starting a new micro-brewery in the current competitive market would be a challenge for anyone, but throw in a global pandemic and there’s a whole host of obstacles to overcome. Those challenges aren’t dissuading Matt Andersen from his longtime dream of launching his own beer.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped 2.3 percentage points to 8.1% in September as the state tries to recover from the COVID-19 shutdown.

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“As of mid-August … the pace and duration of the recovery remains largely uncertain,” said Ryotaro Tashiro, regional economic adviser at The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

Harrisburg-based Reynolds Restoration Services was recently purchased by its president and founder Anthony Worrall, a Hummelstown resident who said he’s focused on growing the company’s client network in the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets.

An Allentown-based real estate company has filed suit against York-based United Fiber & Data claiming breaches in multiple contracts.  

Mack Trucks said it has been awarded a contract with a cooperative purchasing agency for public and government agencies.

As founder and managing partner at Factory LLC in Bethlehem, Richard Thompson leads an investment company that, in addition to capital, provides strategic guidance to food, beverage and pet entrepreneurs in areas like marketing, supply chain, new product development and sales.

The increase in Pennsylvania COVID-19 cases over the past week are the first signs the virus is surging into the fall, according to state Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine.

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