NEW YORK (AP) — Major retail chains and tech companies are offering new or updated artificial intelligence tools in time for the holiday shopping season, hoping to give consumers an easier gift-buying...

NEW YORK (AP) — Chain stores have Black Friday. Online marketplaces have Cyber Monday. For local businesses, it’s Small Business Saturday. In the last 20 years, more segments of the retail industry ha...

Created 16 years ago by American Express, Small Business Saturday is held the Saturday after Thanksgiving to generate support for locally owned stores. Across the Mon Valley, the start of the holiday ...

Metro Creative Services Small business is big business across much of North America. According to a 2024 report from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, nearly 98 percent of all busin...

CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) — Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season. Doll’s small farm west of Detroit had no cases of bird flu, despite a...

The core of Station Square — the struggling restaurant, entertainment and office complex on Pittsburgh’s South Shore — is under new ownership. Massachusetts-based WS Development announced Friday it pu...

Shopping locally not only means getting to see the same friendly faces each time you patronize a nearby business, it also means keeping money in your community. A 2018 study from American Express, the...

A senior finance executive with more than 30 years’ experience in the field of healthcare has been named chief financial officer of the Centerville Clinics network. Christopher Knight, a native of Jef...

Ghouls, goblins … and gummy bears. Trick-or-treaters may find more fruity candy than chocolate among their Halloween handouts this year. That should be fine with younger consumers, who have been gravi...

(AP) —The Federal Aviation Administration says flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted briefly due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility. The...

TYLER, Texas (AP) — Celia Monreal worries every day about the cartilage loss in her husband’s knees. Not just because it’s hard for her to see him in pain but also because she knows soon their health ...

McDonald’s owner operators throughout Pennsylvania will be raising funds for local high school athletics on Oct. 23. During the High School Sports Digital Fundraiser Day, 206 schools across the region...

Some prescriptions will be more affordable with the Cost Plus Drug’s Team Cuban Card. Billionaire Mark Cuban’s drug company has partnered with Giant Eagle pharmacies to make certain medications more a...

For the MVI A special event was recently held to debut the newly remodeled lobby at cfsbank in Charleroi. Designed to provide an improved and modernized banking experience for customers, the refreshed...

The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce took part in a ribbon-cutting celebration at Resonate, Yoga, Reiki, and Wellness Center, located at 1295 Grand Blvd., Monessen. Owner Christine Pakish offer...

The Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce took part in a ribbon-cutting celebration at the new Haitian Resource Center, 501 McKean Ave., in Charleroi. Owned by Jimmy Alexandre, the center offers bus...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you’ve noticed that you’re paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you’re not the only one. Inflation is easing slightly, but grocery prices are still high — up 21...