Technology

There is a lot of discussion about a so-called economic slowdown. Suddenly, everyone is saying growth during the second half of the year could be quite sluggish. My response is: What you see is what you should have expected all along. That is, the economy is doing as well as could be expected, given the headwinds it faces.

During the past 60 years, we have been witness to many complex socio-cultural, economic, political and technological milestones and challenges. Extraordinary entrepreneurial innovation and increasingly frequent technological advances in the U.S. and around the globe have changed the way we think, plan, act and function.

Although the recession is slowing the rate at which people retire, midstate experts said there are several things employers can do to help blunt the blow when the baby boomers start hanging up their hats.

The word “pain” and the degree to which it’s being felt and by whom is the subject of the latest debate between Dauphin County and the city of Harrisburg.

In July, the world’s most popular social media site, Facebook, crossed the 500 million-user mark.

Harrisburg is like a kid who bought a house, had his parents co-sign for the mortgage and then stopped making payments because it became inconvenient, said Jay Wenger, financial adviser to Dauphin County.

Chatter, Salesforce.com’s social-networking tool for the workplace, will be available for mobile Apple and BlackBerry devices by year’s end.

New York City developer Jacob A. Frydman this afternoon said that he still wants to lease Harrisburg’s parking system for $215 million and could transfer the money to city coffers before Dec. 1, when $35 million in debt payments are due.

The commonwealth awarded $780,000 in matching grants to the South Central Workforce Investment Board, Gov. Ed Rendell’s office today said.