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Stock market today: Wall Street edges back from its record

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled back from their all-time high on Friday as they closed out a second straight winning week. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% a day after setting a record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 140 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.5%. Trading ...

The Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley kicks off its 2025 Speaker Series later this month with industry leader and Marietta College Trustee Joe Chlapaty. Chlapaty, an entrepreneur and retired CEO of Advanced Drainage Systems Inc., will be the featured speaker for two events, ...

United Bankshares Inc. completes acquisition of Piedmont Bancorp Inc.

CHARLESTON — United Bankshares Inc., parent company of United Bank, announced this week the completion of its acquisition of Atlanta-based Piedmont Bancorp Inc., parent company of The Piedmont Bank. “We are thrilled to have Piedmont join the United family,” said Richard M. Adams Jr., ...