Liberty Property Trust to repurchase $250M stock

      The board of trustees of Liberty Property Trust, headquartered in Malvern with Lehigh Valley offices in Bethlehem, has authorized the repurchasing of up to $250 million of outstanding common shares through Aug. 6, 2017. Liberty is a major player...

Acquisition of Susquehanna Bank is complete

BB&T Corp. of Winston-Salem, N.C., completed its acquisition of Lititz-based Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. The acquisition was effective Aug. 1. Susquehanna, which has about a dozen branches in the Greater Lehigh Valley, is now operating as a division of Branch...