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Another bank branch bites the dust. Three and counting among PNC Financial 's branches in Central Pennsylvania.

Pittsburgh isn't the only region where PNC Financial Services Group Inc. is closing branches.

Strong employment numbers in April pushed aside concerns of a spring slump, according to the May National Economic Outlook produced by PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Pittsburgh's biggest bank, is closing 10 southwestern Pennsylvania branches within the next three months, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, bringing the total of local cuts so far this year to 14.

Strong trading in the banking sector boosted Wall Street on Tuesday. Five of the biggest financial institutions operating in Pittsburgh all hit 52-week highs, led by PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

PNC Bank will close 10 more branches in the region within the next 90 days as part of an effort to cut costs and focus on serving customers who increasingly are banking online and via smartphones.

Parker Poe's local office is moving next year to PNC Plaza, Raleigh's tallest building, attorneys with the firm said Tuesday.

Shares of PNC Financial Services stock reached their highest price since 2008 on Tuesday, temporarily achieving a per-share price of $70.40. PNC is the sixth-largest bank in Alabama as measured by deposit share.

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Chairman Jim Rohr continues to exercise stock options, divest them and reap the benefits.

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Mayoral candidates for the upcoming Democratic primary, Bill Peduto, left, and Jack Wagner, center, listen as fellow candidate Jake Wheatley talks Monday about financing large projects in the Downtown area during a mayoral forum at the Harris Theater.

The spotlight is once again on Wal-Mart Stores and its financial services. A recent Bloomberg article has given details on the Federal Advisory Council meeting held in December 2012, which strongly opposes Wal-Mart's prepaid card business.

KeyCorp agreed to acquire the rights to service a $110.5 billion commercial mortgage portfolio from Bank of America Corp.

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Kelso & Company has acquired PowerTeam Services . Financial terms were not announced.

A group of activist hackers kicked off an ambitious cyber operation on Tuesday that targets a slew of high-profile American targets, including major government agencies and dozens of U.S. financial-services companies.