Children's Books Globe and Mail | CANADA IN COLOURS | By Per-Henrik Gürth, Kids Can, 24 pages, $14.95, ages 2 to 4 | Per-Henrik Gürth's skills as a graphic designer are on display here in a sequence of vibrant illustrations in which the defining element of a black pen is used to good effect. Canada and colours go hand in hand in d...
Children's Books Globe and Mail | CANADA IN COLOURS | By Per-Henrik Gürth, Kids Can, 24 pages, $14.95, ages 2 to 4 | Per-Henrik Gürth's skills as a graphic designer are on display here in a sequence of vibrant illustrations in which the defining element of a black pen is used to go...
New business declines in Ohio The Columbus Dispatch Wanted: More John McConnells, Dave Thomases and Jerome Schottensteins. | And fast. | Ohio ranked 47th in the U.S. in entrepreneurial activity in 2007, according to a recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The nonprofit organization bas...
Pa. state budget passes both houses of Legislature The Examiner HARRISBURG, Pa. (Map, News) - Pennsylvania lawmakers on Friday passed a 2008-09 state budget - and a flurry of other legislation - four days into state government's new fiscal year. | The deal was wrapped up early enough for some lawmakers to make it...
Governor signs new Pa. state budget into law The Examiner HARRISBURG, Pa. (Map, News) - A state budget that boosts education spending and borrows for energy, infrastructure and economic development projects easily passed the state Legislature on Friday and was signed into law by a visibly pleased Gov. Ed Re...
Tourists, Shore business owners facing an unsettled summer Philadelphia Daily News | By Dan Lieberman and Ákos Beöthy | Inquirer Staff Writers The Hilton Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City is giving away $2,500 gas cards to 50 table and slots players this month. The Angel of the Sea bed and breakfast in Cape May is offering an "econom...
Financial troubles push HPA to put hospitals on market Houston Chronicle TOOLS RESOURCES | Historic St. Joseph hospital in downtown is on the block again. | Hospital Partners of America, the Charlotte, N.C.-based company that bought the facility from Christus Health Gulf Coast less than two years ago, has retained Merrill...
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Hershey Co. losing money while preserving its trust Philadelphia Daily News | Hershey may or may not be the Sweetest Place on Earth. | It is a candidate for the most socialist place in Pennsylvania, where politicians labor loyally to preserve the union bet...
Verizon Communications Inc. speeds up FiOS Internet Syracuse | NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Communications Inc. is boosting the speed of its FiOS fiber-optic Internet service in 10 states. | The FiOS service areas of California, Delaware, Indiana...
Intel faces US antitrust probe The Australian | INTEL Corporation's sales practices, already under assault by regulators in Europe and Asia, face a formal investigation by US antitrust enforcers, a move that could benefit its ...
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals-Progenics drug Relistor OK'd in Europe Business Journal > Canada OKs Wyeth, Progenics drug Relistor [Philadelphia] Wyeth division, partner progressing with post-surgery drug [Philadelphia] FDA fast tracks post-op drug [Philadelphia] | Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. received marke...
Crude rises, gas stabilizes, for now Business Journal > AAA projects July 4th travel dropping slightly [Baltimore] Travel to taper off this Fourth of July [Philadelphia] AAA says Fourth of July travel will fall [Philadelphia] | Gas prices in Delaware, New Jersey and the five-county Philadelphia area hel...
Shire to buy Jerini of Germany for $518M Business Journal > Noven: Some Daytrana patches recalled [South Florida] Shire recalls some Daytrana patches [Philadelphia] | Shire Ltd. entered into a deal Thursday to buy Jerini AG, a German biotechnology company, for $518 million. | The deal will add Jerini's expe...
Rohm and Haas says Ky. chemical release under control Business Journal > Rohm and Haas says chemical release is under control [Louisville] Vescom America hopes to find gold in silver coating [Raleigh/Durham] Getting excited about science [Philadelphia] | Rohm and Haas said Friday that a chemical leak from a rail car at ...
HSBC in national corporate banking push Buffalo News | Small and mid-sized Buffalo-area businesses are already quite familiar with HSBC Bank USA as a lender with international reach. Now businesses throughout the country are learning that as well. | HSBC is in a push to grow its lending to middle-market businesses nationwide, pushing out from its core New York state market into the Midwest and West C...