Recently added articles from Central Penn Business Journal:
- Veterans: free car wash
- Nov 09, 2007; Bair, Jessica ... Cloister Wash & Lube will offer a free car wash for veterans Nov. 11. Veterans may visit any of Cloister's four facilities between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. to receive the wash. Documented proof of a persons status as a veteran is not necessary. Cloister has locations in Ephrata, Lancaster ...
- Banks donate $330K
- Nov 09, 2007; Ryan, Jim T ... Susquehanna Bank and CommunityBanks have donated a total of $330,000 to 30 educational and youth organizations in Dauphin, York and Lancaster counties. The two banks, which are scheduled to merge Nov. 16, donated the money as part of Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit ...
- Auntie Anne's abroad
- Nov 09, 2007; Olenchek, Christina ... Auntie Anne's Inc. has expanded its international pretzel empire into Honduras and Greece. Franchisee PD Pretzel Central America S.A. opened the first Auntie Anne's location in Honduras Oct. 5. The group agreed to open six stores within five years. Another company, Wrap Factory ...
- Ship gets high marks
- Nov 09, 2007; Ryan, Jim T ... For the second year in a row, Shippensburg University's Grove College of Business was included in The Princeton Review's "Best 290 Business Schools," according to the Cumberland County college. The New York-based Princeton Review uses student interviews and school statistics to determine ...
- Gaughen to go Zillow
- Nov 09, 2007; Veronikis, Eric ... Jack Gaughen Realtor ERA at the end of November will post all of its properties on real estate Web site www.zillow.com. The Camp Hill-based company will list about 80,000 properties on the site daily, said Rachele Kellagher, ...
- Eat, drink and be merry
- Nov 09, 2007; Bair, Jessica ... Plates and cups will overflow at the third annual Pennsylvania Food & Beverage Show. The event will take place Nov. 17-18 at the Toyota Arena at the York Expo Center in York County. The show will feature food and beverage samples, shopping, live entertainment, cooking demonstrations ...
- Drive times weigh heavily on trucking companies
- Nov 09, 2007; Ryan, Jim T ... REGION As the end of the year approaches, truck companies across the country are watching the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) carefully. And company executives will talk with drivers about rule changes to the hours they can drive in a day and a week, known as hours of ...
- FORMULA FOR FUN
- Nov 09, 2007; Bair, Jessica ... DAUPHIN COUNTY Corporate-racing seminars offer alternative to golf course Orange cones traced two racing circuits across the parking lot at Hersheypark on a recent Friday. The groan of an engine and the squeal of tires against asphalt filled the crisp morning air. Chris ...
- Restoration businesses find reward in disasters
- Nov 09, 2007; Veronikis, Eric ... REGION Disaster-restoration work is emotionally taxing. Workers have to deal with customers whose lives have been ravaged by fires, floods, hurricanes and crimes. But this is also what makes it satisfying, industry experts said. Helping get people back into their homes ...
- BRIEFCASE
- Nov 09, 2007; Anonymous ... WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: IN THIS WEEK'S CPBJ "Burritos, I think, have the same kind of sustainability as pizza. It's a viable option against a pizza or a sub. It's not a faddy thing that's just going to come and go. I think burritos are here to stay." Shayne Edmunds on the growing ...
- READY TO WRAP
- Nov 09, 2007; Bair, Jessica ... REGION Neato Burrito chain makes plans to grow Shayne Edmunds became an entrepreneur as a result of his desire for California mission-style burritos. The 41-year-old created Neato Burrito, an eatery business that has developed a following in the midstate over the past 12 ...
- Aviator's aspirations take off
- Nov 09, 2007; Veronikis, Eric ... DAUPHIN COUNTY Local author inducted into Experimental Aircraft Hall of Fame As a child, he dreamt of flight. And in his heart, Mike Markowski said he knew one day he would soar above the clouds. But little did he know at the age of 5 that his adventurous spirit ...
- Movers and shakers
- Nov 09, 2007; Anonymous ... The folks we recognized in our annual list of movers and shakers offered some thought-provoking responses to a question about their favorite business mogul. Some said Bill Gates, Donald Trump or Oprah. Todd Milano of Central Penn College and Larry Richardson of the YMCA of York and York County ...
- When it's time to sell your business, do it for right reasons
- Nov 09, 2007; Ryan, Jim T ... REGION A lot of business owners dream of the day they can sell their business, make a massive profit and retire to a life of recreation, family time and leisure travel. Sure, that's the cozy side of selling a business, said Doug Neidich, general manager of Amphenol InterCon ...
- No, no! Yeah, yeah! How to recover from Post Traumatic No Syndrome
- Nov 09, 2007; Blackman, Jeff ... PEAK YOUR PROFITS A frustrated friend recently said to me, "When a prospect or client tells me 'No,' I take it personally. And it becomes really tough for me to recover and bounce back quickly. What do I do?" It's a great question. And I applaud my friend for having the courage ...
- PPL plan limits sticker shock
- Nov 09, 2007; Dagan, David ... REGION Consumer advocate says more can be done PPL Corp. hopes some customers will start to pay a 2010 electric-rate increase ahead of time to mitigate its impact, but a consumer advocate says more can be done to ease the burden to the public. Midstate businesses and ...
- Director prepares to pass museum baton
- Nov 09, 2007; Olenchek, Christina ... LANCASTER COUNTY It's not the way Cindi Morrison expected it to end. Morrison, executive director of the Lancaster Museum of Art for the past decade, wanted to end her career there once the museum moved into a 35,000-square-foot building on North Queen Street. The museum, now on ...
- Summerdale tract could be developed
- Nov 09, 2007; Veronikis, Eric ... CUMBERLAND COUNTY The Pennsylvania Department of General Services may sell 48 acres near Summerdale to clear the way for the development of a mixed-use business park. East Pennsboro Township and the Cumberland County Industrial Development Authority, also known as IDA, want to ...
- Building our communities
- Nov 09, 2007; Fink, Dan ... MOVERS AND SHAKERS 2007 How we did it For this year's list of Central Pennsylvania movers and shakers, the staff at the Business Journal built on what we established last year. We used last year's list as the basis for this year's list. The criteria are still the same. We want to ...
- SOUND OFF
- Nov 09, 2007; Anonymous ... LAST WEEK'S QUESTION Do you agree with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's request that milk processors not label their products as hormone-free? Why or why not? HOW YOU SAID IT: NO: "This is a classic example of government being out of control or better said, ...
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