Recently added articles from Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal:
Getting to the heart of the matter
Feb 01, 2009; ... Community Medical Center (CMC) High-risk angloplasties even Philadelphia and New York won't touch Kevin H. Olsen, M.D., FACP, is CMC's director of catherization lab and head of interventional cardiology since 1996. In the past two years, CMC has ranked in the Top 10 out ...
Gas drillers insist well water is safe, gas a 'godsend'
Feb 01, 2009; ... As wealth seeps from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale in the form of natural gas, concerns are surfacing that significant danger could also flow from the wells. National publications such as BusinessWeek report that widespread fear is occurring in America's gas drilling areas. The ...
Area hospitals forced to tighten budgets
Feb 01, 2009; ... In the next few months, Frank Trembulak and other administrators at Geisinger Health System will begin assembling their 2010 capital budget. This one will be different than 2009, the vice president and chief operating officer explains, more cautious, less ambitious. They may not be as ...
Great connections
Feb 01, 2009; ... Not New York. Not suburban New Jersey. Not even Chicago or L.A. Yes, Web surfers, Internet speeds are faster here in the Keystone State than in any of the above. According to a recent survey by PCMagazine, the fastest Web service is right here in Pennsylvania, ...
NEPA Alliance, commonwealth pursue aggressive broadband deployment
Feb 01, 2009; ... Pennsylvania's Act 183 is a telecommunication modernization law which re-enacts and expands the original Chapter 30 telecommunication legislation. A major component of this legislation is to provide broadband connectivity throughout the entire commonwealth by 2015. Accordingly, this ...
Bella Faccias Personalized Chocolate and Gifts in the February Spotlight
Feb 01, 2009; ... MetroAction, The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce, and the Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal announce that Bella Faccias Personalized Chocolate and Gifts is the recipient of the February 2009 Small Business Spotlight award. Each month, MetroAction presents the Small Business ...
Another top level domain, the 'tels, set to launch
Feb 01, 2009; ... If you're not a dot-com, dot-net, dot-org, dot-us, or even a dot-info, there's a new wave of Web pages about to hit your Web browser. A brand new extension called the dot-tel (or .tel) will soon be available as a way to spread information around the Web. Think of it as an online ...
Pike hotel earns listing in exclusive 'Relais & Chateaux'
Feb 01, 2009; ... The restoration of the Hotel Fauchere in Milford, Pike County, has indeed been a labor of love for its owners, Richard L. Snyder and Sean Strub, who reopened the hotel in 2006 following an extensive restoration to the business. "Dick Snyder and I believe in Milford, in its history and ...
'Take the fog away' and make your data speak
Feb 01, 2009; ... Stacks of files, a long list of numbers, receipts and spreadsheets that do not add up are nightmares for CEOs. They want answers, and they want them now. Show me the future The Answer Dept in Freeburg Snyder County is a business designed to keep it simple for the chief executive ...
Governor: Manufacturing 'evolving,' not 'disappearing'
Feb 01, 2009; ... Gov. Edward G. Rendell on Jan. 16 said a first-of-its-kind report shows the manufacturing sector remains one of Pennsylvania's most significant industries, currently employing more than 625,000 and generating more than 15 percent of its gross state product. The report was compiled by the ...
As claims mount, long-term care insurance provider drops coverage
Feb 01, 2009; ... As the Baby Boomers age in large numbers and deal with needs for advanced personal care, the actions of a national insurance company draw into focus the future of specialized care policies. Citing financial difficulties, Conseco Senior Health Insurance (CSHI) decided to cease the sale of ...
More time needed to tell if 'Virtual Wallet' is a winner
Feb 01, 2009; ... For generations of Americans, a passbook savings account at the local bank was the appetizer introducing the main course in finance. Last summer, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. revamped the menu for a new generation: net-savvy 20-somethings who face a broader, more complex set of ...
'Card Check' will harm workers
Feb 01, 2009; ... The nation's most powerful labor unions have been lobbying heavily for a law, misleadingly named the Employee Free Choice Act, that would take away workers' basic rights to a secret-ballot vote on union representation. It would allow unions to organize through a poorly regulated "card check" ...
As gas prices fall, hybrid demand cools, SUVs heat up
Feb 01, 2009; ... Experts predict lethargic car sales in 2008 to continue throughout 2009, but buying trends may also be changing. In a recent statement, Ford's chief sales analyst George Pipas said that for the first time since 2000, U.S. passenger cars outsold light trucks. Many people believe the ...
Cost segregation studies wring every dollar from property
Feb 01, 2009; ... A partnership based in Luzerne County is hoping to bring tax savings to local businesses through a detailed look at their commercial property. The goal is to identify and break out building-related costs that can be written off more quickly, shrinking a company's annual tax bill by ...