Recently added articles from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA):
GOP lawmakers want investigative arm taken away from Pennsylvania gaming board.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Barnes Oct. 2--HARRISBURG, Penn. -- House Republicans and a retired state police official are at odds with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board over whether stricter procedures are needed for conducting detailed background checks of prospective casino applicants, ...
In tiny Versailles, Penn., big concern about toxic gas report.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Moustafa Ayad Oct. 2--Angry Versailles residents vented their frustrations with state environmental officials last night regarding hydrogen sulfide and methane gas that had been detected in the borough. State Department of Environmental Protection officials ...
Cleveland, Pittsburgh leaders meet in hopes of forming 'Tech Belt'.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Toland Oct. 2--It has happened again and again -- Pittsburgh start-ups seeking investment from the coasts would make a pitch, only to be told that a group from Cleveland had made a similar pitch previously. "You guys should work together," was the advice ....
Dick's Sporting Goods campaign encourages fans to wear team jerseys.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Teresa F. Lindeman Oct. 1--America's office doors open each morning on an entertaining show featuring individual interpretations of the company dress code. Woo, hoo. Look at what that guy is wearing. Is that business casual or a casualty of business? Into ...
Study puts a 22 percent limit on personal items at the office.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Grant Oct. 1--How much is too much when it comes to decorating your work space with personal items? The answer: About 22 percent, according to researchers at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. They found if a worker has more ...
Survey finds bank fees hitting record levels.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Patricia Sabatini Sep. 30--If you haven't been paying close attention to your monthly bank statements, now might be a good time to start. The average fees for a number of banking services have hit all-time highs, including certain ATM fees and bounced check ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Heard off the Street column.(Column)
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Len Boselovic Sep. 30--GOVERNMENT SHOULD SET EXAMPLE ON RETIREMENT SAVINGS: Each week brings more alarming headlines about the nation's retirement crisis. American workers aren't saving enough. Social Security is going broke. More older Americans are returning to work ....
Q&A with PPG Industries vice president: Through the glass, PPG exec sees gains.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Joyce Gannon Sep. 30--Victoria Holt is the highest ranking female executive at PPG Industries. As senior vice president, glass & fiber glass, she oversees businesses that employ 6,110 employees worldwide and generated $2.2 billion in sales last year. ...
Indoor water parks keep getting hotter.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Bill Toland Sep. 30--SANDUSKY, Ohio -- Judging by the quality of the hors d'oeuvres, not to mention the presence of two of the company's VIPs, it was an important day at Kalahari's water park in Sandusky, Ohio. Kalahari Resorts Chief Executive Officer Josef Haas and ...
Vilsack pushes health-care reform.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Fitzpatrick Sep. 29--Seven months after ending his abbreviated presidential bid, Pittsburgh native Tom Vilsack was back in town yesterday as an evangelist for U.S. health-care reform and universal insurance coverage. "This system has to be available to ...
More homeowners hold mortgages into retirement.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Grant Sep. 28--Owning a home free and clear has been an enduring part of the American dream, but in recent years more people are waking to the reality that they will be retiring still owing money on their mortgages. "It's a bad trend," said P.J. DiNuzzo, ...
House OKs expanding programs for small businesses.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Jerome L. Sherman Sep. 28--WASHINGTON -- The House yesterday overwhelmingly approved a bill to expand access to U.S. Small Business Administration programs, handing a significant victory to Pennsylvania's Rep. Jason Altmire. The freshman Democrat from ...
Prosecutors ask for jewelry seized from Le-Nature's.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Len Boselovic Sep. 27--Federal prosecutors yesterday gave their first public hint of how they intend to deal with Le-Nature's founder Gregory Podlucky and other former employees of the fraud-riddled company when they sought court permission to take ownership of more than ...
Carnegie Mellon University device brings world into focus.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Grant Sep. 27--If NASA could link thousands of photographs to study Mars in greater detail, why not make the same technology available for people to see the Earth? Illah Nourbakhsh and Randy Sargent pondered that question while working for the space ...
Hospital mortality rates are dropping.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Fitzpatrick Sep. 27--Mortality rates are dropping at hospitals across Pennsylvania, but a new state report delivers a mixed message on the quality of care by also highlighting the overall rise in patient readmissions. Patient mortality rates fell from 4.7 ...
Volkswagen struggling to win over American consumers.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Don Hammonds Sep. 27--Volkswagen, which announced earlier this month that it was moving its North American headquarters out of the Detroit area to suburban Washington, D.C., is facing serious challenges that a relocation alone cannot solve, analysts say. "I ...
GOP hires private eye to probe movie makers' tax breaks.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Tom Barnes Sep. 26--HARRISBURG, Penn. -- Against Gov. Ed Rendell's wishes, a Republican-controlled Senate committee has hired a Chester County firm to investigate the lobbying that went on in June and July to win tax breaks for film companies that shoot movies in ...
Allegheny General Hospital opens unit for stroke patients.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Fahy Sep. 26--Allegheny General Hospital has opened a new unit aimed at centralizing treatment of stroke patients. The eight-bed unit, which opened last week, is expected to serve as the primary destination for most stroke patients admitted to the ...
Doctors examine the value of annual physicals.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Joe Fahy Sep. 25--Americans spend about $7.8 billion a year on physical and gynecological examinations, even though major North American clinical organizations don't recommend the annual visits, according to a new study led by a University of Pittsburgh researcher. ...
Cancer center founder says he wasn't forced out.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Dan Fitzpatrick Sep. 25--Dr. Ronald Herberman met with staff yesterday to explain his decision to step down as director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers, assuring employees that no one "imposed" the move on him, that he is not ...