Recently added articles from Quad - State Business Journal:

A Hare Razing Business

Jun 01, 2008; Pfoutz, Yvonne ... "Once you've tried natural fibers, you don't want to use anything else," says Judy Osborn, owner with husband Phill of Abundant Acres near Hagerstown, where they breed Angora rabbits and Finnsheep. "I used to crochet with acrylic yams from Wal-Mart, because natural fiber yarns are more than ...

Natural Gas Found in Shale Could Fuel Economies to the West

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... When domestic gas prices spiked during an energy crisis in the early 1980s, prospectors came into the western part of the Quad-state region to acquire drilling rights. With oil at $130 a barrel and natural gas prices headed above $11 per thousand cubic feet, they may return. Exploration ...

Make-it-Yourself Frozen Dinners

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... Marcy Palino is an expert at preparing dream dinners, but they aren't necessarily served with a romantic touch. At the end of this month, the Shepherdstown resident, along with husband Todd, are opening a Dream Dinner franchise in the Shoppes at Hagerstown on Garland Groh Boulevard ....

Preaching Finance to Religious Groups

Jun 01, 2008; Peterson, Maggie Wolff ... Accounting for nearly 10% of the U.S. Gross National Product, the non-profit sector isn't only about projects that make donors feel good. It's also about big business. The annual revenue of the 1,300 non-profits represented by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability ...

Blame it on the Fall of the Dollar

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Real estate prices are declining as oil prices skyrocket to $130 a barrel, causing pain both in the home and at the gas pump. It may come as a shock to many people, but the two price trends are related. In fact, thank all those subprime mortgage lenders and unqualified homebuyers for a ...

Speaking of Business

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Ali Medical Associates in Chambersburg has joined Summit Health under the name Cumberland Valley Infectious Diseases. Mohammed Z. AIi, M.D., who specializes in internal medicine and infectious disease will continue to see patients at the current location at 765 Fifth Avenue. NETCONN ...

Focusing on Green Equipment and Recycling at Work

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... With energy prices skyrocketing and global warming on the front page of newspapers and on the nightly newscasts, business people are greening technology used in the workplace. It's no secret that computers and peripheral equipment consume gobs of electricity; in fact that's one reason ...

People On The Move

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... John W. Flora, senior partner with Lenhart Obenshain PC in Harrisonburg, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company in Edinburg, Va. In addition, David E. Ferguson, vice president of customer services, retired after 40 years with the ...

Auto Parts Supplier Downshifts at its Plants

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... The auto industry is feeling the pain of an economic downturn, record gas prices and excess buyer incentives of prior years. As a result, Dearborn, Mich.-based International Automotive Components, one of the nation's largest auto suppliers, has been laying off employees along the Interstate 81 ...

Kohl's Goes Solar

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... Kohl's solar program is the largest of any retailer in the nation, and by the end of next year, one-third of the energy used by the retailer's Hagerstown store will come from the sun. "Six Maryland locations are expected to be completed in 2008," said Nzingha Thompson in the public ...

VIAAV Markets Digital Signage in the Workplace

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... Dave Fields'business ventures have taken him from satellites to digital signs, as well as returned him to the Technical Innovation Center at Hagerstown Community College with VIAAV, LLC. Fields' startup company, VIAAV, LLC, provides turnkey software that allows an operator to change ...

Publisher Brings Books Back to Life

Jun 01, 2008; Pfoutz, Yvonne ... If asked to name publishing companies, most people might come up with just a few of the better known ones like Random House, Doubleday, Bantam or Knopf. And because of industry consolidation, Random House, Inc. owns them all. Despite industry consolidation, the bibliographic reference, ...

Engineers Practice Environmental Sustainability

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... With rising energy prices and concern about the environment, civil engineers are paying more attention to sustainability issues in their work. In fact the code of ethics of the American Society of Civil Engineers in Reston, Va., requires civil engineers to "strive to comply with the ...

Primer on Book Copyrights

Jun 01, 2008; Pfoutz, Yvonne ... Books become available for reprinting in two ways. The first is when the original publisher discontinues a title, the publishing rights for the out-of-print book revert to the copyright holder, usually the author or his heirs, who may choose to license those rights to another ...

Business Calendar

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... 3 Hagerstown Chamber's Brown Bag Symposium at the Center for Business and Training, 14 N. Potomac St., Ste. 200, from noon to 1 p.m. Topic is The Top Ten Grammar Mistakes (and How to Fix Them), presented by Anne Flentgen Rich, founder of Pasley Communications. No Cost. Call ...

David's Furniture Buys Maidstone

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... For the second time in four years, a central Pennsylvania-based furniture retailer has entered or expanded in the Hagerstown market. Last August, Michael Martin doubled the number of stores in his Harrisburg-based David's Furniture & Interiors business by acquiring Maidstone ...

Local Stock Prices Mixed

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... The first five months of the year have been marked by extreme volatility in the stock market, as the Dow-Jones Industrial Average hit a low of 12,500 in early March, triggered by a near meltdown in the financial stocks after the Bear Stearns bailout. Since March, the averages have ...

Economy Continues on Steady Pace, But Retail Sales Are Down

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... Maintaining a steady 4.5% unemployment rate, the Washington County economy remained stable during 2007 and into the first four months of 2008. As with the rest of the Quadstate region, the housing market softened, particularly in the new home market, as the number of building permits ...

thru the VALLEYS

Jun 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A Healthy Tenure After a 10-year run, Mike Halseth, president and CEO of Valley Health in Winchester, is retiring at the end of this year, but remain on as part-time consultant to the organization through 2009. Reese Jackson, president of Winchester Medical Center since last ...

FedEx Delivers New Buildings in the Region

Jun 01, 2008; Heerwagen, Peter ... When it comes to expanding its significant presence in the Quadstate region, FedEx is hitting the ground running. The express and package delivery company is consolidating two FedEx Ground facilities in Frederick County, Va., into a new building on Shady Lane Road near the Route 37 ...