Gauging the Growth Sectors: Sustainability Soars
Green jobs, green technology and green behaviors are being touted as the country's escape from the economic recession and its re-emergence.
Q and A Catherine Cook, myYearbook
A successful entrepreneur by the time she was a high school junior, Catherine Cook is a driving force behind the wildly popular social networking site for teens she founded with her older brothers, myYearbook.
Gauging the Growth Sectors: Life Sciences Loom Large
A Milken Institute study found Greater Philadelphia passed San Francisco and is closing in on Boston as the nation's top life sciences region.
2009 in Review: Movers and Shakers
While the economy staggered around them, these Pennsylvanians stood strong, driving innovation and working tirelessly to expand possibilities and opportunities throughout their respective companies, organizations and institutions.
DVIRC puts focus on local lean manufacturers' success stories
Thomas Medical Company, Probes Unlimited and Met-Pro Corporation work in considerably different fields, but the three Eastern PA manufacturers share one common, business-growing trait--they've committed to "lean" principles.
Newtown's BioClinica earns top honors from Eastern Technology Council
While other companies struggled to find ways to stay afloat during the recession, BioClinica was on the attack the last 12 months.
Gauging the Growth Sectors: Higher Ed Evolution
Tried and true bastions of research, innovation and excellence, like the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon and Penn State continued to diversify their interests, impact and integration into the Commonwealth's communities that support them.
Gauging the Growth Sectors: Maximizing Manufacturing
Surely, there were many factors involved, but Harley-Davidson's decision to remain the face of manufacturing in York County sent a major signal: Pennsylvania still matters on the manufacturing front.
Pittsburgh's 44 Tech gets funding to develop battery for power grid; now hiring
A Carnegie Mellon University spinoff, 44 Tech, has received a $5 million federal grant to develop a high-volume storage battery for electric utilities.