From Sustainable Buildings to Sustainable Communities
A Pittsburgh nonprofit is working to reshape a struggling neighborhood by reconnecting residential buildings to storefronts, parks and other community assets.
Plymouth Meeting tech outfit looks to take area lead in virtualization
Lew Smith has only been with Interphase Systems, a leading management and technology consulting organization in Plymouth Meeting, for a year.
Unleashing the Market: The Promise of Electricity Deregulation
As a 1996 electricity price deregulation law gradually takes effect across the Commonwealth, electricity costs have been increasing sharply.
Good news of 2008 promises payoff for Pittsburgh regional economy in 2009
The Pittsburgh Regional Alliance's comprehensive tally of new investment and related job growth for the last two years have traced an uptrend for the region --just as the nation's economy headed into a decline.
Longtime Susquehanna Bank lender has advice for entrepreneurs looking for funding
In more than 30 years of making loans at Susquehanna Bank, Lynn Ozer, now an Executive Vice President who works in Small Business Administration (SBA) lending in the bank�s Pottstown branch, has been through recessions before.
The Hollywood Experiment: Film Industry Quietly Sets Up Shop in Pennsylvania
By offering incentives for TV and film production companies to shoot in Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth has helped create a nascent industry--and a workforce to sustain it.
Q and A: Jim Cecere, Philly Startup Leaders and The Entrepreneur Expo
Saladax offers first in promising line of tests for chemotherapy treatment
With seven patents approved and another seven pending, 5-year-old Saladax will introduce its first chemotherapeutic-dose testing tool to U.S. oncologists this Spring.
Master Builders of Western PA carry the "green" standard into new headquarters
When it occupies its new headquarters in Green Tree later this year, the Master Builders Association of Western Pennsylvania will add a completely renovated manufacturing space to a growing inventory of LEED-certified buildings in the region.
Allentown's Wine Gadgets using technology to put taste, value back into bottles
Tim Fallon, President of Wine Gadgets in Allentown, has a pretty effective way of marketing his company�s signature product, WineSaver Pro.