Manufacturing sector expands at a slower rate than expected
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Industry analysts have reported that the manufacturing sector is expanding at a slower rate in 2004 than expected. The manufacturing index reading above 50 indicates expansion, while a reading below 50 indicates contraction and the gauge has been above 50 since June 2003.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2004
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Luring bright minorities into the business sector
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The University of Pennsylvania's Warton School provides a summer class for young students including 330 African Americans to learn about business. These students pitched their ideas for new products for they fictitious companies to potential investors for critiquing.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2003
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The water supply cowboy
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Nick DeBenedicts, CEO of Philadelphia Suburban Corp., presented his biggest acquisition in July 2003, is a system that supplies several Southern states. Companies with the capital, like the Bryn Mawr firm are gulping up the nation's aging water system.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2003
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