| Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) 1999 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| 200 jobs to be cut at Tenet hospitals.(Reduction caused by low patient volume) | Business, regional | |
| 20-year cable deal signed by AT&T, Time Warner. | Business, regional | |
| Accident evidence withheld, testifies ex-SEPTA official.(Former safety director of SEPTA testified that agency withheld information about escalator accident) | Business, regional | Linda Loyd, Monica Yant |
| Aetna, Jefferson reach agreement on hospital fees; Covered care for the health maintenance orgaization's members had been threatened at five hospitals. | Business, regional | |
| Allegheny bankruptcy rings up its own costs. | Business, regional | |
| A local company sinks its teeth into a new drug. | Business, regional | |
| American Home acts to end suits and save merger.(American Home settles lawsuits related to diet drug fen-phen) | Business, regional | Brett Chase |
| A middleman prospers in an online era. | Business, regional | |
| AMP chairman quits after Tyco merger is approved.(Robert Ripp decides to stay on as president. Analysts cited a falling-out over the speed of cost-cutting.)(Abstract) | Business, regional | Peter Durantine |
| An airport with an improved image. | Business, regional | |
| A Narberth importer has taken wine online; James Weinrott's site has drawn merchants to advertise and connoisseurs to advise. It gets about 2,000 hits a day. | Business, regional | Kent Steinriede |
| A new type of house call: Health data on the Web.(Philadelphia, Penn.-based Earthmed.com is profiled) | Business, regional | David J. Wallace |
| An insurance firm is born again on the Web.(Subsidiary of Provident American sells health insurance online) | Business, regional | |
| Area firm dropping once-promising drug.(West Chester, Penn.-based Cephalon hurt by FDA refusal) | Business, regional | Marian Uhlman, Lisa Fine |
| A sector searching for a pulse.(Top biotech companies profitable, smaller firms struggle) | Business, regional | |
| AT and T deals will need close look, FCC chief says.(AT and T Corp., MediaOne Group Inc.)(Abstract) | Business, regional | |
| At Convention Bureau, unconventional leader.(Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau chair wins respect) | Business, regional | |
| AT&T, Time Warner team up. | Business, regional | |
| A vested interest in success. | Business, regional | Harold Brubaker |
| Aydin Corp. approves sale to L-3. | Business, regional | Henry H. Holcomb |
| Baseball under the bridge: Camden out to build minor-league stadium.(New $17.5 million baseball stadium coming to Camden waterfront) | Business, regional | Joseph A. Gambardello |
| Battery firm is shaken up by its new man in charge. | Business, regional | Kent Steinriede |
| Bell Atlantic starts selling its version of satellite TV today. | Business, regional | |
| Bermuda authorizes 15 more cruises from Philadelphia. | Business, regional | Tom Helden |
| Bermuda cruises from here may grow. | Business, regional | |
| Bigger might be better for Charming.(Women's clothing retailer to buy plus-size chain) | Business, regional | |
| Boeing will pay $4.5 million for wage inequities.(Abstract) | Business, regional | Dan Hardy |
| British Airways managing to maintain a stiff upper lip.(Airline is striving to satisfy customers and shareholders) | Business, regional | |
| Can being 'green' make it the envy of the electric industry? There is consumer interest in Green Mountain Energy's renewable power. Now, it wants to offer its stock for sale. | Business, regional | Rich Heidorn Jr. |
| Carpenter Technology raising some stainless steel prices. | Business, regional | |
| Cendant to bolster minority mortgages. (Cendant Mortgage signs deal to provide more mortgage loans in Philadelphia). | Business, regional | Harold L. Brubaker |
| Chester loses 82 jobs as Hatfield closes meat-processing plant. | Business, regional | Dan Hardy |
| Chief believes in Amtrak's viability. | Business, regional | |
| Child-welfare experts blast Phila. agency.(Philadelphia's Department of Human Services charged by two child welfare experts with improperly caring for children) | Business, regional | Shankar Vedantam |
| Comcast buying Greater Phila. Cablevision.(Company will have three-fourths of Philadelphia's cable subscribers) | Business, regional | |
| Comcast starts Internet-related investment fund: Using $100 million of its own money, the cable TV company positions itself for a fast-changing era.(Abstract) | Business, regional | |
| Companies on the move transform a township.(Mount Laurel, New Jersey) | Business, regional | |
| Company grew from blankets to board room.(Cofco grew from selling army surplus to $16 million in profits) | Business, regional | |
| Competition leads hotels to beef up frequent-guest programs. | Business, regional | |
| Computer firms seek looser export rules.(Industry coalition lobbies Congress and the White House) | Business, regional | |
| Court upholds Nazi-tied ouster of Phila. native.(Former guard in Nazi concentration camp faces deportation) | Business, regional | Sudarsan Raghavan |
| CSX, Norfolk Southern smoothly split up Conrail; freight customers appeared to be satisfied as the two companies ended the Northeast freight-rail monopoly. | Business, regional | Harry J. Holcomb |
| CVS offers health services. | Business, regional | Josh Goldstein |
| Deadbeat parent net is too wide, lawyers say. | Business, regional | Stuart L. Ditzen |
| Deal is great shakes for Rohm & Haas. | Business, regional | |
| Delco firm accused of loan bias will settle. | Business, regional | Harold H. Brubaker |
| Del Monte: Camden docks' star player.(Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. in Camden, New Jersey)(Abstract) | Business, regional | Ewart Rouse |
| DeLuca, Berwind to take over Realen Homes. | Business, regional | Alan J. Heavens |
| Diet-drug suit heading for trial in New Jersey.(American Home Products Corp. faces trial over NJ medical monitoring program) | Business, regional | Donna Shaw |
| Discovery at Penn may aid advances in gene therapy. | Business, regional | |
| Dollar Express is fun thing; the Spain brothers are guiding their thriving Phila. chain on a merry trek to Wall St. | Business, regional | |
| DuPont mixes traditional safety with technological expansion. | Business, regional | Andrea Knox |
| DuPont seeking alliance in drugs. | Business, regional | Rosalind Briggs |
| DuPont will cut 14% of Polyester jobs.(Layoffs caused by decline in polyester market) | Business, regional | |
| Dutch ING Group seeks to set up area bank.(Amsterdam, Netherlands-based ING Group petitions Office of Thrift Supervision to open Wilmington-based branch) | Business, regional | Jospeh N. DiStefano |
| Earnings leap 79 pct. at diversified Sunoco.(Abstract) | Business, regional | Rich Heidorn Jr. |
| Earnings skyrocket at Unisys. | Business, regional | Leslie J. Nicholson |
| Electricity providers successful in Y2K communications test.(One observer noted, however, that the procedure had nothing to do with making power, only with utilities' ability to talk with one another.) | Business, regional | Rich Jr. Heidorn |
| Engineering firm to buy bomb maker. | Business, regional | Bob Fernandez |
| Fast food about to get faster at MacDonald's.(McDonald's Inc.'s 280 Philadelphia area fast-food restaurants will have high-tech asembly line system) | Business, regional | Holcomb; Henry J. |
| FastShip signs deal for 1st four speedy vessels.(The ships will carry cargo to Europe at twice the usual speed.) | Business, regional | |
| Fees up for travel from N.J. to Phila. | Business, regional | Joseph A. Gambardello |
| Firm hears of tax breaks and choose not to leave. | Business, regional | Rosalind Briggs and Lewis Kamb |
| First Union plans cut of up to 10% of workers.(Philadelphia-area operations of First Union Corp.) | Business, regional | |
| Fleet wants refund from Advanta.(Suit alleges improprieties in the sale of credit card business) | Business, regional | |
| Fox & Roach acquires big competitor. | Business, regional | Alan J. Heavens |
| GMAC to get Mellon portfolio; the Horsham company will buy a $14 billion mortgage package. Terms were not disclosed.(GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp., Mellon Bank Corp.)(Abstract) | Business, regional | |
| His plan: produce better forklifts and wheelchairs. | Business, regional | |
| Home Health warns of huge losses.(Second quarter report delayed by in-home health care company) | Business, regional | |
| Honeywell merger gets final OK; Allied Signal deal approved by European Commission. | Business, regional | Roger Yu |
| Hospital workers strike; Temple furloughs 140. | Business, regional | Ralph Vigoda |
| Hotels may eke out a victory this weekend after all. | Business, regional | |
| How much radium is safe in N.J.? | Business, regional | Maureen Graham, Frederick Cusick |
| In Chesco, Ridge signs bill to save open space.(Pennsylvania Gov. Ridge signs environmental bill setting aside open space land) | Business, regional | Diane Mastrull |
| Income at Peco exceeds forecast.(Abstract) | Business, regional | Rich Heidorn Jr. |
| Inquiry may delay Phillex merger.(Justice Dept. probe of stock exchange deal could take months)(Abstract) | Business, regional | |
| In South Phila., competition part of glowing holiday tradition.(Philadelphia's Bella Vista and Italian Market Civic Associations kick off holiday house decorating competition) | Business, regional | Rita Giordano |
| Insurer is sued over ads for HMO. | Business, regional | Karl Stark |
| Intel exercises its considerable power outside the computer. | Business, regional | Tom Quinlan |
| Internet firm goes public with 'simple' technology. | Business, regional | Miriam Hill |
| Judge rules that Haverford can't bar Peco work.(Haverford Township may not stop Peco Energy Co. from installing telecommunications equipment) | Business, regional | Sudarsan Raghavan |
| Jury awards $150 million in Miss. fen-phen case.(American Home Products Corp. levied with $150 mn judgement) | Business, regional | |
| Kan. firm to acquire a local trucker.(Jevic Transportation is to be sold to Yellow Corp.) | Business, regional | |
| Keeping propane in check; a Sharon Hill firm is poised to prosper with a safety device.(Progressive Technologies' Lifeline safety fitting)(Abstract) | Business, regional | Rich Heidorn Jr. |
| Kvaerner commits to Phila. shipyard. | Business, regional | Susan Warner |
| Kvaerner, officials in frank talk. | Business, regional | |
| Latest Livingston survey: Long live the economic expansion.(Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank released results of bi-annual survey of economic forecasts) | Business, regional | Andrew Cassel |
| Layoffs of 450 at health system. | Business, regional | |
| Liacouras quits Temple post.(president of Temple University, Peter J. Liacouras, has announced that he will resign) | Business, regional | Connie Langland |
| Little firm taps dance-floor business.(Moorestown-based American Harlequin Corp. gets profiled) | Business, regional | Robert Strauss |
| Local paper firm is moving into former Scott warehouse. | Business, regional | Rosalind Briggs |
| Local stock up 184% on 1st day. | Business, regional | |
| Lufthansa flights resume here tomorrow. | Business, regional | |
| Lure of a bargain survives 5-and-dime. | Business, regional | |
| Making a shred of differnce.(Document shredding company emphasizes security) | Business, regional | |
| Manager of SEPTA funds is indicted.(Albriond Capital Management chief indicted by U.S. grand jury) | Business, regional | Wendy Tanaka |
| Medicaid is reinstated for 32,000 poor in Pa.(Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare reinstates Medicaid for 32,000 poor recipients) | Business, regional | Monica Yant |
| Mercy system wil offer open-heart surgery.(An existing catheterization program is being expanded at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital.) | Business, regional | Mary Blakinger |
| Morris back and running Local 115.(John P. Morris reinstated as head of Teamsters Local 155) | Business, regional | L. Stuart Ditzen |
| Museum reaches for brass ring.(New Please Touch museum will be built at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Penn.) | Business, regional | Peter Dobrin, Leonard W. Boasberg |
| Mutual Insurers' policyholders gaining power; Despite a 1995 law, conversion plans by two Pa. firms were blocked. | Business, regional | |
| Negative FDA review if drug stalls Cell Pathways growth. | Business, regional | |
| New director aims to complete airport plans. | Business, regional | Tom Belden |
| NFL Film outgrows its home once again. | Business, regional | |
| No more World's Fair; Trump plans new casino.(Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc. plans new casino for Atlantic City, NJ) | Business, regional | Jacqueline L. Urgo |
| No napping for West Chester pharmaceutical firm. | Business, regional | |
| Overseeing steady ascent. | Business, regional | |
| Pa. expects $266 million soon from tobacco deal.(Pennsylvania gets $266 mn share of settlement with tobacco industry) | Business, regional | Ralph Vigoda |
| Pa. may become first state to aid kin of organ donors. | Business, regional | Patricia M. La Hay |
| Patents generate hope for future advances.(Nanosystems and other Philadelphia-area high-technology firms)(Abstract) | Business, regional | |
| Peco-British Energy venture seeks a 3d nuclear plant. | Business, regional | |
| Peco profits improve despite lower rates. | Business, regional | |
| Peco says its ready for arrival of Y2K.(Philadelphia, Penn.-based Peco Energy reports good progress on its Y2K fix) | Business, regional | Leslie J. Nicjolson |
| Penn planning new housing at 34th, Chestnut.(University of Pennsylvania plans new housing) | Business, regional | James O'Neill |
| Phone firm dailing up new focus; For years, InterDigital has been trying to sell systems. Now, it wants to license its wireless technology. | Business, regional | |
| Phone rivals, others meet to refine PUC plan.(Abstract) | Business, regional | Wendy Tanaka |
| Piercing Pagoda profits sag.(The fast-growing Bethlehem jewelry retailer has had setbacks since it acquired a top competitor last year.) | Business, regional | Ian Mount |
| PNI, unions add 6 years to labor pact.(Eleven unions reach 6-year contract extension with Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.) | Business, regional | Frederick Cusick |
| Precise and scarce skills buoy Messinger Bearings. | Business, regional | |
| Prosecutor: Bucks firm was cash cow for mobster.(YBM Magnex pleads guilty to conspiracy charges) | Business, regional | |
| Provident Mutual shift to stocks is approved. | Business, regional | |
| QVC buys a piece of The Knot. | Business, regional | Jane M. Von Bergen |
| Reading firm is riding out slump in steel. | Business, regional | |
| Safegaurd sees volatile results in its future.(Venture capital company is specializing in Internet-related investments) | Business, regional | |
| SEPTA hit with $51 million verdict.(Jury levied $51 mn verdict against SEPTA transit agency) | Business, regional | Linda Loyd, Elisa Ung, Maria Panaritas |
| SEPTA's new rail plan hits roadblock. | Business, regional | Jere Downs |
| Shareholders allege First Union coverup.(Lawsuit claims false statements about success of merger with Corestates) | Business, regional | |
| Shipbuilder plans to sell; yard at risk. | Business, regional | Susan Warner and Ken Dilanian |
| Siemens to close Cherry Hill site; more than 300 will lose their jobs at the phone-equipment plant by year's end. Some could gain jobs in Florida.(Abstract) | Business, regional | Ewart Rouse |
| SmithKline plans to sell two divisions. | Business, regional | |
| Some creditors get offer to cut Allegheny losses. | Business, regional | |
| Soothing the savage beasts.(Ambler, Penn.-based Incentive Media introduces compact disc of music for pets) | Business, regional | Caille Millner |
| St. Regis sign to go up as Ritz-Carlton moves. | Business, regional | |
| Suburbs pant for convention crumbs.(Selection of Philadelphia for Republican National Convention spurs local neighborhoods) | Business, regional | Oshrat Carmiel |
| Tastykake will serve up new family-sized desserts. | Business, regional | Rosland Briggs |
| Tel.Save.com to sell 15pct. to AOL.(Internet service provider invests $55 million in long distance telephone company)(Abstract) | Business, regional | |
| The anonymous medical connection.(Abstract) | Business, regional | David J. Wallace |
| Two shifts at Pilgrim Baxter.(Chesterbrook, Penn.-based Pilgrim Baxter and Associates announce top-level staff changes) | Business, regional | |
| Two shipping carriers to stay put.(Sea-Land Service, Maersk)(Abstract) | Business, regional | |
| UGI's improbably deal with Unisource would mix gas, paper. | Business, regional | Jospeh N. DiStefano |
| Unisys plans to acquire PulsePoint.(Deal will ad to Unisys' offerings to telecommunications customers) | Business, regional | |
| VerticalNet embraces essentials of capitalism.(It's what the area needs: an enterprise lesson.) | Business, regional | Andrew Cassel |
| Vlasic loses $140 million in 3d quarter.(Food company hopes to improve bottom line) | Business, regional | |
| VWR, looking to buy, found itself bought.(Merck pays $535 million for laboratory supplier) | Business, regional | |
| Web plus PC is offered by new N.J. firm. | Business, regional | |
| WorldGate's initial public offering: What a cliff hanger. | Business, regional | Miriam Hill |
| Wyeth-Ayerst cutting 2,500 jobs worldwide. | Business, regional | |
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