Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) 2000 - Abstracts

Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) 2000
TitleSubjectAuthors
Aetna's plan to split elicits little faith.Business, regional 
American Eagle Outfitters flying high.Business, regionalHope Yen
American Home to buy Collegeville complex.Business, regional 
An empire expands, quietly.(CertainTeed may be little known, but its products are integral parts of many buildings.)Business, regionalClaire Furia Smith
A new hand on the reins at Bethlehem Steel Corp.Business, regional 
A postcard campaign costs Bell and extra $250,000.Business, regionalThomas Fitzgerald
Artificial-turf company is laying out plans for growth.(The Conshohocken firm (Sprinturf Inc.) makes Sprinturf, a surface that has addressed the shortcomings of its predecessors.)Business, regionalLeslie C. Wood
Bala Cynwyd firm accused of violating embargo.(Brotech Corp.)Business, regionalKristin E. Holmes
Banks on an insurer buying binge.Business, regional 
Big gains outweigh loss at Comcast.Business, regional 
Biotech settles with fired CEO for $4 million.Business, regionalThomas Kupper
Bucks company's clothing helps athletes stay cool.(Lontex, a Perkasie firm, makes garments of Coolmax, a stretchy fabric that keeps skin dry.)Business, regionalZlati Meyer
Bucks fastener company takes off with high-tech.(Brief Article)Business, regional 
Burlington Coat adds flowers to its ensemble.(The company's latest venture moves it into home goods.)Business, regionalLauren Mayk
California firm to buy Media's LaserLink.net.Business, regional 
CDNow, Columbia House end merger deal, plan 'strategic relationships'.Business, regionalLeslie J. Nicholson
CDNow pledges to cut quarterly costs by $12 million.Business, regional 
CEO out as Mediq misses a payment.(The Pennsauken company's accounting has concerned auditors.)(Brief Article)Business, regional 
Changed Ikon looks to communicate.Business, regional 
Chester shipyard is closed by Metro.Business, regionalDan Hardy
Comcast, Disney extend deadline on cable contract for ABC.(The one-week delay means Comcast customers won't lose programming tomorrow for Disney network affilitates, including WPVI-TV, Channel 6.)Business, regionalPatricia Horn, Gail Shister
Cooking up plastics to order; LNP takes raw resins and adapts them to meet consumer-product manufacturers' needs.Business, regional 
Developer now thinks dot-com.(A long-vacant building on 30th Street near Girard Avenue is being marketed as a center for Internet companies.)Business, regional 
Drug firm sells 2 lines to rivals.Business, regional 
Drug slows onset of MS, study finds.(Patients who had early signs of the disease were given Avonex.)Business, regionalShankar Vedantam
Electric Factory Concerts is sold.Business, regionalDan DeLuca
Electronics boutique matches competing bid for games retailer.Business, regional 
Electronics Boutique won't top rival bid.Business, regional 
Entrepreneur turns to new form of printing.(John H. Foster)Business, regional 
Fairless to lay off 20% of workers.Business, regionalLee Drutman
Fighting HIV and the law, an immigrant sits in limbo.(Dominican Republican with AIDS may be deported for violating 1996 immigration law)Business, regionalSudarsan Raghavan
Fish tossers hooked on workplace.Business, regionalNita Lelyveld
For a new Internet firm, cultivating farmers is the way to reap profits.Business, regional 
For one fiber-optics giant, Bucks County is a place in which to grow.Business, regionalClaire Furia Smith
Gene-therapy firm fetches $120 million.(Biotech leader Human Genome Sciences buys a tiny Norristown firm with a promising technology.)Business, regional 
Growth is off the ground for jet-part firm's units.Business, regionalRosland Gammon-Briggs
Holt Group charts a course for its survival.Business, regionalHenry J. Holcolm
Home builder planning to be web provider.Business, regionalDavid J. Wallace
Hospital financial outlook is gloomy; Moody's saw little chance of improvement soon at not-for-profit institutions.Business, regional 
Huge whistle-blower award resored in SmithKline case.Business, regional 
ICG's new partner is a top Hong Kong power broker.Business, regional 
Internet provider criticized for outage.Business, regionalGraig D. Rose
Jefferson disappearing from local scene.Business, regional 
Jefferson to pay $2.6 million to settle research-fraud case.Business, regionalStacey Burling
Juniper planning online banking.Business, regionalJoseph DiStefano
Kimeragen hopes merger will help marketing, funding.Business, regional 
Knickknack man's next product is health.Business, regionalPetricia Horn
Kvaerner shipyard gets new leader.(Philadelphia, Penn.-based Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard appoints a new chief executive officer)Business, regionalHolcomb Henry J.
Mack celebrates 100 years as it faces an uphill grind.(Allentown, Penn.-based Mack Trucks Inc. hurt by decline in heavy-truck market)Business, regionalBill Bergstrom
MBNA keeps charging ahead.Business, regional 
MBNA settles suit over card ads.(At issue was the interest charged for new purchases.)Business, regionalJoseph Di Stefano
Microsoft: not too broken up.Business, regionalJim Lynch, Jeff Manning
Monsanto ordered to pay Pa. damages; a jury awarded the state $90 million for PCB contamination of offices. The firm plans to appeal.Business, regionalKen Dilanian
Montco developer accused of evading federal taxes.Business, regionalSundarsan Raghavan, Diane Mastrull
MP3.com hit with suit from ex-Beatle's firm.Business, regionalDerek Caney
New building materials: framework for future?Business, regionalMike Madden
N.J. court delays ruling on lawyers' plan to share offices.Business, regionalEmilie Lounsberry
Pa. audit faults shipyard expenses; the auditor general says Kvaerner used government funds to pay for barbecues, art and moving expenses.Business, regionalHenry J. Holcomb, Ken Kilanian
Packaging plant to shut, lay off 165.Business, regional 
Pa. leads country in school strikes.(State of Pennsylvania has more teacher strikes than any other US state)Business, regionalConnie Langland
Pa. to aid growth of two firms in area.Business, regionalJoseph N. DiStefano, Robert Sanchez
Penn, family settle suit in gene-therapy death.Business, regionalHuntly Collins
Portland's RedChip.com agrees to a merger deal.Business, regionalBoaz Herzog
PQ Corp. grants early retirement to its CEO.Business, regionalMichael Sandler
PQ Corp. grants early retirement to its CEO.Business, regionalMichael Sandler
Quick strike from street on behalf of Eagles.(City Council may provide $23 mn for Philadelphia Eagles football training center)Business, regionalChristopher K. Hepp
QVC takes on Web site in Internet-trademark suit.(West Chester, Penn.-based QVC Inc. files trademark infringement lawsuit against AdultQVC.com)Business, regionalSudarsan Raghavan
RCN plans cable in north part of city first; if Council backs a pact, residents could choose between two providers of television service.(Brief Article)Business, regional 
Refinery incidents lead to charges.(The city accuses Sunoco of 15 violations after fires and pollution this summer in South Philadelphia.)Business, regionalMark Jaffe
Reliance to sell claims business.Business, regional 
Retailer to buy a rival toy chain.Business, regional 
Rival to buy local biotech pioneer Genovo; the Sharon Hill firm was the major corporate backer of gene therapy research at Penn. Those ties will end.Business, regionalAndrea Knox, Huntly Collins
SEPTA approves Reading rail line.Business, regionalJulie Stoiber
Shared medical cuts 8% of staff.(The firm laid off about 600, including 300 in Malvern.)(Brief Article)Business, regionalSusan Warner, Mary Blakinger
Siemens to buy Malvern company.Business, regional 
Slumping soup sales hurt Campbell's performance.Business, regional 
SmithKline says profits rose 10%.Business, regional 
SmithKline to back Penn's gene program.(Funding for basic research)(Statistical Data Included)Business, regionalHuntly and Knox Collins Andrea
Software maker SAP to add nearly 600 jobs.(Philadelphia, Penn.-based SAP America Inc. to build 3 research and development centers)Business, regionalMary Blakinger
Soverign to lay off 500 workers.(The Bank Will not Cut Jobs at its Branches.)(Brief Article)Business, regionalJopseph N. DiStelfano
Spending increase proposed at DRPA.(Delaware River Port Authority will spend $95.9 mn in 2001)Business, regionalJoseph A. Gambardello
Start-up try out their Internet acts at iLounge.Business, regionalBruce Bigelow, Mike Drummond
Sunoco earnings up 300 pct.Business, regional 
Sycamore Group solves cash-flow problem.Business, regionalJoseph N. DiStephano
Tab for Stadiums: $1.2 Billion.Business, regionalClea Benson, Cynthia Burton
Tenet cutting back on physician-practice network.Business, regional 
Through the Internet to Fido.Business, regionalLeslie C. Wood
Union maintenance workers protest dismissal.(Brief Article)Business, regional 
US Airways reports a $30 million loss.(The airline blamed competition and fuel costs.)Business, regional 
Utility makes profitable changes.Business, regionalWenda Tanaka
Vanguard agrees to buy 245 acres for growth.Business, regional 
Verizon backs laws on cell-phone use while driving.(The wireless service provider (Verizon Wireless Inc.) said it would support state regulations requiring the use of hands-free devices.)Business, regionalZlati Meyer
Verizon deal has majority approval.Business, regional 
W. Chester firm's bid accepted.Business, regional 
Web site aims for older users; ThirdAge Media's target audience is ages 45 to 65.Business, regionalMatthew Bell
With fine wine and mucnchies, a local dot-com is launched.Business, regionalMiriam and Tanaka Hill Wendy
With stadiium plans unveiled, it's time for some fast thinking.(Funding)Business, regionalAndrew Cassel
Worms are good for area firm; Ecogen sees possible profit in worm-fighting genes.Business, regional 
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