Commerce
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Delco’s 5.0 Percent Unemployment Rate Lower than State Average
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry and its Center for Workforce Information & Analysis recently released an employment situation report, and it speaks to how well Delco is doing relative to the other counties in the state. Three of perhaps the biggest indicators of Delaware County’s prosperity are Its per capita personal income is…
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Uno Chicago Grill Coming to Chester
Chester is set to get a major chain restaurant this year, writes Kenneth Hilario of the Philadelphia Business Journal. An Uno Chicago Grill is currently being constructed at 15th Street and Providence Avenue, with a targeted opening date of early June. The restaurant will stand at 10,073 square feet, which includes a patio, and can…
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Delta’s Refinery in Trainer Reports Losses
The refinery of Delta Air Lines in Trainer posted a $28 million loss in the first quarter of this year, after seven consecutive quarters of profitability, writes Linda Loyd of the Philadelphia Inquirer. According to Loyd, Delta did not detail on a conference call with investors why the refinery lost money, after reporting an $8…
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Wawa’s Growth in Philadelphia Continues with New Center-City Location
Wawa has morphed from being just a convenience store and staple of the rush-hour landscape to a full-service operation that is a take-out restaurant, coffee house, bakery, and gas station all wrapped into one, writes Suzette Parmley of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Delco-based chain with 725 stores and $9 billion in sales in 2015 announced…
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Judge Allows Media Lawyer’s Lawsuit Against Led Zeppelin to Move Forward
A California judge has declared that there is enough evidence for Media lawyer Francis Alexander Malofiy’s lawsuit against Led Zeppelin to move forward, writes Victor Fiorillo of Philadelphia Magazine. Malofiy went to federal court in 2014 to file a lawsuit against the group he claims stole parts of “Stairway to Heaven” from some long-gone group…
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Darby Appoints First Black Female Police Chief in PA
Regina Price is set to make history by becoming the first female police chief in Delaware County, as well as the first African-American female police chief in the state of Pennsylvania, according to the Delco Times. The Darby Township Board of Commissioners unanimously hired Price in March. She is scheduled to be sworn in next…
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Wayne’s B Lab to Pull Conference from North Carolina Because of Bathroom Law
Wayne’s B Lab, a nonprofit that created and awards the B Corporation certification for for-profit organizations, will move its annual conference from North Carolina unless the state changes its law regarding public bathroom use, writes Jane M. Von Bergen of the Philadelphia Inquirer. North Carolina law requires people to use public bathrooms based on the…
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Radnor’s Airgas Splits South Distribution in Two
Radnor’s Airgas, Inc. has announced the reorganization of its South distribution region into two separate regions within the Company’s South Division, according to Industrial Distribution magazine. Through its subsidiaries, Airgas is the largest American distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases, and hard goods. The company’s redefined South Region is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and…
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Irish Drug Company Appoints President of U.S. Operations in Radnor
Adapt Pharma, the Dublin, Ireland-based drug company, has appointed Mike Kelly as president of U.S. operations, located in Radnor, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company is renowned as the maker of the Narcan nasal spray used to treat patients suffering from overdoses of heroin and other opioid medicines. Kelly will be…
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House of the Week: Fairy-Tale Cottage in Villanova
The relatively small lot – 0.27 acres – cannot dampen the beautiful exterior of this four-bedroom, three-bath property at 29 Aldwyn Lane in Villanova, writes Matthew Sheridan of Philadelphia Magazine. The Tudor house has cream stucco with blue wood-beam accents, a color combination that you don’t see very often. There are also green shutters and…
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Wawa Gifts $5 Million to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The Wawa Foundation, a nonprofit corporation founded by the Delco-based convenience store chain, has gifted $5 million to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, writes John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The West Philadelphia hospital plans to formally announce the gift during a ceremony Tuesday morning to dedicate its newly constructed, 1,500-square-foot Wawa Volunteer Center…
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Neumann’s Website Nets Marketing Firm Award
Neumann University’s recruitment website and Viewbook have netted a Merit award for the higher-education marketing firm – Paskill Stapleton & Lord in Glenside in Montgomery County – that designed them. The award was part of a competition sponsored by the Higher Education Marketing Report (HEMR). PS&L struck gold in another competition, sponsored by College and…
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Drexel Professors Receive Grant to Study Delaware River Basin after State Receives a D Grade in Water Infrastructure
Four Drexel University professors will receive $190,000 to fund their projects for the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, which aims to protect and restore the Delaware River Basin’s water quality and overall ecological health, writes Dan Norton of the Philadelphia Business Journal. The grants are financed by the William Penn Foundation and administered through Drexel’s Academy…
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Co-CEOs Transform Chester’s Power Home Remodeling into Forward-Thinking Enterprise
Asher Raphael and Corey Schiller – ages 36 and 34, respectively – have created an innovative culture as the co-CEOs of Power Home Remodeling and transformed the Chester-based company into a millennial-friendly enterprise, according to a feature in Philadelphia Magazine. The result has been massive growth and increased profits for the 24-year-old company. Raphael and…
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Radnor’s NewSpring Invests $20 Million in Past Week
NewSpring Capital, a venture capital firm based in Radnor, invested more than $20 million in a pair of companies last week, writes Dan Norton of the Philadelphia Business Journal. NewSpring dedicated $12.8 million to Altus, a Kenner, La.-based commercial debt collection agency. Now licensed in every state, Altus is one of the largest of such…
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Havertown Baker Talks Sugar Art with PhillyVoice before Appearance on Food Network
Havertown baker Dan Langan got into baking after spending ample time in the kitchen with grandma as a child, writes Brandon Baker of PhillyVoice. Now the 26-year-old is a self-described sugar artist who taught himself how to bake while working as a personal fitness trainer. Langan operates his cake and pastries business, Baked by Dan,…
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SAP’s McDermott Wins Almost Half a Million for Charity in CEO Tournament Pool
Bill McDermott, the CEO of software giant SAP in Newtown Square, picked against the school just down the road from his house, the college where his friend, Father Peter Donohue, is president, and the place where he attends Sunday Mass when he’s in town. Unlike his father and son, who both correctly picked Villanova to…
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Swarthmore College Trying to Rectify Poor Verizon Service on Campus and Beyond
Swarthmore College is currently negotiating terms of an agreement with Verizon and an independent cell-tower construction company, according to a report in The Phoenix, the college’s independent newspaper. Joel Cooper, Swarthmore’s Chief Information Technology Officer, explained that Verizon initially approached the college to expand coverage to an area known to have limited cellular reception. “Verizon…
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