State Reps. Joe Ciresi (D-Montgomery) and Tina Davis (D-Bucks) plan to reintroduce legislation that would provide grants to eligible bars, restaurants, catering halls, and banquet halls struggling fro...
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Pittsburgh-based PPG announced Friday that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Tikkurila, a leading producer and distributor of decorative paint and coatings based in Finland. The all ...
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Legislation recently introduced in the state House of Representatives would create a grant program to help relieve Pennsylvania’s hospitality industry for businesses impacted by COVID-19 and the res...
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US LBM, a distributor of specialty building materials, recently opened a roofing and siding location in Yeadon, the company’s 10th since 2018. US LBM's Universal Supply division, which operates ...
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Small business owners across the country still fear the worst of the pandemic is yet to come with small businesses in the Northeast feeling the most pessimistic about their own business health and eco...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would strengthen the nation’s medical supply chains and increase the production of medicines and health care supplies in the Unit...
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The Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, a nonprofit organization trying to save small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and civil unrest, recently announced it will achieve two of its goals ahead of ...
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State Sens. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) and John DiSanto (R-15) on Tuesday criticized Gov. Tom Wolf’s leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic following the release of a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
Read MoreThe U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded a two-year $37.6 million grant to a team of scientists to develop an anti-SARS-CoV-2-specific DNA-encoded monoclonal antibod...
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The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) recently urged Congress to temporarily extend a COVID-19 tax relief provision to support manufacturers. To counterbalance a decrease in earnings sinc...
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley is urging lawmakers to reach a final agreement on pandemic relief legislation that includes targeted liability p...
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UGI Corp.’s Natural Gas Businesses group recently joined Our Nation’s Energy Future (ONE Future), a coalition of 33 other gas production, transmission, and distribution companies. UGI Corp. i...
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Comcast Corp. recently announced its first round of Comcast RISE award, which included more than 700 recipients include six businesses in Central Pennsylvania. Winners receive either technology upg...
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Pittsburgh-based Viatris Inc. recently released additional details of its multi-year global restructuring initiative that when complete could involve a 20 percent reduction in its global workforce. ...
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The Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s board of directors recently approved $250,000 in investments to support four early-stage companies. Established manufacturers w...
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AmerisourceBergen, a pharmaceutical products company based in Valley Forge, recently received a B grade from the 2020 CDP Climate Change Disclosure. CDP is a nonprofit charity that assesses compani...
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The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction will provide high-speed internet service to more than 327,000 Pennsylvanians. In Pennsylvania, nearly ...
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently awarded Doylestown-based IO Biosciences with a patent for nucleic acid constructs comprising gene-editing multisites (GEMS) and their uses. According t...
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In 2019, the gross domestic product (GDP) in Lehigh Valley reached $43.3 billion, a record for a single year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, and a 5.7 pe...
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Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday the implementation of a new round of COVID-19 mitigation efforts throughout the state that have drawn criticism from the PA Chamber of Business and Industry and severa...
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