The state House Consumer Affairs Committee recently advanced legislation that would address the challenge of expanding access to high-speed internet in unserved and underserved areas. Senate Bill 4...
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Allentown-based Air Products, an industrial gases company, and Baker Hughes, an advanced hydrogen compression and gas turbine technology company, recently entered into a global collaboration to develo...
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Allentown-based PPL Corporation announced Monday that it had completed the sale of its U.K. utility business, Western Power Distribution. Western Power was sold to National Grid for £7.8 billion. ...
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CB Financial Services, the holding company for Pennsylvania-chartered commercial bank Community Bank, recently entered into an agreement to sell two West Virginia branches to Citizens Bank of West Vir...
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The Kraft Heinz Co. recently reached an agreement to purchase Assan Foods from Kibar Holding, a privately held Turkish conglomerate, for approximately $100 million. “This is a great opportunity t...
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Houston-based GenOn Holdings, LLC announced last week it will close the Cheswick Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant in Allegheny County, by Sept 15. The move is part of a process to perma...
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EQT Corp. recently announced that it has joined a project to improve the understanding of upstream greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at natural gas production sites and further deploying advanced monitor...
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PPG recently completed its purchase of all shares of Tikkurila, a more than 150-year-old Finnish producer and distributor of decorative paint and coatings. A total of 38.7 million shares were tende...
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Wabtec Corp., a provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail industries, recently began operating at Neighborhood 91. Neighborhood 91...
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. (LVEDC) recently hired Garner Economics, an economic development strategy and location advisory firm, to develop an updated economic development action pla...
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United States Steel Corporation recently announced it is selling its Transtar business to a Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors (FTAI) affiliate for $640 million. “By selling Tra...
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Pittsburgh-based Kraft Heinz Company announced Monday that it has sold its nuts business to Hormel Foods Corporation for $3.35 billion. Previously, the company said it would divest most of its pro...
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Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Bradford/Lycoming/Sullivan/Union counties), members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and labor and economic leaders recently toured the $6 billion Shell petrochemical pla...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) would provide new funding for minority-owned businesses in Erie County. Part of the Pennsylvania Mi...
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The House Urban Affairs Committee recently held a hearing to discuss how blight laws are being used and how proposed legislation might tackle blight statewide. According to the Housing Alliance of...
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently toured York Fresh Food Farms in York, where he discussed how farms in urban areas could end food apartheid. The Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grant...
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Pittsburgh-based Arconic Corporation announced it is continuing its path towards sustainability, as evidenced by its release of its 2020 Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance Report ...
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AmerisourceBergen Corporation announced Tuesday that it had completed its acquisition of the majority of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Alliance Healthcare businesses. AmerisourceBergen purchased th...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) recently approved two low-interest loans totaling $2.3 million. Through the Bucks County Economic Development Corp., Home Reserve was approv...
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The Hershey Co. recently released its 2020 Sustainability Report, which reviews the company's holistic sustainability strategy and highlights progress on key environmental and social initiatives. "...
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