The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) announced on Jan. 14 a staff restructuring and new staff assignments to support its work to market the Lehigh Valley and attract new employee...
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United States Steel Corp. recently highlighted the company’s safety performance for 2019 and thanked employees for their commitment to safety. “U. S. Steel coined the term ‘Safety First’ in...
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The Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) recently released a report projecting calendar year (CY) 2019 collections from the Impact Fee that Pennslyvania imposes on unconventional natural gas wells. The ...
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Talen Energy Corporation announced Monday that it completed the previously announced sale of its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary Interstate Energy Company LLC (IEC) to Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphi...
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WESCO International, Inc. and Anixter International Inc. announced Monday that WESCO will acquire Anixter under a definitive merger agreement unanimously approved by the companies' boards of directors...
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The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) recently elected Sam Denisco, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry vice president of government affairs, as chairman. Created i...
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Unemployment compensation (UC) tax rates for Pennsylvania businesses will decline by 1.1 percent in 2020, the lowest tax rate in 41 years, after the elimination of the UC tax rate interest factor. ...
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Kennametal, a supplier of tooling and industrial materials based in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, announced yesterday that it has agreed to downsize its Essen, Germany facility instead of closing it as previ...
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EQT Corporation, a natural gas production company based in Pittsburgh, recently announced that its board of directors appointed David Khani as chief financial officer, effective Jan. 3. Kyle Derham...
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Tenaris recently announced the completion of its acquisition of IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of steel pipe from PAO TMK. Tenaris will acquire IPSCO’s steel shop in Koppel, Penn., the...
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The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC), in collaboration with local education and business partners, recently released a guide to the region’s most in-demand careers. “Stude...
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The United States holds a competitive advantage regarding its domestic supplies of affordable natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), according to the American Chemistry Council. The council st...
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The Global Energy Institute of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released the 10th anniversary edition of the Index of U.S. Energy Security Risk, which notes the role of shale and other energy res...
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The Lehigh Valley’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached $41.2 billion in 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, which is 4.4 percent higher than 2017 an...
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Pennsylvania's hospitals and health systems supported approximately 654,000 jobs, more than one in 10 in the state, and drove $136.1 billion in total economic impact in fiscal year 2018, according to ...
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Montgomery County Commissioners recently adopted a $428.4 million budget for 2020. The budget provides a 2.75 percent wage increase for all nonrepresented employees effective Jan. 1 and includes l...
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The National Petroleum Council (NPC) recently released two reports, one on infrastructure permitting solutions and one outlining a roadmap for at-scale carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) deploymen...
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Pennsylvania is the nation’s second-largest natural gas provider, according to an Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) report. The state’s production volume grew 10.8 percent this year, 2 percentag...
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The Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) recently announced that it expects to complete several projects by the end of the year to improve service reliability for approximately 20,000 customers in ...
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The New Jersey Tech Council (NJTC) recently honored OrthogenRx, a Doylestown-based medical device company, with the 2019 Innovative Company of the Year Award, sponsored by Rowan University and Yorktel...
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