http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews Business news and features, Personal Business, Dateline Pittsburgh, PM Business Report Top 50 (annual) en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:01:35 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1014879-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Bed-and-breakfasts are starting to man up, doing away with the lace bedspreads and trading high tea for brewskies. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015091-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml They call the conclusion of a chess match the end game, and it takes special skills to master that part of the contest. In the stock market, we have the end-of-the-year game. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015144-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Community College of Allegheny County, 9 a.m., CCAC West Hills Center, 1000 McKee Road, Oakdale. Skilled trades and services fair. Call 412-788-7500. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015145-318.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Michael R. Ruck, tax manager, joined Malin Bergquist. Kline, Keppel & Koryak P.C. hired Aaron M. Powell as a staff accountant. Elias/Savion Advertising Inc. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015179-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml At 4 a.m. on Black Friday as shoppers are lined up at other stores, the doors will be locked at Altmeyer's Bed, Bath & Home stores. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015183-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml While there will be more than a dozen H1N1 vaccine clinics taking place across Pennsylvania this weekend, some people are questioning the process that the state has used until now to distribute the doses. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1014796-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Real estate news in brief. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015185-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Also in today's headlines: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015189-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml They may be toasting with Pepsi products at the Smith Brothers ad agency. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015190-30.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Pittsburgh area real estate showed signs of a turnaround in October as last-minute buyers apparently scrambled to take advantage of the $8,000 federal tax credit that was originally set to expire in November. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015191-53.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml City officials are resetting their sights on a once-spurned St. Louis-based grocery chain now that Kuhn's Market has dropped plans for a Hill District store. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09325/1015244-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Pennsylvania announced yesterday it is moving from the South Side to Lawrenceville next summer or fall. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015080-323.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Going to be out on Black Friday? The PG is looking for your on-the-ground experiences. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014926-56.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Standing in ponchos and under a canopy of umbrellas, a few hundred people gathered in the rain in front of UPMC Braddock yesterday to decry UPMC's decision to shutter the hospital there, hoping their messages -- conveyed over a crackly portable speaker -- would sway the medical giant to change its mind about closing the facility. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:34:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014900-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Also in today's headlines: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014901-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Investors pulled back on Dick's Sporting Goods shares yesterday after the Findlay retailer trounced third-quarter earnings expectations, then hurried to warn there's a lot to worry about in the fourth quarter. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014902-323.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Shoppers are expected to shell out some $25 billion for gift cards this holiday season, making the little pieces of plastic cash the No. 1 present for the sixth year in a row. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014904-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml The state Public Utility Commission has approved the sale of Dominion Peoples, Pittsburgh's largest natural gas utility, to Peoples Hope Gas Cos. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014905-30.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Howard "Hoddy" Hanna III, chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, was honored recently by an organization of top real estate brokers for his work toward increasing homeownership and building better communities. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014907-68.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Might your family be shunning a federal tax credit of up to $8,000 to buy a home because of a prior bankruptcy or foreclosure? Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014805-82.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml PARIS -- Recovery in developed economies will accelerate next year due to "substantial improvements" in financial markets and fast-growing Asian countries, but is likely to remain fragile, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said today as it doubled its 2010 growth forecast. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014777-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml The state Public Utility Commission has approved the sale of Dominion Peoples, Pittsburgh's largest natural gas utility, to Peoples Hope Gas companies LLC, a subsidiary of SteelRiver Infrastructure Fund North America LP. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014823-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry reported this afternoon that Pennsylvania's unemployment rate held steady from September to October, remaining at 8.8 percent. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014792-407.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml WASHINGTON -- A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled today that the recovery will probably remain weak in the coming months. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014790-96.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml NEW YORK -- AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed as much as 36 percent of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner Inc. next month. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014784-318.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014702-56.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml More than 150 Mon Valley residents, health care activists and elected officials gathered at Braddock Carnegie Library last night, where Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato hosted a public hearing on UPMC's decision to shutter its hospital there at the end of January. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:33:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014772-455.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Sales of cold weather gear helped Dick's Sporting Goods beat analysts expectations for the third quarter and the Findley retailer said it is raising its earnings projections for the full fiscal year as a result. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014603-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml The Federal Housing Administration, the agency that insures home purchases made with down payments as small as 3.5 percent, may create another lending crisis, Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014605-114.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Ambulatory surgical centers, free-standing facilities where patients can go for minor procedures, continue to proliferate in Pennsylvania. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014610-53.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Winners on the ice, the Penguins now will try their luck on land. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014613-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Hershey, hoping to expand its overseas presence, has lined up a potential partner as the most recognizable name in American chocolate considers starting a bidding war for British candy maker Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014699-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml More than a year after a deal to bring a grocery to the Hill District was thought to be sealed, the search for a company to serve the neighborhood continues, and residents who endure long drives Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500