http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/ All Business, Auto News en-us Copyright 2009, post-gazette.com. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:33:36 -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/09324/1015080-323.stm?cmpid=business.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=business.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/09324/1015032-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Once lauded for its nimble operations and quick decision-making, Dell continues to suffer from a sweeping reorganization that resembles something of an endurance test for investors. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015033-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google began lifting the veil on its planned Chrome operating system on Thursday, but it said that computers powered by the software would not be available for a year. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015034-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml In recent years, amid the fallout from its audacious merger with Time Warner, AOL Inc. has steadily become smaller through subscriber desertions and rounds and rounds of layoffs. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1015035-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- In the first major step toward making millions of videos on YouTube accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people, Google unveiled new technologies on Thursday that will automatically bring text captions to many videos on the site. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09324/1014900-28.stm?cmpid=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.xml Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:25:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014702-56.stm?cmpid=business.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=business.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/09323/1014747-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml "Multiroom sound system? There's an app for that." Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014748-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml A clotheshorse racked up thousands of dollars in mystery charges on a friend's credit card. Phantoms emptied your uncle's bank account. Someone took out a car loan in your colleague's name and stuck her with the bill. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014749-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Been to the iTunes App Store lately? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014750-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Q. My netbook battery doesn't last very long. Are there ways to get more than a few hours of power between charges? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014751-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml The European Union's ombudsman on Wednesday criticized the antitrust inquiry that led to a 1.06 billion euro ($1.45 billion) fine against Intel, saying investigators failed to note statements that might have been relevant to the chip maker's case. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014516-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Video game reviews. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014601-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml A driver of a 2007 Toyota Camry is blaming a recent accident at the Shoppers Plaza in Hampton on a stuck accelerator pedal -- a problem that has been reported before and is part of a continuing investigation under way by both Toyota Motor Sales Inc. and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09323/1014603-28.stm?cmpid=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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=business.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 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014602-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml There was a time when people would joke about not buying cars made on Mondays or Fridays because they were concerned workers might not be focused on the task at hand. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014428-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml Officials broke ground this morning on a 142-room Cambria Suites Hotel next to the Consol Energy Center, the first step in the effort to bring new development to Uptown and the lower Hill District. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014223-34.stm?cmpid=business.xml Natural foods retailer Whole Foods Market has settled on a location to build a second store in the Pittsburgh region, this time at the Wexford Plaza shopping center on Route 19 in McCandless. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1010730-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml And now for something different. From Porsche. How about something fast, sexy, bursting with new technology and handling so sharp it could cut through stone? But with four doors instead of two. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014222-323.stm?cmpid=business.xml This is supposed to be a socks-and-sweaters kind of Christmas, but the layaway customers at the Kmart at Parkway Center Mall in Green Tree have other ideas. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014224-115.stm?cmpid=business.xml International Petroleum Investment Corp., the Middle Eastern investment group that acquired Nova Chemicals earlier this year, yesterday said it isn't planning to acquire Bayer AG's MaterialScience business but it could tap Bayer as a joint venture partner. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09322/1014225-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Local gasoline prices have declined for the second consecutive week. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014167-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml International Petroleum Investment Corp., the Middle Eastern investment group that acquired Nova Chemicals earlier this year, is considering building a petrochemical plant in Abu Dhabi through a joint venture that could involve Nova or Bayer's MaterialScience unit. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:18:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014112-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml SAN FRANCISCO -- They don't know it, but people who use Google's online maps may be getting directions from Richard Hintz. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014043-53.stm?cmpid=business.xml The $3 million penthouse condominium atop Three PNC Plaza is gone, but it was no Gotham City superhero, "just a regular Pittsburgher," who swooped in to buy it. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013971-34.stm?cmpid=business.xml Just when it seemed grocers had run out of ways to use gas discount programs to funnel more spending through their doors, Giant Eagle has launched GifterGo. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013980-68.stm?cmpid=business.xml Q: I am a 78-year-old widower and have two sons, two grown grandchildren and one great-grandchild. We all live and work on the family farm (300 acres worth $450,000) I inherited from my father. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013989-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Stressed-out consumers want comfort food and comfortable clothes at the right price, and the fact that they're relatively satisfied with what they're getting may boost holiday shopping. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013990-114.stm?cmpid=business.xml Highmark Inc. is in the final stages of dismantling Employee Benefit Data Systems Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1013991-113.stm?cmpid=business.xml The building that you work in may contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than the car you drive to work each day. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09321/1014004-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Also in today's headlines: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500