http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/ All Business, Auto News en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:30:14 -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/10069/1041411-67.stm?cmpid=business.xml Public radio stations don't scramble for advertising revenues like their commercial counterparts, but they still compete for donors, ratings, public and grant support. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:09:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041397-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Need to find a hotel in Starkville, Miss.? Find one with confidence at TripAdvisor.com, or any number of online websites. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041412-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Five million dollars. That's how much money seven arts groups have saved by sharing the costs of marketing, advertising, ticketing, theater programs and collectively purchasing everything from Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041413-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml The real work of preserving WDUQ-FM as an independent public radio station is going on behind closed doors, as the group trying to preserve WDUQ and keep its programming intact begins a long, hard fundraising and public awareness task. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041427-53.stm?cmpid=business.xml Seniors at The Residence on Fifth assisted-living facility in Oakland were notified Monday that the facility would close on May 8, with a sale of the property to Carnegie Mellon University pending this spring. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041428-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Three weeks after Saxonburg-based optical instruments maker II-VI had its unsolicited $169.4 million takeover bid for Zygo Corp. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041429-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml The Martin + Osa clothing chain has run out of time to keep looking for that elusive formula for winning over grown-up customers. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041431-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml LifeLock Inc. agreed to pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission and $1 million to 35 state attorneys general, including in Pennsylvania, to settle charges that the company used false Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041434-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml Lincoln, America's "other" storied luxury brand, which was almost dead five years ago, has gained new life with new models, new commercials and new customers. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041437-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml A late blast of cold, snowy weather around the country may have had commuters grumbling but it was refreshing for Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., which Tuesday reported a 10.7 percent increase in fourth-quarter sales. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041489-84.stm?cmpid=business.xml EL CAJON, Calif. -- James Sikes bought his Toyota Prius in 2008, and 53,000 miles later, the car was driving fine. But Monday afternoon, when he accelerated to pass another vehicle on Interstate 8 east of San Diego, the car kept going. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10069/1041521-455.stm?cmpid=business.xml When Castriota Chevrolet in Dormont found out it wasn't one of 2,000 General Motors dealerships slated to close last year, the outfit printed signs and bought billboards proclaiming, "GM is here to stay and so is Castriota Chevrolet." One went up next to a shuttered GM dealership. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041426-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml Lincoln, America's "other" storied luxury brand, which was almost dead five years ago, has gained new life with new models, new commercials and new customers. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:52:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041425-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml A late blast of cold, snowy weather around the country may have had commuters grumbling but it was refreshing for Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., which Tuesday reported a 10.7 percent increase in fourth-quarter sales. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:45:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041409-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a public hearing Tuesday, March 30, in Washington to gather evidence and testimony on the application by The Meadows to add table games. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041405-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml Ending months of speculation, South Side retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc. this afternoon announced it is giving up on its experiment in clothing an older clientele. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041380-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml A popular Downtown hair salon will be moving several blocks to the Piatt Place development this summer Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:28:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041360-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml Indiana, Pa.-based Superior Well Services, Inc. posted a fourth quarter loss of $15.2 million, or 58 cents per diluted share, on revenues of $95.9 million, compared with year-ago profits of $11.1 million, or 48 cents per diluted share, on revenues of $161.7 million. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:54:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041359-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml Three weeks after Saxonburg-based optical instruments maker II-VI had its unsolicited $169.4 million takeover bid for Zygo Corp. rejected by Zygo's board of directors, II-VI officers announced today the company will cease its acquisition efforts and withdraw its proposal to acquire Zygo for $10 per share Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:30:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041358-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. this morning announced sales grew 10.7 percent in the holiday quarter, helping the Findlay retailer report a better performance than a year earlier in the depths of the 2008 financial downturn Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041290-455.stm?cmpid=business.xml A Hampton woman is suing Bank of America, saying one of its contractors wrongly repossessed her home, padlocked the doors, shut off the utilities, damaged the furniture and confiscated a pet parrot, though her mortgage payments were on time. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041348-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml When New Jersey tells you not to use a handheld cellphone to talk or text while driving, they mean it. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041349-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml The past 18 months or so haven't been easy for General Motors, here or abroad. In Europe, GM endured much tense talk about its Opel brand, and the Kroymans Group fell prey to the global economic meltdown, leaving GM without a European distributor in over the half the markets it serviced. Now, a new company called Cadillac Europe has been created specifically to manage Cadillac distribution across the pond, and this go-round, GM is setting more realistic expectations for its luxury brand than we'd previously Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041323-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- In a meeting at Google in 2004, the discussion turned to an e-mail message the company had received from a fan in South Korea. Sergey Brin, a Google founder, ran the message through an automatic translation service that the company had licensed. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041324-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml PARIS -- France Télécom's new management must move quickly "to take charge and encourage radical change" if it is to put an end to a suicide crisis, according to a study commissioned by the company. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041325-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tim Westergren recently sat in a Las Vegas penthouse suite, a glass of red wine in one hand and a truffle-infused Kobe beef burger in the other, courtesy of the investment bankers who were throwing a party to court him. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041326-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml PARIS -- Rivals of Microsoft's market-leading Web browser have attracted a flurry of interest since the company, fulfilling a regulatory requirement, started making it easier for European users of its Windows operating system to switch. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041327-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml ARE social networking sites bringing us together, or only fake bringing us together? Tue, 9 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041199-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Also in today's headlines: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041200-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Only a couple of weeks after being furloughed from his longtime job, Leo Conklin was one of the lucky ones to make the cut at the Sheraton at Station Square, earning a spot in the school set up to train dealers for the Rivers Casino. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041202-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml WASHINGTON -- Toyota gave detailed evidence Monday that it says disproves claims that electronics may cause the unwanted acceleration that led to the recall of more than 8 million cars and trucks. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041203-114.stm?cmpid=business.xml The West Penn Allegheny Health System is considering changing its name, and it is re-evaluating services at its Suburban Hospital facility in Bellevue. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041220-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Longtime dreams of new Allegheny riverfront housing, commercial spaces, bike paths and other recreational amenities are a step closer to reality, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is set to announce today. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10068/1041225-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Women of all races bring home less income and own fewer assets, on average, than men of the same race, but for single black women the disparities are so overwhelmingly great that even in their prime working years their median wealth amounts to only $5. Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041168-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml The West Penn Allegheny Health System is looking at changing its name, and its Suburban Hospital facility in Bellevue may be undergoing operational changes in coming months. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:27:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041163-82.stm?cmpid=business.xml PARIS - As Europe struggles with a debt crisis, the idea of a European Monetary Fund is quickly taking hold. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:31:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041156-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml ATHENS, Greece - Greek officials expressed relief today at European support over the country's debt crisis, but labor unions stepped up strikes, angry at recent wage cuts and sales tax increases they say will hurt the poor. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:12:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041158-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml OAK BROOK, Ill. - Strong overseas growth for McDonald's Corp. in February outweighed U.S. sales that barely nudged upward as the world's largest fast-food chain posted a 4.8 percent increase in sales at restaurants open at least a year. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041157-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml NAIROBI, Kenya - The head of the International Monetary Fund today proposed a plan for the world's governments to pool together to raise money needed to adapt to climate change, a rare step for an organization that normally does not develop environmental policies. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:08:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041154-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml LA DEFENSE, France - Police using tear gas clashed with protesters today at the headquarters of French oil giant Total, which is permanently closing a site in northwest France. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:06:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041152-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda met with Japan's prime minister today and promised to restore trust in the automaker's cars as it embarks on a broad campaign to repair its tarnished reputation. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:04:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041153-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml CHARLOTTE, N.C. - American International Group Inc. said today it would sell its American Life Insurance Co. division for $15.5 billion to MetLife Inc. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041159-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml TheCarConnection.com's expert reviewers drove the 2010 Volkswagen Routan to bring you their own firsthand Bottom Line impressions of the vehicle, and supplemented that with the most authoritative sources from around the web to give you a conclusive picture in the Full Review. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041160-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml TheCarConnection.com's editors drove the 2010 Lexus LX 570 to bring you this concise overview in the Bottom Line. TheCarConnection.com also distilled the best information from the best reviews around the web to give a conclusive look at the new LX 570, even when opinions differ. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041151-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml WASHINGTON - Toyota Motor Corp. plans to rebut claims that the electronics of its cars and trucks are to blame for unwanted acceleration problems that are behind the recall of more than 8 million vehicles. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:59:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041138-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml LikesZoomy new stylingFuel-consciousWell-damped rideEntertainment features Mon, 8 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041124-455.stm?cmpid=business.xml The company set to develop Pennsylvania's seventh and final racetrack/casino, to be built near New Castle, Lawrence County, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:37:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041123-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml HFF Inc., a Pittsburgh-based commercial real estate broker with offices nationwide, reported fourth quarter of 2009 net income of $1.5 million or $0.09 per share. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:36:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041120-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml To help you get the most useful information on the 2010 Nissan Altima and 2010 Nissan Altima Hybrid, TheCarConnection.com brings you selected highlights from a range of reputable review sources in the sections of the adjacent full review. And for a quick take directly from TheCarConnection.com's editors, who have driven all the Altima models, you'll find a Bottom Line summary covering all the main points. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10067/1041121-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml TheCarConnection.com has driven the S80 sedans with inline six-cylinder and V-8 engines to bring you a full collection of driving impressions and an assessment of how they match up against rivals. TheCarConnection.com has also researched other reviews from reputable sources and handpicked highlights from some of them for an information-packed full review. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040579-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml The melodramas currently being orchestrated within the hallowed halls of Congress will not only affect your portfolio and investment strategy, but brings to mind Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt's comments in the movie version of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040604-318.stm?cmpid=business.xml Alpern Rosenthal hired Tricia J. Egry as director of marketing. The state Treasury Department appointed Jeffrey S. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040606-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Tuesday Pittsburgh/Allegheny County CareerLink, 9 a.m., 425 Sixth Ave., 22nd floor, Downtown. Workshop: "Resumes/Cover Letter 1: Creating your Draft." Visit www.careerlinkpittsburgh.com. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040622-30.stm?cmpid=business.xml As warmer months draw near, nagging household chores that have been swept under the rug all winter become a priority. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040658-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Microsoft announced two dates recently that Windows users should heed. On April 13, Microsoft will no longer support Windows Vista that has no service packs installed. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040659-68.stm?cmpid=business.xml Whether born of patriotism ignited by 9/11 or quality concerns triggered by tainted imports such as lead-laced toys from China, some consumers have been giving the "Buy American" mantra a fresh Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040661-68.stm?cmpid=business.xml The "Made in USA" designation means that "all or virtually all" of the product was made in the United States, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the agency in charge of enforcing the labeling standards. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040662-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml ... The more they stay the same. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10066/1040887-84.stm?cmpid=business.xml Toyota Motor Corp. plans Monday to try to undercut suggestions that its electronics systems caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to the recall of more than 8 million vehicles. Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500