Business news briefs – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PNC’s Rohr sees ‘slow trip back’ for economy PNC Financial Services Group CEO Jim Rohr said that although the economy was on the mend, “it will be a slow trip back.” “The Great Recession, I guess, is over. But it doesn’t feel like it,” Mr. Rohr said

Business news: First Niagara Financial to loan Harleysville National – Mercury
HARLEYSVILLE First Niagara Financial Group Inc. has agreed to lend Harleysville National Corp. (NASDAQ:HNBC) up to $50 million in advance of their upcoming merger. Buffalo-based First Niagara (NASDAQ: FNFG) announced in July that it will acquire

Law Technology News Announces 6th Annual Law Firm Chief Information – PR Inside
ALM s Law Technology News today announced plans for its 6th annual Law Firm Chief Information & Technology Officers Forum, to take place February 2-3, 2010 at the Hilton New York Hotel in New York City. The two-day conference, conducted in

Next Day – Crain’s Chicago Business
Chicago Business News for December 10, 2009 Winter weather marches toward Chicago, snarling airports (Crain s) Chicago-area airports were seeing delays Wednesday morning as a major winter storm was gathering steam. More than 200 flights had

Business news in brief – Philadelphia Daily News
Verizon New Jersey Inc. agreed to pay New Jersey $795,000 and more than 1,100 customers $50 each to settle a lawsuit. The state Attorney General’s Office said in legal papers filed in March that Verizon failed to deliver on some of its promises for

Local Business News In Brief – Spectrum
CEDAR CITY – Cedar City Community Acupuncture, the area’s first acupuncture clinic, recently opened at 222 S. Main St. “Cedar City Community Acupuncture offers an affordable, quality alternative to treating common health problems in a relaxed group

Business News – Am770chqr.com
TORONTO – The Toronto stock market was little changed late Monday morning, dragged down by lower commodity stocks as the American dollar strengthened. The market did find some lift from industrial, telecom and tech stocks, the S&P/TSX composite index

“Palin, Bachmann to headline Tea Party Convention” – Democratic Underground.com
Tea Party Nation is pleased to announce the First National Tea Party Convention. The convention is aimed at bringing the Tea Party Movement together from around the nation for the purpose of networking and supporting the movements’ multiple

Organizations seeking toy donations – jdnews.com
In Onslow County, needy children and underprivileged families may still wake up to wrapped gifts under the tree thanks to a collaboration between military officials and civilian nonprofit organizations. Toys for Tots, an annual Christmas charity

ACORN loses funding from many Bay Area backers – San Francisco Chronicle
Amid allegations that employees of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now participated in voter registration fraud and, most recently, gave business advice to undercover filmmakers posing as a pimp and prostitute, Bay Area agencies

Second Round Draw – Here Is The City
Here’s the draw for the Second Round of our 2010 ‘Best Place to Work’ in the global financial markets poll. The top 2 firms in each Group will go through to the next stage. Voting will commence Monday, 7th December

Business News brief – Times-Leader
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will replace accelerator pedals on about 4 million recalled vehicles in the United States because the pedals can get stuck in the floor mats. Toyota said dealers will offer to shorten the length of the gas pedals

Free directory listing for your business (From Stourbridge News) – This is Stourbridge
The Stourbridge News is launching an online Business Directory and is offering all companies a free listing. The new feature is part of an exciting development which sees the introduction of daily business news coverage. Click2Find is a comprehensive

Michigan business news: Grand Valley health plan ranks highly – Detroit Free Press
Michigan’s Grand Valley Health Plan ranked fourth highest in the country for its commercial and Medicare insurance plans in new national rankings released Monday by the National Committee for Health Quality and U.S. News Media Group. The rankings are

Business News: National Penn Bank opens community office – Mercury
BOYERTOWN National Penn Bank announced that its New Hope, Bucks County, community office will open Nov. 23 at 6444 Lower York Road. The 3,853-square-foot facility will feature a spacious lobby with five inside teller windows including one

Reuters Business News Schedule at 1330 GMT – Forex Pros
UK’s Lloyds prices record 13.5 bln stg rights issue LONDON – Britain’s Lloyds prices a record 13.5 billion pound ($22.4 billion) rights issue at 37p per share, a smaller than expected discount, part of a massive recapitalisation effort to help it

BUSINESS NEWS: Auction of Philly newspapers put on hold – Mercury
PHILADELPHIA (AP) A bankruptcy auction of the company that publishes The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News has been postponed while creditors appeal a key ruling. The auction of Philadelphia Newspapers LLC was put on hold Tuesday

Hawaii gas prices up for 5th week – Pacific Business News
Gas prices increased in Hawaii for the fifth week in a row. A gallon of regular unleaded in Hawaii averaged $3.35 on Thursday, up 3 cents from a week ago, according to the AAA daily fuel gauge report. The statewide average also is up 11 cents from a

E-mail Alert Center – WRAL
Welcome to the WRAL.com e-mail alert center. WRAL.com offers a variety of e-mail alerts, including WRAL Local Tech Wire’s “First Edition”, wrapping up the region’s high tech and life science business news. All are free, but WRAL.com requires that

Business News – Am770chqr.com
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney speaks to financial regulators Monday, October 26, 2009 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz” OTTAWA – Canada is paying a heavy price for China’s intransigence in moving to a flexible currency that better