Hearing Over UPMC's Tax-Exempt Status Gets Heated
A number of protesters confronted senior officials of UPMC Wednesday evening at a public hearing on UPMC's tax-exempt status.
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A number of protesters confronted senior officials of UPMC Wednesday evening at a public hearing on UPMC's tax-exempt status.
Their homes are all over the local landscape -- single family residences and town homes built by the two largest home developers in the region -- Ryan Homes, a division of Virginia-based NVR Inc., and Heartland Homes, a growing locally based home developer.
Facebook boasts of more than one billion people on its social network, but a study from the School of Business at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the University of Bath, England, suggests many of those on Facebook are more stressed out than ever.
It's Cyber Monday, a day when shoppers are encouraged to go online to buy Christmas holiday gifts. But retail experts say growth is flat with a Google survey finding Cyber Monday ranking low as an important shopping day.
What does patriotic music have to do with Black Friday? A lot, say advocates for American manufacturing from all sides of the political spectrum.
Nobody really seems to like it -- certain giant retail stores opening on Thanksgiving Day.
Created more than 40 years ago, the Pennsylvania Lottery has been a state-run program to generate funds for programs benefitting senior citizens.
With all the focus on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it's easy to forget Small Business Saturday, a day important to mom-and-pop shopkeepers all over the country.
Hostess announced Friday it had no choice but to go out of business because of a strike by the bakers' union. So the company suspended production at its 33 factories and has already filed for bankruptcy protection.
With the Christmas holiday season here, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and Downtown Pittsburgh leaders went on a walking tour of local shops Wednesday to encourage shoppers to think Downtown.
What if you could eat a plate of French fries, loaded with calories, and not absorb the fat because of what you're drinking. Well, that's exactly what PepsiCo is selling in Japan; and, so far, only in Japan.
Allegheny County Judge Christine Ward has essentially ordered West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) to renew negotiations with Highmark, declaring that WPAHS cannot talk to any other possible suitor without breaching its original affiliation agreement.
Can it really be happening? A full-service grocery store in the Hill District off Centre Avenue just up from Crawford Square and Downtown Pittsburgh?
With water, wind and rain creating havoc in a number of states, one of America's largest banks -- JP Morgan Chase -- took the lead in helping its customers hit by Superstorm Sandy.
They were once partners, and both say they are open to partnering again. But on Thursday in court, West Penn Allegheny and Highmark accused each other of breaking the original deal that would have merged the hospital system with this region's largest health insurer.
