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Sallie Mae’s College Cost Calculator gets top grade
Sallie Mae announced its College Cost Calculator has been named one of 2017’s top college savings calculators by AdvisoryHQ, an online news source that reviews and ranks financial services products and providers. Sallie Mae’s...
Delaware’s state debt burden gets failing grade
Delaware ranks near the bottom in a measurement of state debt.
Chicago-based Truth in Accounting gave Delaware the low ranking based on per capita debt or the amount of money each resident would have to...
State senator raises questions about TransPerfect sales process
A state senator has expressed concern over reports of a court-ordered sale of translation services company TransPerfect.
Colin Bonini, R-Dover, wrote a letter to Credit Suisse, the investment bank managing the court-ordered sale seeking assurances...
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Wilmington signs assistance deal with UD and DSU
The City of Wilmington, Delaware State University and the University of Delaware signed an agreement that pledges mutual cooperation and assistance on various projects to benefit Wilmington and the residents and businesses.
The agreement will...
Business people, Sept. 27, 2017
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Chemours CEO to chair National Safety Council
The Chemours Company announced that its President and CEO, Mark Vergnano, has been elected to chair the board of...
Frontier adding flights to 4 more cities next year
Frontier Airlines continues to expand its schedule out of Philadelphia with nonstop, seasonal service to mid-sized cities a few times a week.
The airline announced it will launch non-stop seasonal flights between Philadelphia International Airport...
Effort under way to name Newark school in honor of filmmaker Ken Burns
A Christina School District committee will study a proposal tonight on naming a Newark elementary school in honor of filmmaker Ken Burns.
The proposal that will go before a committee that studies school name changes...
FMC gets final regulatory clearance for deal to buy DuPont Crop Protection businesses
FMC Corporation announced that it has received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the proposed acquisition of a portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business.
The CCI is the final jurisdiction to grant antitrust clearance needed to...
DuPont Clean Tech to help tap Egyptian gas field
DuPont Clean Technologies signed a contract with Kinetics Technology (KT) for Eni’s giant Zohr deepwater gas field in the Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone of the Mediterranean Sea.
Under the contract, DuPont will be delivering the...
Buccini/Pollin breaks ground on Virgin hotel
Wilmington and Washington D.C.-based developer Buccini/Pollin Group, Inc. (BPG) and its construction affiliate BPGS Construction broke ground on Virgin Hotels Nashville.
The hotel project had been announced earlier this year.
David Pollin, Chris Buccini and Robert Buccini,...
Shore United opens branch in Virginia
Shore Bancshares, Inc. announced its banking subsidiary, Shore United Bank, opened a new branch in Onley on Virginia's Eastern Shore.
Shore has branches on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and in Delaware.
"Our new full-service branch...
Our view: Zuck’s big adventure
Monday started out with news that Mark Zuckerberg would not be in Chancery Court after the social media giant faced decided not to issue a class of stock that would allow the Facebook CEO...
(Video) Goat-powered brush removal company wins Enterprise Center’s ‘Sharks’ competition
Green Grazer Goats grazed into the no. 1 position to win the Emerging Enterprise Center’s Swim with the Sharks Video Pitch Competition, gaining a grain prize totaling more than $22,000 in cash and services.
Green...
Biden to keynote State Chamber annual meeting
The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 181st Annual Dinner on Monday, January 8, 2018 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. Joseph R. Biden. Jr., 47th Vice President of the United...
Facebook CEO holds disaster discussion with UD faculty, civic leaders
(University of Delaware)
Mark Zuckerberg’s personal challenge for 2017 is to travel to and meet with people in the 30 states he has yet to visit and Monday, was the First State’s moment in the...
Christiana Care, Del Tech develop gene editing education program
A cutting-edge gene editing technology is coming to college classrooms in Delaware, thanks to a $1 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to Delaware Technical Community College in partnership with the Gene Editing...
Goldey-Beacom College event to offer salary negotiation strategies for women students
On Thursday, Goldey-Beacom College (GBC) will host the first of a series of American Association of University Women (AAUW) Start Smart workshops. The workshops are specifically designed for GBC women who are graduating seniors...
Delaware ends up light blue in distressed states index
A report released Monday shows Delaware faring relatively well when compared to other areas in a measurement of economic distress.
The findings came in the Economic Innovation Group’s 2017 Distressed Communities Index (DCI), a nationwide analysis...
