Delaware Business Now
Bethany builder’s television pilot to air on Friday on HGTV
Bethany Beach builder Marnie Oursler is getting a shot at a cable TV show with a pilot for a beach home show.
Ousrler has been hitting the radio and TV talk circuit in southern Delaware...
Wayback Burgers trims restaurant count in area as chain expands elsewhere
Wayback Burgers, formerly Jake’s, has expanded to Chicagoland with a store in the suburb of Naperville, IL. At the same time, the company has a smaller footprint in the area of its founding.
The Naperville...
Stein Mart to open Concord Pike store in March
Discount fashion store Stein Mart will open its first Delaware store in north Wilmington next month.
The store will open at Concord Square at 4221 Concord Pike. The Concord Pike area remains popular with retailers,...
Teller supervisor gets year in prison for embezzling $150,000
Amanda Carey, 28, of New Castle, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison and ordered to pay full restitution after raiding the vault at a bank branch.
Carey pleaded guilty to...
Delaware ranks 4th in job creation in Gallup survey
Gallup is ranking Delaware fourth in the nation in the rate of job creation in 2015.
Minnesota ranked first on the list with a score of 38, followed by Georgia, Utah and Delaware.
Delaware’s job score...
AstraZeneca lung cancer drug gets European Union OK
AstraZeneca announced that the European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorization for Targrisso osimertinib tablets for the treatment of adult patients with a type of mutating non-small cell lung cancer.
Use can be...
Comcast Ventures invests in College Ave Student Loans
College Ave Student Loans has secured $20 million in financing from Comcast Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast NBCUniversal, with participation from Fenway Summer Ventures (headed by former Consumer Financial Protection 'Bureau Deputy...
PBF Logistics to acquire fuel storage terminals in region for $100 million
PBF Logistics, a limited partnership formed by the owner of the Delaware City Refining Co., is doubling down on the fuel storage market in the region with a deal to acquire four refined product...
PBF moves up planned refinery turnaround after outage at Delaware City refinery
PBF Energy confirmed on Tuesday that its Delaware City Refinery an unplanned shutdown on January 24.
The refinery reported the loss of power during a severe winter storm.
Shares of PBF were down 7.9 percent in...
Chase survey shows Americans want to improve credit scores
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A survey from Wilmington-based Chase Card Services shows that a third of Americans are not happy with their credit scores, and 28 percent are not confident that...
Business people: Feb. 2, 2016
Williams appointed to two board of directors
Delaware State University President Harry L. Williams has been appointed to the board of directors of two major organizations – the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) and Bayhealth.
Jim...
Developers shift focus to apartments as office, retail markets remain stagnant
Developers are focusing on multi-family projects as office and retail activity remains flat or on the decline.
That was the message coming out of a breakfast discussion held by the Urban Land Institute at the...
Business advocate bill sponsored by Carney passes House
The House of Representatives passed H.R. 3784, the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2015.
The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Congressman John Carney (D-DE), would establish an Office of Small Business Advocate at the Securities and...
Hall elected partner at Connolly Gallagher
Trisha W. Hall has been elected a partner of the firm of Connolly Gallagher LLP in Wilmington.
A graduate of Bryn Mawr College and an editor of the Journal of Technology of Law and Policy...
Mitchell Associates provides signage for Kent County Courthouse
Mitchell Associates, Wilmington, provided signage for the new Kent County Courthouse in Dover.
This new 148,600 square-foot complex was constructed adjacent to and connected with the historic 1697 courthouse in the capital city.
The Mitchell graphics...
Mayor touts $367 million investment surge in Wilmington
Mayor Dennis P. Williams Monday listed $367.3 million in private investment currently underway in Wilmington.
That adds up to a private investment of $694.7 million since 2013. In addition, Willams also cited $189 million of...
Groundbreaking slated for Friday on Route 301 toll road
A formal groundbreaking ceremony will be held to mark the start of the long-awaited Route 301 toll road project.
Delaware Governor Jack Markell, Federal Highway Administrator Gregory G. Nadeau, and state Transportation Secretary Jennifer Cohan...
Colliers: A strong 2015 office leasing market could see challenges this year
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The northern Delaware office leasing market had a good 2015, although headwinds are likely this year.
Commercial real estate broker Colliers reported the leasing and sales performance of the...
Richards, Layton, Finger, Morris Nichols top merger activity ranking
The Deal, a business unit of TheStreet, Inc announced the results of its rankings of the top firms involved in mergers and acquisitions for the full year 2015 for deal assignments of $100 million...
ADM, DuPont see breakthrough in renewable packaging material
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ADM and DuPont have developed that the companies described as breakthough in producing a renewable material that can be used in plastic bottles and other packaging. The...
