Delaware Business Now
Board names Breen CEO of DuPont
The DuPont board of directors Monday took the interim title away from Edward D. Breen. Breen is now CEO of the company based near Wilmington after the sudden departure in October of Ellen Kullman.
Breen...
Viewpoint: Asking hard questions about alternative energy mandate
In a recent column republished on this website, David Stevenson of the right-leaning Caesar Rodney Institute makes the case for Delaware curtailing or freezing its strategy of getting 25 percent of its electricity from alternative...
Bancorp sells Health Savings Account business to HealthEquity
HealthEquity, Inc. announced the sale of a majority of The Bancorp’s Health Savings Account (HSA) portfolio to HealthEquity for $34.4 million.
The Bancorp is based near Wilmington.
The transaction, which includes approximately 170,000 accounts totaling more than...
Talks between DuPont Syngenta reported.
The Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch are reporting DuPont is in talks regarding a combination of its agriculture business with Syngenta.
It was also reported that DuPont was also talking to Dow Chemical, which is...
Stormwater regs remain in place as DNREC awaits decision from Supreme Court
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has won a tempory victory in a battle over stormwater regulations.
DNREC Secretary David Small withdrew emergency sediment and stormwater management regulations put into effect October...
Not for profit: Nov. 4-10, 2015
Record-breaking event
More than 300 people gathered on Oct. 30 on the Goldey-Beacom College campus in Pike Creek and placed a record-breaking 1,549 bras on a giant breast cancer awareness ribbon. Results will be submitted...
Law notes: Family Court judge joins law firm; Mark Fink named partner
Cooch and Taylor announced that Chandlee Johnson Kuhn has joined the firm as a Director in the Family Law Department after a term as the Chief Judge of the Family Court of Delaware Chief...
Newark Post owner buys daily newspapers in Wyoming, Idaho
Adams Publishing Group LLC purchased the assets of four Wyoming newspapers in the McCraken Newspaper Group, including the Wyoming Tribune Eagle in Cheyenne, the Laramie Boomerang, the Rawlins Daily Times and the Rock Springs...
Wilmington-based Anchor Health merges with Virginia company
Anchor Health Properties, a healthcare development company, and Brinkman Management & Development, a Charlottesville, VA healthcare manager and developer, have announced the merging of the two companies under the name of Anchor Health Properties.
The...
Purzycki expected to enter race for Wilmington mayor
Mike Purzycki, executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation, announced he formed a committee enabling him to run as a Democratic candidate Mayor of Wilmington.
He enters a crowded field that is likely to include...
Incyte increases sales guidance after loss in third quarter
Incyte Corporation posted a loss in third quarter, but saw revenue growth and royalties from sales of blockbuster blood disorder drug Jakafi in the U.S. and royalties from sales of the drug outside of...
Council member seeks probe of Grimaldi case by Attorney General’s office
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A New Castle County council member wants the Attorney General’s office to look into the circumstances behind the termination and traffic stop involving former Chief Administrative Officer David Grimaldi.
Grimaldi was...
Chemours reports loss as restructuring costs, titanium business weigh down results
Chemours reported a $29 million loss in the third quarter as restructuring costs and sluggishness in some businesses outpaced gains made by cost cutting.
Shares were up more than 5 percent in early trading, perhaps...
Viewpoints: State with clean air doesn’t need cumbersome mandates
By David Stevenson
Stevenson is Director, Center for Energy Competitiveness at the Caesar Rodney Institute, a public policy group
Delaware is now in compliance with every EPA air quality standard including recently tightened ozone standards. We...
Wegmans to open Concordville store on Sunday
Store Manager Todd Strassner Jr. and his team of 525 employees will open Wegmans’ new Concordville store on Sunday, Nov. 7 at 7 a.m.
As soon as Wegmans opened its Downingtown store in 2003, the...
Alpha Technologies plans to hire 242 employees by the end of 2019
Alpha Technologies, a support services and software development firm currently located in Doylestown, PA, will move its headquarters into Wilmington by 2016 as it launches a plan lure information technology work that has been...
State IT chief agrees with some of the findings in report that sees millions...
The head of the state’s information technology office says he agrees with some of the findings from a recent report, but added that coming up with the estimated savings figure cited in the report ...
Check out the Nov. 4-10, 2015 edition of the Business Bulletin
New Castle County government seemed to be going through a soap opera-style episode after the firing of the chief administrative officer David Grimaldi by County Executive Tom Gordon.
As the tale unfolded, there was a...
Business people: Nov. 4-10, 2015
Levin named to Freeman Foundation board
Alan Levin, who led the Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO) until recently, was named to the board of the Joshua Freeman is the former head of Happy Harry’s, the...
Corporation Services buys Hong-based incorporator
Corporation Service Co. is acquiring a Hong Kong-based incorporation firm as it continues a global expansion.
“By joining forces with CSC, we are reinforcing our local expertise with CSC’s global capabilities in light of the...
