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Naviant acquires health care payments company

Navient, Wilmington, announced that it is moving into the fast-growing health care payments sector with the acquisition of Xtend Healthcare. The acquisition was completed Oct. 20. Based in Hendersonville, TN., Xtend is one of the...

(Photo gallery) Celebration to highlight Chrysler roots at UD’s STAR Campus

  (From the University of Delaware. Photo gallery courtesy of the University of Delaware) The University of Delaware Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus will celebrate the half--century  presence of Chrysler at the site. The free...

Opinion: A sweeping conclusion about Newark and the Internet

transCam / Foter / CC BY-NC-NDTony Abraham of the Technical.ly Delaware website recently pointed out a contradiction in a post from the libertarian publication Reason on studying whether the city should get into the...

Wilmington-based Rockford Equity acquires College Square in Salisbury

  Wilmington-based  Rockford Equity Partners announced  it has acquired College Square Shopping Center in Salisbury, MD. Price was not immediately disclosed. College Square is an 86,442 square foot retail center anchored by Planet Fitness and Ace...

Watchdog legal group claims victory in dispute with state over Bloom deal

A watchdog  legal  group  is claiming victory in a settlement over claims that Delaware played favorites in the deal that brought Bloom Energy to Delaware. A federal court in Delaware   approved a settlement agreement between...

(Video) Bids for two sections of Route 301 toll road project fall within...

(Video of project courtesy of DelDOT) Construction of the long-envisioned Route 301 bypass project is closer to becoming a reality with the submission of apparent low bids for a large chunk of the project. The 14-mile...

(Video) Biden will not run for president

(Video courtesy of the Washington Free Beacon) U.S. Sen. Joe Biden will not run for president. Pressure had been building on Biden to make a decision, with varying accounts indicating that he would seek the nation's...

Check out the Oct. 21-27, 2015 edition of the Business Bulletin

The debate continues on the health of the Delaware economy.  Talk to some and everything is fine. Others see things going to you know where in a hand basket. Last week's unemployment figures suggest the truth...

Buccini/Pollin announces sale of final condo at Justison Landing

Buccini/Pollin Group, Inc. (BPG),  announced the sale of the final condominium at Justison Landing. A total of 126 families now call Justison Landing Condominiums home. “I’m excited about what is happening at the Riverfront and the...

(Gallery) Business people: Oct. 21-27, 2015

Wegmans announces top managers at new store Wegmans Food Markets announced the leadership team for its Concordville store in Glen Mills, PA, off Route 202 and south of Route 1. The store will open in...

Shoplifting suspect flees after hitting Macy’s employee at Dover Mall

 Dover Police are seeking two shoplifting suspects, one of whom hit an employee of the Macy's store at Dover Mall. At about  4;07 p.m. on Saturday,   two suspects attempted to flee the Macy’s store with...

Corporation Services to build headquarters at Little Falls

Home-grown Corporation Service Company, announced it will break ground on its new global headquarters near Wilmington. The ceremony will be held on Oct. 27  at 9:30 a.m., rain or shine, at 301 Little Falls Drive, near...

Media Insider: Former State News Editor Mike Pelrine dies; Milford Live’s anniversary: News Journal...

MilfordLive.com celebrated its fifth anniversary this month. The online hyperlocal publication was launched by Bryan Shupe and Dave Burris in October 2010 with the goal of  “providing an in-depth look at the events and issues...

Analysis: No Wegmans supermarkets on the horizon despite nearby expansion

(Click here for a look at past stories on Wegmans and click on image above for a look at future expansion) Wegmans has no grocery stores on the horizon in Delaware, despite continued expansion in...

Community Foundation launches information, engagement program

The  Delaware Community Foundation (DCF)  has launched the website DelawareFocus.org,  the keystone of the DCF’s new community engagement initiative, Delaware Focus. According to the foundation, Delaware Focus which will be the state's first comprehensive statewide indicator...

Harvest Brunch features local food, beverages

The Second Annual Harvest Brunch helped kick off Kent County Restaurant Week with a local touch. The event on Sunday  at Harvest Ridge Winery in Marydel featured offerings from area farms, wineries and a distillery....

Dogfish Head has plans for Finbar’s site in Rehoboth

Bernt Rostad / Foter / CC BYThe Cape Gazette reports that the long-closed Finbar’s will reopen under new owner Dogfish Head. The company had earlier indicated it was still working on plans for the building...

DNREC plans appeal of Superior Court decision as it tweaks storm water regulations

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control confirmed Friday it has adopted sediment and storm water management regulations for construction and other purposes, after a lower court decision that threw out the program. The...

Jobless rate up slightly as debate continues over wage growth

Delaware’s jobless rate rose slightly to 4.9 percent in September from 4.8 percent in August income growth figures continued to gyrate. The national jobless rate was 5.1 percent, unchanged from a month ago. The Monthly Labor Review...

Civil Liberties Union marks 30th anniversary of awards dinner

The American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Kandler Memorial Awards Dinner tonight. The event honors The Wilmington HOPE Commission as well as Community Legal Aid Society, Inc....
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