Delaware Business Now
Wilmington retains Aa2 credit rating
Mayor Dennis P. Williams and City Treasurer Henry W. Supinski announced that Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the Aa2 (read ‘AA two’) long-term rating on the City’s $302 million of General Obligation debt. Moody’s...
iHeart formally announces addition of Mendte to WILM-WDOV morning show
iHeartMedia Delaware formally announced that Larry Mendte has been named Morning Show Host for WILM AM/WDOV AM.
Mendte has been on the air since June at the two AM stations.
The morning slot had not been...
St. Francis, Medical Society form accountable care partnership for Medicare patients
Saint Francis Healthcare is partnering with the Medical Society of Delaware’s subsidiary, MedNet, to form the accountable care organization (ACO), Delaware Care Collaboration.
The partnership aims to improve the way care is provided for Medicare...
(Updated Star Group ad agency offshoot snaps up employees
The sudden shutdown of The Star Group in early July remains a hot topic in marketing communications circles.
Star, based in southern New Jersey, made the announcement on its website, citing a situation beyond its control...
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Frontier Airlines flies away for good and Delaware ranks high when it comes to job issues related to pay and the cost of living.
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After doing an admirable job in covering the passing of Attorney General Beau Biden, the News Journal and its DelawareOnline.com website may have stumbled a bit...
Delaware ranks eighth as a good place to earn a living
Delaware ranks as a good place to earn a living, according to an analysis from MoneyRates.com
The company ranked all 50 states on five distinct factors: cost of living, average income, state income tax rates,...
Governor signs $3.9 billion budget as GOP legislators get modest concessions
Gov. Jack Markell signed a $3.9 billion 2016 budget early Wednesday morning.
The budget contains increases in motor vehicle fees in another temporary fix for the state’s transportation funding woes.
Earlier plans to cut the...
Creative District residential development coming to Wilmington
Wilmington Renaissance Corporation (WRC) and Creative District housing partner, Interfaith Community Housing of Delaware (ICHDE) will host a kick-off event to announce the renovations of the first artist’s housing development for homeownership entitled,
Willing Street...
Shakes with cricket powder coming to a Wayback Burgers near you
Wayback Burgers is introducing two new milk shakes that have generated some buzz or chirp.
Cricket powder (from the insect) will do that.
The company, which started out with one Jake's burger place near Newark,...
United Water customers in Newark area facing water pressure problems
United Water Delaware is working to restore normal water pressure to customers in communites south and east of Newark.
Areas affected include Chestnut Hills, Christiana, Bear/Glasgow, as well as the River Road area, the company...
(Video) Chemours CEO rings bell at NYSE as spin-off approaches
DuPont officially spun off Chemours on Monday with the CEO of the company ringing the symbolic bell on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company is being spun off from DuPont.
The headquarters for now, is...
Art museum sells paintings, retires construction debt
The Board of Trustees of the Delaware Art Museum announced the private sales of Arthur Cleveland by Andrew Wyeth and Milking Time by Winslow Homer.
The sales mark the end of a process, announced in...
Betterment adds IRA account for self employed
Betterment, an automated investing service, added SEP IRAs, an acronym for Simplified Employee Pension-Individual Retirement Account.
Betterment has about 210 customers in Delaware, according to the company. Betterment is based in New York City.
The SEP...
Diamond State Financial honored
Diamond State Financial Group, Newark, received GAMA International’s* International Management Award at the Platinum Level. The GAMA International Awards Program recognizes excellence in traditional and contemporary field management throughout the financial services industry.
GAMA created...
Ice Cream Shoppe takes first place in sundae competition
The Ice Cream Shoppe took first place in the second “Best Sundae on Sunday” competition at the New Castle County Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood Park with its Rockwood Fire Blazing Sundae.
The two-day Ice...
Gas prices dip slightly as July 4th holiday approaches
Justin in SD / Foter / CC BY-NC-SAAfter reaching a new high for 2015 last week ($2.80), the national average price for regular unleaded gasoline dropped slightly to $2.78 a gallon late last week,...
Wohlsen Construction ranks in top 300
Wohlsen Construction Company ranked 303rd in The Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) 2015 Top 400 Contractors List.
The company advanced 14 spots from last year’s ranking, Wohlsen Construction Company, celebrating its 125th anniversary, is a Green Plus...
Schell Bros.’ homes indoor air efforts honored
Schell Brothers, Rehoboth Beach. reported the largest number of Indoor airPLUS qualified homes in 2014, according to the program from the Environmental Protection Agency. Schell Brothers is part of a large home-building and real...
Farmers honored by New Castle Conservation District
Norman and Gwen Pierce, owners of Union Ridge Farms near Townsend, are the recipients of the New Castle Conservation District’s Cooperator of the Year Award, presented to a farmer in the district who has...
