Delaware Business Now
(Gallery) People – May 21-27 2014
Wagner promoted chief investment officer
Officials of The Buccini/Pollin Group announced the promotion of Karl J. Wagner to co-chief investment officer as the company continues its aggressive commercial and multi-family growth plans into 2014. Karl...
German flooring supply company breaks ground on dry mortar plant in Dover
Germany-based flooring company Uzin Utz AG broke ground on its first U.S.-based dry mortar plant in a ceremony on Tuesday.
Gov. Jack Markell, Lt. Gov. Matt Denn and Alan Levin, Director of the Delaware Economic...
Frontier to fly into Washington Dulles
Frontier Airlines will launch new low fare service at Washington Dulles International Airport with nonstop flights to 14 destinations.
The airline is using the same formula it employed in Wilmington (New Castle Airport) and Trenton-Mercer...
Jordanian ship company fined, barred from U.S. ports for two years
Jordan-based Arab Ship Management Ltd. pleaded guilty in federal court in Wilmington, to one count of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Arab Ship Management Ltd. was then sentenced to pay a criminal...
Viewpoint: A slow but steady recovery
This column started out with a look at the never-ending opposition to the proposed Data Centers project in Newark.
After reviewing this edition of the Business Bulletin and seeing the Data Center situation take an...
Check out the May 21-26 2014 issue of the Business Bulletin
The Bulletin takes a look at the economy this week with separate reports on the overall outlook, employment and the residential real estate market. But once again the of the Data Centers project grabbed...
Sitel adding 100 jobs at Milford call center
Sitel, a customer service provider, announced that it is expanding its inbound call center in Milford, Del.
The company is hiring 100 positions to provide inbound call center support for a global retailer and specialty...
PNC Financial report says recovery will continue
An economic forecast from PNC Financial indicates that Delaware is recovering from a tough winter that stalled job growth.
This comes after employment growth ran above the national average during most of 2013.
The report notes...
Review: Flying Frontier from Wilmington (New Castle)
I finally made my first flight on Frontier Airlines from Wilmington (New Castle Airport). I am pleased to report that the Delaware airport is lucky to have a carrier with a promising strategy...
Unbeelievable tractor-trailer crashes near I-95
Delaware State Police are on scene of a one vehicle crash involving an overturned tractor- trailer hauling live bees, The accident took place at Delaware route 896 northbound on ramp to Interstate 95 near...
State revenue estimate cuts further into budget bottom line | WDDE 91.1 FM
By James Dawson
Delaware’s budget woes continue as the latest state revenue forecast anticipates additional losses in what’s turning out to be a lean year.
The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) projects a $55.2...
Exclusive: Verizon rolling out DVR option that ends ‘recording wars’
Verizon, after trailing Comcast and DirectTV in the battle of the DVRs, has launched
FiOS Quantum TV.
The service is expected to be rolled out this week in Delaware. According to Verizon, the service “provides more choices...
Lerner’s HRIM partners with Christiana Care in Patient Experience Academy
The Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM) in the University of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics has announced a partnership with the Christiana Care Health System to deliver the Patient...
AT&T to acquire DIRECTTV in $67 billion deal
AT&T and DIRECTV have entered into a $67 billion agreement under which AT&T will acquire DIRECTV in a stock-and-cash transaction for $95 per share based on AT&T’s Friday closing price. The agreement has been...
Sponsored content: Join BBD for 12th Annual Summer Blood Challenge
With a healthy uneventful pregnancy, Kelly expected the birth of her second child to be free of complications.
But after 24 hours of labor, Kelly began to hemorrhage and lost 40 percent of her blood...
Delaware Electric cooperative proposes rate increase
Delaware Electric Cooperative is proposing a 6.9 percent rate increase for its members in Kent and Sussex counties.
Members of the cooperative have the right to comment at an upcoming May 21 board meeting. Notice...
AstraZeneca Board rejects Pfizer’s final proposal
The Board of AstraZeneca quickly rejected the final offer by Pfizer. The deal, according to published reports, rose from $106 billion to $119 billion.
AstraZeneca is slated to have 2,000 employees in Delaware after a restructuring. The workforce...
Biden gets consent order after complaints from residents at Bon Ayre manufactured home community
Attorney General Beau Biden announce that his office has secured a consent order requiring a Smyrna-area manufactured home community to refund monies collected after it claimed that taxes had risen.
“We’re acting to ensure that...
AAE Global Express leases 50,000 SF in Southgate
AAE Global Express, a shipping company that provides express products and services between Asia and the United States, recently leased 50,000 square feet of industrial space at 70 McCullough Drive in Southgate Industrial Park...
Sussex remains strongest home sales market
Figures from multiple listing agencies showed a mixed performance in the home sale market in the first three months of this year. New Castle County appeared to be the weakest county in the region.
The figures...