Delaware Business Now
Cash mob in Newark
Newark saw its first “cash mob” Tuesday night.
Photo by Ken Grant
A group, brought together by social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, gathered on Main Street, with Rainbow Books, Movies and Music on Main...
DuPont adding jobs in Iowa
DuPont opened a $40 million plant genetics research facility in Johnston, Iowa on Monday. Approximately 400 new jobs will be created through the increased research and development capabilities housed in the 200,000 square foot...
Verizon's partial Internet outage resolved
A rather strange outage on the Verizon FiOS Internet network seems to have been resolved. The problem on Tuesday morning seemed to involve access to most websites.
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Farmers markets expected to get off to strong start
It has taken a while, but Delaware’s farmers’ markets seem destined to reach a large percentage of First State residents.
Twenty-seven local farmers’ markets are expected to open during the spring and summer, including 12...
Mitt's coming to town
Republican National Committeewoman Priscilla Rakestraw was right when she predicted that the frontrunner for the GOP nomination for president was likely to visit Delaware. See story on this site.
Rakestraw made the prediction last week at...
Chesapeake unit supplying natural gas to massive Fla. water treatment system
Chesapeake Utilities Corp., Dover, announced that its natural gas marketing subsidiary, Peninsula Energy Services Company, Inc. (PESCO), has been selected by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami-Dade County to provide natural gas...
Facebook Fan Page requires an adult in the room
Things have not gone well for the Baltimore Orioles in a number of years. But to be dissed by another pro team was simply too much.
Based on a report in NFLcom, the Baltimore Ravens...
3 days of barbecue coming in May
The area south of the St. Georges Bridge will see the mouth-watering smell of barbecue next month. The Middletown Chamber of Commerce and Dutch Country Farmer's Market are playing host to an expanded Middletown...
Spitzer named SVP at DuPont
Spitzer (DuPont photo)
DuPont has named Gary W. Spitzer as senior vice president of Integrated Operations & Engineering, succeeding Jeffrey A. Coe who plans to retire in May following 38 year with the company.
Thierry Vanlancker...
Loma Coffee to celebrate expansion
Loma Coffee Wilmington's Lower Market Street Arts District, has doubled in size. It will mark that growth with a full day of live music.
On Friday, April 13, musicians will perform from 8 a.m. until...
State jobless rates remain stable
Unemployment remained stable in the nation, with Delaware's jobless rate remaining well below the national average.
A report Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that 49 states and the District of Columbia registered...
Chesapeake Utilities turns to Perdue veteran for finance post
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. has turned to a long-time finance executive at agribusiness giant Perdue for a post at the Dover-based utility company.
Thomas E. Mahn will oversee all finance, treasury, risk management, and investor relations functions...
EDiS Institute coming to riverfront later this month
The deadline is nearing to register for the seventh EDiS Institute on April 19 from 7:15 a.m. until noon at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. The event in sponsored by regional...
GOP presidential candidates may make strong bid for Del. primary voters
A long-time Republican activist says Delaware could emerge as a hotly contested state when the Presidential primary is held on April 24th.
Priscilla Rakestraw, a Republican National committeewoman said even frontrunner Mitt Romney could even...
DuPont Teflon survey: We're doing more cooking at home
DuPont's Teflon business has released a survey of home cooks that might not be good news for some restaurants.
The findings, released at an International Culinary Expo show that consumers are cooking more often, experimenting...
So long to Hugh Long as Wells exec takes new post
The quaint custom of having state market presidents for big banks is fading away, with executives taking on larger market areas.
Philadelphia Business Journal reported that Hugh Long, the highly visible president for Wells Fargo's...
Bloom Boxes coming to Tar Heel state
While officials were quietly confirming that Bloom Energy is planning to break ground this spring on a fuel cell manufacturing plant on University of Delaware property in Newark, equally big news came out of...
Atlantic turns heads, but will it be built here?
Photo from Fisker Automotive;
Fisker Automotive unveiled the Atlantic sedan and as previous spy shots indicated, it is a striking vehicle. But it might not be built in Delaware, the New York Times and other publications...
Capital One strong and cheap, Business Week writes
Is Capital One or JPMorgan Chase a stronger bank?
Based on the federal “stress test” Capital One, which has set up shop in Wilmington after acquiring ING Direct, is the stronger of the two giants....
Massive Revel resort casino opens in Atlantic City
Atlantic City's first casino in well over a decade opened Monday.
The Revel, a $2 billion-plus hotel-casino-resort is now undergoing what it calls an eight-week preview or "shakedown cruise"f that will see the opening of...
