AstraZeneca moving jobs from PA to Delaware
AstraZeneca is closing an office in Port Washington, PA. It plans to move those jobs to its north Wilmington site, at least temporarily.
The company...
DuPont downplays significance of Euro regulators stopping the clock on pending merger
European Union regulators have halted consideration of a mega-merger between Dow and DuPont after claiming that needed information has not been received, Reuters and...
Comcast’s Internet program for low income families now serves 3,000 households
Comcast has announced that more than 3,000 households or 12,000 individuals in Delaware are now covered by the company’s Internet Essentials program.
According to a...
Chase rolls out Sapphire Reserve VISA card
Chase Card Services, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced Chase Sapphire Reserve credit card for the luxury credit card market. The card...
Incyte earnings, sales soar
Incyte Corporation reported sharply higher earnings in the second quarter and first half. Incyte is based near Wilmington.
The stock price was down two percent...
Chemours completes sale of sulfur business
Chemours Company completed an agreement to sell the assets which comprise its Sulfur Products business to Veolia North America for $325 million in cash.
The...
DuPont, Dow shareholders OK merger
DuPont and Dow are a step closer to a merger and subsequent three-way split of businesses.
As expected, shareholders of both companies approved the merger...
DuPont names two Fellows
DuPont announced that two employees have been named DuPont Fellows, the highest technical professional level in the company.
George Kodokian and Andrew Morgan are being...
Dow announces cost-cutting actions as DuPont merger approaches
The Dow Chemical Company announced actions that aim to cut costs and integrate Dow Corning. The company has acquired Corning's stake in the joint...
Carper joins chemical, environmental representatives in marking passage of chemical bill
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined representatives from the chemical, environmental and business areas at Croda’s Atlas Point manufacturing site to applaud the passage...
Speculation swirls around AstraZeneca after restructuring news, exit of U.S. chief
Speculation continues to swirl around AstraZeneca operations in Delaware as the company moves through another restructuring and the departure of a top executive in...
Dow, DuPont schedule merger votes
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have announced July shareholder votes on their merger.
This came after the Securities and Exchange Commission approved the registration...
DuPont, Navient make Fortune 500 list
DuPont Co. and Navient were the Delaware companies to make the Fortune 500 list of largest companies.
The list ranks companies based on annual revenues.
DuPont, based...
Incyte posts strong earnings, touts drug pipeline
Incyte also took note of other promising drugs in its pipeline in the areas of immuno-oncology and targeted anti-cancer therapies.
Incyte also agreed to acquire...
SevOne earns Stevie award for growth
SevOne was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie Award in the “Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year – Up to 2,500 Employees”...
Earnings flat for DuPont in second quarter
DuPont announced first-quarter operating earnings1 of $1.26 per share, basically unchanged from a year ago as the company’s agriculture business got off to a...
Comcast’s new Xfinity store part of a kinder, gentler customer strategy
The contrast between the new Xfinity Store in north Wilmington and other customer locations of the company are striking.
Gone is the no-nonsense atmosphere and...
Openings remain for bargain-price South Korea-Delaware trade mission
Delaware businesses will meet with prospective buyers, agents and customers this June on a trade mission to South Korea.
South Korea is the United States’...
Sallie Mae awards Bridging the Dreams Scholarships
Four high school students from across the country traveled to Newark as finalists for a new scholarship from Sallie Mae. Each student ended up...
DuPont researcher wins Canada’s top science prize
DuPont Senior Scientist Philippe Horvath has been honored with the Canada Gairdner International Award, Canada’s leading science prize, for his groundbreaking work on CRISPR-Cas.
CRISPR...
