Delaware jobless rate up, but other stats match up with national figures
Delaware’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September rose to 4 percent from 3.9 percent in August.
That’s three-tenths of one percent higher than the national...
Business people: Oct. 19, 2018
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Dassault Aircraft Services names new GM
Dassault Aircraft Services has appointed Mitch Dishman as the...
DowDuPont to take $4.5 billion impairment charge prior to spin-off of ag business
DowDuPont will take a $4.6 billion in charges charge in preparation for the planned separation of its agriculture business, now known as Corteva Agriscience.
The...
United Way of Delaware expands to Salem County, NJ
United Way Worldwide (UWW) authorized the expansion of United Way of Delaware’s (UWDE) service area to include the zip codes of Salem County, NJ.
The...
Christiana Care discovery holds promise of changing course of colon cancer treatment
Christiana Care discovery could change nature of colon cancer treatment
In a discovery that may have significant impact on the future of colon cancer treatment...
Maryland and Delaware Long & Foster group makes Inc. 5000
The Maryland and Delaware Group of Long & Foster Real Estate has been named by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing companies...
Blockchain technology firm opening office in The Mill in downtown Wilmington
Global Debt Registry is locating to the Mill office, co-working space in downtown Wilmington.
GDR is currently expanding its technology team and is hiring for...
UD poll: Delaware remains solid blue state with voters open to bolder agenda
Medicare for all, marijuana legalization have strong support
Delaware residents support a progressive agenda as well as the state’s all-Democratic Congressional delegation, according to a...
Drones help construction industry soar
Three Wilmington-based construction companies are making extensive use of drones.
Representatives from Bancroft Construction, EDiS and BPGS outlined the increasingly important role of unmanned aircraft...
Johnstone Supply store opens in Dover
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held by The Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce Johnstone Supply. The event marked the grand opening of the company’s newest...
(Updated): Dot Foods plans to open $36 million Bear distribution center in fall 2019
Dot Foods ground Tuesday on its dozenth distribution center and already has a trucking operation in place in Delaware.
The $36 million facility will be constructed...
Chemours refrigerant gets nod from air-conditioning giant Johnson Controls
The Chemours Company announced that its Opteon refrigerant has been selected by Johnson Controls for their York YLAA scroll chiller platform in Europe.
Opteon XL41...
Delaware gains high rankings on tax environment
Kiplinger and the Tax Foundation have ranked Delaware as one of the most tax friendly states. for consumers.
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Planet Fitness to add New Castle area location
Planet Fitness plans to open its doors this winter at 148 Sunset Blvd in the area of the New Castle Farmer’s Market
The new 25,409...
Corteva food security index now includes climate change impact
Wilmington-based Corteva Agriscience,, the Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, and The Economist Intelligence Unit released 2018 Global Food Security Index findings that take into account...
Small, mid-sized business remain upbeat in bank surveys
Mid-sized companies remain upbeat about the near-term outlook. That’s according to the latest report from M&T.
The report from the largest full-service bank in Delaware...
Two men arrested in Georgetown after cell phone memory cards are found in suspected...
Georgetown Police arrested two men on charges related to the possession of electronic memory cards used to activate cell phones.
Last week, Georgetown Police arrested...
Chemours CEO to keynote State Chamber’s annual meeting
Mark Vergnano, CEO of The Chemours Co., will be the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce.
The annual...
M&T tops Delaware list in SBA 7 (a) loan category
M&T Bank ranked seventh in the nation for total loans during the Small Business Administration's (SBA) fiscal year. The company ranked first in Delaware.
M&T...
Retailing icon Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as Del. stores survive another...
Sears and Kmart owner Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today.
The company, which is down to a handful of stores in Delaware,...
