Gore enhances technologies for electronics industry
W. L. Gore & Associates has enhanced its portfolio of products and services for the electronics industry. In addition to introducing its new...
AstraZeneca $1.26 paying billion for developer of gout drug
AstraZeneca headquarters in London.
AstraZeneca is betting on the success of a promising drug used to treat gout in its merger deal for Ardea Biosciences,...
ING Direct deal aiding earnings at Capital One
Capital One Financial's first quarter 2012 earnings benefited from the company's recently closed acquisition of ING Direct, according to Fitch, a debt rating firm.
ING...
AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb drug wins OK from European panel
AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company reported a committee for a European Union agency has recommended the approval of FORXIGA tablets for the treatment of...
Yi Palace opens on Elkton Rd.
The Yi Palace Restaurant has opened on Elkton Road on the west side of Newark. Mayor Vance Funk, center, was on hand for the...
Board of Ed OKs Newark Charter School high school expansion
The Delaware Board of Education has approved a plan by the Newark Charter School to add high school grades, but will be remain scrutiny...
Bank of America posts better-than-expected earnings
Bank of America Corporation reported net income of $653 million for the first quarter of 2012. Revenue, after various changes, was $22.5 billion as...
Biotech venture pairing researchers, companies under way
The Delaware Biotechnology Institute and the Delaware Economic Development Office announced eight research projects through the recently launched Delaware Bioscience Center for Advanced Technology...
Barclays 'Rings' in low-interest rate card with 'crowdsourcing'
Wilmington-based Barclaycard US, announced what it says is the first “social credit card” designed to use community crowdsourcing. The term “crowdsourcing” in this case...
Zacks looks at big bank earnings
Investment information firm Zacks issued a report on the nation's largest banks, which recently reported earnings.
To access the press release that summarizes the findings,...
iBio antibody shows promise
Newark-based IBIO announced that its iBioLaunch plant-based technology for the production of a copy of palivizumab, an antibody that fights a condition that strikes...
Stable earnings reported at M&T
M&T Bank Corporation reported stable earnings for the first quarter.
The quarter's earnings as compared with the first quarter of 2011 reflect higher net interest...
State Police investigate industrial accident that claims life
Delaware State Police are investigating an accident at an vehicle repair business that claimed the life of a Middletown man.
At 9:30 p.m. on Friday...
Incyte Corp. CEO to be honored by Delaware Bio
The Delaware BioScience Association will host its 2012 Annual Awards Gala on April 16 at the DuPont Country Club, near Wilmington.
The event will honor...
Chase to add up to 1,200 jobs in state
JP Morgan Chase plans to expand its operations in Delaware and add up to 1,200 new jobs in the state, Gov. Jack Markell...
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New mutual fund from Wilm. Trust
Wilmington Trust has launched a new mutual fund, Wilmington Rock Maple Alternatives Fund. The fund is aimed at helping investors cut the volatility of...
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...
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...
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...
