Companies step up to plate after tax cut
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Companies are beginning to climb on board with bonuses following the passage of the tax bill.
The latest Delaware-based companies to announce the payout is...
Rich Heffron’s big night
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Monday night, Joe Biden offered a thunderous defense of the art of compromise and blue collar liberal values.
But a big part of...
The unsinkable Henrik Fisker
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One thing you have to say about Henrik Fisker is that he never gives up.
The talented auto designer, who had ambitious plans...
Sears’ Prices Corner demise was decades in the making
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In the turbulent world of retailing, news of store closings prompts a search to check for a list of store closings.
Most of the...
Right to work ordinance headed toward vote
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The Sussex County Council appears to be on the way toward a decision on a right to work ordinance after a raucous meeting.
The...
A couple of additions to Lake Superior’s list
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In a long-running New Year’s tradition, Lake Superior State University has released its 43rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s...
The case for looking back at 2017
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In early December, I decided not to do a year in review piece.
But on reflection, it was clear that 2017 proved to...
Tax questions as the year winds down
With the passage of the most sweeping legislation in decades, tax advisors will be working overtime to figure out strategies for the new year...
Looking back at two great years
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Congratulatory notes on the second anniversary of the rebranding to Delaware Business Now have been coming in during the past week via...
Eying the possible windfall from state revenue forecast
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The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council received some good news earlier this week when the second of two forecasts this fall showed...
Key decisions helped spur the Delaware economy.
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As Delaware chalks up some wins on the economic development front, it is important to remember that things could have turned out differently.
Take,...
World won’t come to an end with FCC Net Neutrality vote, but…
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The world won’t come to an end with the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to end Net Neutrality.
The repeal is highly unpopular with...
Crafting a key industry in Delaware
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This edition of the newsletter features stories on the largest and one of the smallest craft alcohol beverage businesses in Delaware.
Nationally known Dogfish...
GM site is in the right hands
The message coming out of the meeting a week ago on the redevelopment of the GM assembly plan is that the project is in...
Responses to DART column and a marathon council meeting in Newark
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Yesterday’s column on DART and its efforts to divert diesel-belching buses from Rodney Square brought a few responses. Community activists are upset at...
The Rodney Square bus mess
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The state-owned transit system is beginning to deal with a problem, largely of its own creation, when, almost by accident, city landmark Rodney Square...
Hedge fund investor says it is time for Navient to throw in the towel
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It hasn’t been a great year for Navient.
The Wilmington company, which was spun off a few years ago from Sallie Mae, has been...
Sloppiness and worse in school finance
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At this business newsletter and website, we mainly confine police and court coverage to white-collar crime. The scanner sites can offer accounts of...
GEAR report points to greater government cost savings
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Yesterday, I glanced through the first report of the Government Efficiency and Accountability Review (GEAR) Board. See story below.
It was clear that...
The journalism of no hope
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Al Neuharth may be spinning in his grave over the last couple of front pages of the News Journal.
Neuharth - who expanded the...
