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Longtime CEO Tom Lewis retiring from Thomas Jefferson

Feb 9, 2012 9:00 pm

Tom Lewis is retiring as president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals of Philadelphia on June 30 after 36 years with the Center City medical center. Toms leadership and dedication has h...

Amazon considers N.J. warehouses

Feb 9, 2012 8:14 pm

Amazon.com is considering putting two warehouses in New Jersey, one near Philadelphia and the other near New York, KYW Newsradio reports. The move would bring 1,500 jobs and give Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)...

BPG Properties makes top ranking by Preqin

Feb 9, 2012 8:08 pm

BPG Properties Ltd. of Philadelphia has been recognized as one of the top consistently performing private equity real estate fund managers. Preqin, a firm that focuses its research on alternative ass...

Apple seen unveiling iPad 3 first week of March

Feb 9, 2012 7:37 pm

Apple Inc. is reportedly getting set to roll out its iPad 3 in the first week of March in one of its big special events in San Francisco. AllThingsD cites unnamed sources who say there is no indicati...

Wells Fargo cuts 73 Philadelphia-region jobs

Feb 9, 2012 7:22 pm

Wells Fargo & Co. said it has eliminated 73 jobs Chester, Pa. The job cuts, which were reported to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, were in its auto finance division at its Ches...

Sixers CEO Aron spells out why he wasn't destined for job

Feb 9, 2012 7:20 pm

Adam Aron, CEO and co-owner of the 76ers presented to a packed audience at Wednesdays Jewish Business Network monthly luncheon. One of his stories about his career history stood out among many. Aron...

McCarter & English names Phila. managing partner

Feb 9, 2012 7:05 pm

North Jersey-based McCarter & English said F. Traynor Beck has been appointed Philadelphia office managing partner. He succeeds Joel E. Horowitz in that role. Beck, a corporate lawyer, joined Ne...

Reading Terminal Market in Phila. celebrating 120 years: Slideshow

Feb 9, 2012 6:46 pm

The Reading Terminal Market hosted more visitors last year. Last year, 6.35 million people came through the historic farmers market, up from 6.1 million in 2010. Some merchants are saying that recen...

SunGard Data Systems posts profit despite 4Q revenue drop

Feb 9, 2012 6:19 pm

SunGard Data Systems Inc. swung to a profit in the fourth quarter, but its revenue fell 3 percent because of currency fluctuations. The Wayne, Pa., software and technology services company said Thurs...

News for Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from Post-Gazette.com

Officials meet with Air Force hoping to keep 911th open

Feb 10, 2012 6:25 am

WASHINGTON -- There were a lot of questions but few answers Thursday during a meeting of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation and three Air Force generals who want to close the 911th Airlift Wing...

PIAA Wrestling: Big Macs advance with big victory

Feb 10, 2012 5:48 am

Canon-McMillan team took the first step toward its goal of winning a PIAA Class AAA team title with an impressive, 53-10 first-round victory Thursday night against Parkland night at Giant Center in He...

Sheriff's delicate occupation

Feb 10, 2012 5:45 am

As it became clear that members of Occupy Pittsburgh were not long for their encampment at Downtown's Mellon Green, Allegheny County Sheriff William Mullen started planning for the worst. He called po...

Pentagon allowing women to act in some combat roles

Feb 10, 2012 5:45 am

Early in her military career in the Pennsylvania National Guard, Sgt. Danielle Burton was interested in the infantry, but a 1994 combat exclusion policy prohibited women from serving in infantry, armo...

Needy patients facing double setback

Feb 10, 2012 5:44 am

Set against proposed 30 percent cuts in state higher education funding, Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed 4 percent cut in Medicaid reimbursements looks reasonable enough.

WVU, Big East agree to buyout plan

Feb 10, 2012 5:44 am

West Virginia and the Big East Conference verbally agreed to a settlement Thursday night that will allow the Mountaineers to exit the conference for a sizable payout and join the Big 12, multiple sour...

Steve Jobs' unflattering FBI file released

Feb 10, 2012 5:30 am

WASHINGTON -- Even before the world knew him as a genius, the FBI had the book on Steve Jobs. In a 1991 background check, the FBI pegged Apple's co-founder as brash and unlikable and noted his early d...

CCAC president receives $20,000 performance bonus

Feb 10, 2012 5:15 am

Trustees at the Community College of Allegheny County awarded a $20,000 performance bonus to school president Alex Johnson Thursday in keeping with his contract that allows for such awards each year o...

Man caught while hiding under a pile of clothing

Feb 10, 2012 5:08 am

Allegheny County sheriff's deputies arrested a man wanted in connection with an Ohio shooting after they found him hiding under clothing in a Hill District home Thursday morning.

Butler County man shoots self after state police chase

Feb 10, 2012 5:07 am

A Butler County man being sought by police shot and killed himself in his car after being cornered by troopers Thursday morning.