http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews Business news and features, Personal Business, Dateline Pittsburgh, PM Business Report Top 50 (annual) en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:09:45 -0500 15 http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210673-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml The state auditor general said today he will broaden his examination of payments made by the Department of Public Welfare for contract psychiatrists and other medical personnel following a special audit of Torrance State Hospital that he said uncovered a "tangle" of ethical conflicts, questionable billings and poor supervision. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:21:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210677-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Koppers Holdings Inc. swung to a loss in the fourth quarter, hurt by costs associated with the previously announced shutdown of a plant in Australia that makes carbon black, a material used in rubber and plastics. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:05:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210676-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Greg Babe, the CEO of Bayer Corp. USA and Bayer Material Science in Robinson, plans to retire at the end of June, according to a company announcement. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:40:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210674-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Ross Park Mall, which has seen a number of tenants come and go in recent years, this morning announced a new round of store openings. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210667-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml GNC Holdings Inc., parent of GNC Nutrition Centers, today reported fourth-quarter revenues of $509.6 million, a 16.9 percent increase over the same period a year earlier. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:17:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210524-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml WASHINGTON -- U.S. factories boosted output in January, and December ended up being their best month of growth in five years. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210520-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Also in today's headlines: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210523-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. -- Don't tell Michael W. McLanahan that manufacturing in the United States is dead. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12047/1210591-53.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml A small contingent of South Side residents and business owners gathered on Wharton Street on Wednesday night to discuss ways to promote a possible new neighborhood tax. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210167-28-0.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml After driving 400 miles on a crowded interstate highway, I've been thinking about changing lanes in an SUV. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:11:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210150-28-0.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml One local company that will be all over the Pittsburgh International Auto Show won't have even have a booth. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:49:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210332-100.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml MSA said today fourth-quarter profit jumped 44 percent and that profit for the full year nearly doubled. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:24:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210229-28-0.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml PeoplExpress, the no-frills carrier that failed in the 1980s, is preparing a comeback and is counting on Pittsburgh Int'l to help. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:48:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210151-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml With a product like the automobile, which has been around for more than a century, there aren't a lot of dramatic changes most Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210159-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml I was once mock-charged by an elephant while on safari in South Africa. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210163-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml NORTH WINDHAM, Vt. -- A few years ago, Land Rover found itself in a quandary. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210207-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Also in today's headlines: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210210-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Pittsburgh area homes sales are off to a solid start so far this year. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210211-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml BEIJING -- A Chinese company said Tuesday it will ask customs officials to ban imports and exports of Apple's iPads due to a dispute over ownership of the trademark. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210242-82.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml A team of European and U.S. mathematicians and cryptographers have discovered an unexpected weakness in a worldwide encryption system. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210147-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml MELVILLE, N.Y. -- At 86, retired doctor Sidney Austein of Merrick, N.Y., is typical of his age group in at least one respect: When he Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210152-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center Date: Friday, Feb. 17- Monday, Feb. 20 Hours: Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210157-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml If one of your New Year's resolutions was to be more honest and you just bought Honda's new 2012 CR-V, you may be up a creek without a Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210158-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Pssst: Wanna know how to get a $100,000 executive sedan for 40 percent off? Buy a Hyundai. More specifically, buy a Hyundai Equus. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210166-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Ford's F-150 pickup has been the bestselling vehicle in America for more than three decades. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210209-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml For many, the distinctive grating screech that accompanied millions of dial-up Internet connections back in the 1990s has softened to a barely audible buzz as they go online. But in a surprising number of households, the sound of dial-up tones can still be heard loud and clear. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12046/1210236-54.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml An international computer hacker network claimed Tuesday to have shut down the website of a Mercer County company. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209971-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Investors shook off their worries about Greece on Monday and got back to their routine of little-by-little gains. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209972-28-0.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml West Penn Hospital's emergency room department reopens at 8 a.m. today, featuring a renovated entry, 23 patient beds, a fast-track triage system and several technology upgrades, including a state-of-the-art CT scanner coming next month. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:10:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209968-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml NEW YORK -- Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209967-53.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Old arenas die hard. Or at least this one does. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1209970-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml High-yield dividend-paying stocks used to be seen as risky investments. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210049-84.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml Responding to a growing outcry over conditions at its overseas factories, Apple said Monday that an outside organization had begun to audit working conditions at the plants where the bulk of iPhones, iPads and other Apple products are built, and that the group would make its finding public. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12045/1210050-84.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml DES MOINES, Iowa -- McDonald's Corp. said Monday that it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out crates that tightly confine pregnant sows, a move that one animal rights group predicted would have "a seismic impact" on the industry. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209379-28.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml In early January, the two Democrats on the National Labor Relations Board issued a decision that concluded that employers may not force employees to sign, as a condition of employment, an agreement requiring the arbitration of disputes if the agreement includes a waiver of the ability to bring a class claim over wages, hours or other working conditions because such a prohibition runs directly Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12044/1209818-60.stm?cmpid=generalbusiness.xml BOX OFFICE: Estimated ticket sales in millions for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500