Western Pennsylvania


Recent Articles about Western Pennsylvania

In Search Of The Real Sba

By Stephen B. Meyers |  May 1, 1984

I can identify with Taylor and Stutt, to whom Tom Richman referred in his article about Small Business Administration guaranteed loans. Our company ...  Read more

The Groundhog Economy

By Leslie Taylor |  Jan 26, 2007

As America’s economy has shifted away from the Heartland, smart small towns like Punxatawny, Pa. -- home of the world’s most famous groundhog weatherman ...  Read more

My Terrible Vacation

By Warren Rodgers |  Feb 1, 1988

'It must be every entrepreneur's fantasy: you and your spouse spend years building a fast-growth, INC. 500-level company. As the business matures, you go ...  Read more

Details, Details, Details

By Susan Greco |  Jul 1, 1997

Various business people tell what it's like to manage a strategic partnership.  Read more

The Lord Of Discipline

By Donna Fenn |  Nov 1, 1985

No one will ever accuse Don Oberg of being soft. His employees work 50 hours a week and get all of 15 minutes for lunch. Yet last year, some 1,600 job applic...  Read more

America's Oldest Brewery

By Rod Kurtz |  Jul 1, 2004

For almost two centuries, tiny, family-owned Yuengling survived by refusing to grow. So how'd it get to be America's fifth-largest brewery?  Read more

What One Man Can Do

By John Brant |  Sep 1, 2005

Bill Strickland is in the business of saving lives. After almost 40 years of teaching kids, training adults, and telling his story, he's looking to "franchis...  Read more

Born-again Steel

By Craig R. Waters |  Nov 1, 1984

David Houck worked for Big Steel all his life -- until the mill shut down. . .  Read more

The 500

Dec 1, 1987

#13 APPLIED SYSTEMS INC. UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. You saw it in the stock market. You've seen it in the merger-and-acquisition activity. ...  Read more