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The theme for this year's Top 50 in Business section is "Going for the Green: Finding Growth Through The Green Movement." But in the larger sense, it's about sustainability: how businesses ensure long-term viability by controlling or reducing their reliance on resources. (03/16/2010)
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PNC, which placed third a year ago, is at the top of the Post-Gazette's rankings this year.
PNC Financial Services Group was the region's top performing company last year, ousting two-time defending champion U.S. Steel to claim the honor. (03/16/2010)
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A year ago, when the economy was going to hell in a hand basket, the mantra was "cash is king." Now some investors are eager for a regime change. (03/16/2010)
Michael Henninger
Michael Henninger/Post-Gazette A new Market District store in Robinson was big news last year for Giant Eagle, the region's leading private company in 2009.
"Food, glorious food!" sang the boys in "Oliver!" and also, it seems, residents of Pittsburgh as Giant Eagle kept the top spot as the largest private company in the region. (03/16/2010)
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Education Management, the Downtown company that runs the Art Institute, returned to the ranks of public companies in 2009.
PNC Financial Services Group distanced itself from the field last year, using its acquisition of Cleveland's beleaguered National City to attain a market value nearly twice as large as No. 2 H.J. Heinz. (03/16/2010)