http://www.post-gazette.com/businessnews/ All Business, Auto News en-us Copyright 2010, post-gazette.com. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:15:19 -0400 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/10081/1044774-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml The mayor of Duluth, Minn., threw himself into the ice-ringed waters of Lake Superior. The mayor of Sarasota, Fla., immersed himself in a tank filled with bonnethead sharks, simply to one-up him. The mayor of Wilmington, N.C., said that he would even jump out of an airplane -- with a parachute, of course. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10081/1044773-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml PARIS -- A search for "Louis Vuitton" on Google's British Web site turns up an advertisement for "Designer Handbags 70% off" -- to the fury of LVMH, the French luxury goods conglomerate that owns the brand. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10081/1044772-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml It can be difficult to write software for a gadget without being able to touch it. But that has not stopped developers from rushing to create applications for the Apple iPad. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10081/1044775-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Mobile photographers could soon have much better cameras on their cellphones, thanks to technology known as quantum dots. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10081/1044719-84.stm?cmpid=business.xml MIAMI -- Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming that company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:08:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044247-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Dear Dad: It has been almost seven years since you passed away, and although I know I can never actually give you this letter, if you could read it you would undoubtedly be both surprised and saddened by the path taken not only by Wall Street but by the country as a whole. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:40:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044243-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Local officials are happy to hold a news conference followed by a ribbon cutting whenever new companies are lured into the state, but those big gets often turn out to be small potatoes when compared with the small companies that develop locally. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:17:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044601-53.stm?cmpid=business.xml A South Side company has employed dozens of convicted felons over the past five years to make fundraising phone calls on behalf of well-known charities in violation of Pennsylvania law, according to publicly available records. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:59:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044202-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Tuesday Pittsburgh/Allegheny County CareerLink, 9:30 a.m., 425 Sixth Ave., Downtown. Workshop: "Resumes/Cover Letter 1: Creating your Draft." Visit www.careerlinkpittsburgh.com. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:56:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044203-318.stm?cmpid=business.xml People on the Move Advertising Mullen promoted Laura Adams and Tim Wharton to senior art directors. Associations & Organizations SMC Business Councils said Paul J. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044241-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Coffee lovers seeking a standout cup of blended coffee may have a hard time. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044248-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission unveiled its National Broadband Plan, a road map to the future of broadband Internet service in the United States. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044249-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Orders for long-lasting goods in the United States probably climbed in February for a third month, and home sales were little changed, adding to evidence manufacturing is heading the recovery, Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10080/1044250-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml It's a gas, gas, gas Nary a week goes by without some news item about Marcellus shale, the great gaseous hope of the Pennsylvania energy economy. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044464-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044465-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml DONALD ALBRECHT sees New York -- a place where driving across town is the answer to the question of how slow can you go, and where drivers don't stop on a dime but park in spaces the size of one -- as a motor city whose car culture is central to the identity of the automobile itself. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044463-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml THE departure of Robert A. Lutz as vice chairman of General Motors may provoke an emergency call to the paint department: the color is leaking from G.M.'s headquarters. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044306-46.stm?cmpid=business.xml Smiley cookies could join carousel rides in Oakland's Schenley Plaza next year. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044264-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml I am writing in response "West Penn Allegheny Posts Profit," March 2 regarding the financial status of West Penn Hospital. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044265-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Alice in Wonderland," Tim Burton's reimagining of the Lewis Carroll tale, is doing more than setting records for a 3-D movie. It's serving as a showdown between two rival projector technologies. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044190-318.stm?cmpid=business.xml by Natalie Hill Awards/Honors Frederick N. Frank, founding partner of Frank, Bails, Murcko, Gubinsky & Gale, P.C., was named a 2010 Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Law and Politics. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044263-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew affecting thousands of travelers was expected to go ahead today after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10079/1044272-114.stm?cmpid=business.xml On the possible eve of major health care reform, Doug Lowry wants to help people make sense of the 6,219 pages that comprise House Resolution 4872 and accompanying documents. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1044133-100.stm?cmpid=business.xml A retired Franciscan University of Steubenville business professor who earlier developed searchable copies of the Senate and House health reform bills is doing the same for HR 4872. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:39:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1044109-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml When Gmail Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1044110-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml Samsung recently introduced its long-awaited e-book reader for the American market, and while it has useful features, a big one is missing. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1044108-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml SAN FRANCISCO -- Pointing to internal YouTube e-mail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video site's founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they could amass a big audience and sell the company quickly. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043977-185.stm?cmpid=business.xml NEW YORK -- Porsche shot to the top of a closely watched study of long-term vehicle dependability, overtaking U.S. and Japanese rivals, J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043978-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml Also in today's headlines: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043986-56.stm?cmpid=business.xml The developer who won a commitment from Wal-Mart two years ago to build a Supercenter to anchor a shopping complex in East Hills said Thursday that she was "shocked" when the retailer decided not to build, but remained confident the project would ultimately succeed. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043979-96.stm?cmpid=business.xml A new contest from Carnegie Mellon University's Project Olympus is looking for a few good psychics. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043980-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml In what has become a quarterly tradition, the FedEx Corp. conference call Thursday was greeted with interest in not only what the call would reveal about the company and its earnings, but also what the big shipping company's CEO would reveal about the nation's economic situation. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10078/1043982-28.stm?cmpid=business.xml At the Project Olympus show-and-tell this week at Carnegie Mellon University, it didn't take long to see this wasn't your typical science fair. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400