Pittsburgh, PA People on the move: 8/19/2019post-gazette.com - Compiled by Natalie Hill Maher Duessel promoted Kristen Moss to manager; Sara Reed, Violet Shriver and Lisa Tennis to supervisors; and Cole Bocheff, Sooyoung Jung, Hannah Kappel, …
Pittsburgh, PA Trade war's losers could include microchips, energy, bankspost-gazette.com - By STAN CHOE NEW YORK — Looking across the stock market, it’s hard to find a company that isn’t vulnerable in some degree to the U.S.-China trade war. Stocks of …
Pittsburgh, PA A McConnell-backed effort to lift Russian sanctions boosted a Ky. projectpost-gazette.com - By Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman WASHINGTON - In January, as the Senate debated whether to permit the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Russia’s largest aluminum producer, …
Pittsburgh, PA 'Taco Tuesday' tiff heats up in fast-food chain's hometownpost-gazette.com - By Mead Gruver CHEYENNE, Wyo. — “Taco Tuesday” may be a well-known term for a themed dinner night out or at home, but as restaurants across the U.S. have learned, …
Pennsylvania Somebody's watching: Legislator pushes bill to set standards for license plate readerspost-gazette.com - By Ed Blazina Over the past 10 years, hundreds of automated license place readers have been deployed across Pennsylvania. The devices, which can be stationary or …
Ben Roethlisberger Roethlisberger backs out of North Shore restaurantpost-gazette.com - By Mark Belko Ben Roethlisberger has spiked a plan to open a restaurant on the North Shore. In a statement Friday, the Steelers quarterback said he and his family …
Pittsburgh, PA Trump's large union crowd at Shell was given the option of not showing up — and not getting paidpost-gazette.com - By Anya Litvak This story has been updated to clarify the origin of a memo to workers at Shell's site. The choice for thousands of union workers at Royal Dutch …
Pittsburgh, PA U.S. retail sales jump, other data mixed as growth fears mountpost-gazette.com - By Katia Dmitrieva U.S. retail sales rose by the most in four months on a surge in online purchases, offering some comfort for the economic-growth picture amid …
Teva Generic drug giants Mylan, Teva accused of blocking congressional probepost-gazette.com - By Cristin Flanagan and Riley Griffin Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., are opening an investigation into generic drug giants Mylan and Teva Pharmaceutical …
Pittsburgh Steelers Stopped short: Zoning board blocks Heinz Field name plan for seatspost-gazette.com - By Mark Belko This is one drive by the Steelers that won’t reach the end zone. The Pittsburgh Zoning Board of Adjustment has sacked a proposal by the team to spell …
Vaping Doctors suspect vaping is behind dozens of lung illnesses in the U.S.post-gazette.com - By Mike Stobbe NEW YORK — As many as 50 people in at least six states have come down with breathing illnesses that may be linked to e-cigarettes or other vaping …
Pittsburgh, PA A new antibiotic approved is approved by the FDA for drug-resistant tuberculosispost-gazette.com - By Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a new drug for highly drug-resistant tuberculosis, the world’s leading infectious …
Pittsburgh, PA A whistleblower accuses GE of fraud and misleading investorspost-gazette.com - By Cathy Bussewitz NEW YORK — A whistleblower who warned regulators about Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme is now accusing General Electric of misleading investors, …
Wexford Community groups, residents rip proposal for 13-story office tower in Oaklandpost-gazette.com - By Mark Belko A proposal to build a 13-story office complex on Forbes Avenue in Oakland came under fire Thursday from community groups and residents. During a …
Pittsburgh, PA Unmoved by Trump’s tariffs delay, China promises trade war ‘countermeasures’post-gazette.com - By Taylor Telford and Thomas Heath WASHINGTON - China announced Thursday that it would take “necessary countermeasures” if President Donald Trump moves forward with tariffs set to take …
Gibraltar Gibraltar releases an Iranian tanker despite a U.S. request to seize itpost-gazette.com - By Richard Pérez-Peña and Megan Specia LONDON — The authorities in Gibraltar on Thursday released an Iranian oil tanker they impounded six weeks ago, defying a United States request hours …
Kraft Heinz Regulators report $16 million penalty against Kraft, Mondelezpost-gazette.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Federal regulators announced Thursday they have obtained a $16 million penalty in a case in which the government had alleged Kraft Foods Group Inc. …
Pittsburgh, PA Bruegger's Bagel Bakery in Oakland reopenspost-gazette.com - By Stephanie Ritenbaugh The Bruegger's Bagel Bakery location on Forbes Avenue in Oakland reopened on Tuesday after being ordered closed by the Allegheny County Health …
Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh's Just Ducky boats will be auctioned offpost-gazette.com - By Nick Garber Weeks after announcing that the 2019 season of Just Ducky Tours would be canceled, the owners of Pittsburgh’s longtime amphibious boat business have …
J.C. Penney J.C. Penney logs disappointing sales, but CEO says change is comingpost-gazette.com - Jordyn Holman J.C. Penney Co. got some welcome breathing room after signaling it’s making the hard choices now that could position it for a promised turnaround. …
Pittsburgh, PA What is an 'inverted yield curve,' and why does it matter?post-gazette.com - By Jonnelle Marte Stock markets tanked Wednesday after the bond market sounded a loud warning that the U.S. economy might be headed toward a recession. Investors are …
Pittsburgh, PA Don Lindich's Sound Advice: For those who want to print photos at home, there are solid optionspost-gazette.com - By Don Lindich Q. I would like to start printing photographs at home. Can I get the same quality at home as I get from the drugstore or an online service? What …
Pittsburgh, PA Pennsylvania dairy farmers have a lot to say about whole milkpost-gazette.com - By Stephanie Ritenbaugh During a dairy summit in Cambria County this week, Sherman Allen came prepared with bumper stickers tucked in his shirt pocket. As U.S. Rep. Glenn …
Pittsburgh, PA Bottoms up! Coal executive envisions brew pub, offices and housing at Iron City Brewery sitepost-gazette.com - By Mark Belko An Armstrong County coal executive who owns the rights to Iron City beer now has his eye on the historic old brewery in Lawrenceville. Cliff Forrest, …
Justin Trudeau Trudeau violated conflict-of-interest rules in the SNC-Lavalin case, a watchdog findspost-gazette.com - By Theophilos Argitis Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was plunged back into the biggest scandal of his term just two months before elections, after the nation’s ethics …
Ohio State University Ohio State University wants to trademark the word ‘The’post-gazette.com - By Cindy Boren Ohio State is serious about calling itself “The” Ohio State University. The grammatical article is right there on many of the school’s seal, logos …
Pittsburgh, PA Trump, in praising Xi, links Hong Kong’s protests to the U.S.-China trade conflictpost-gazette.com - By John Harney WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made what was seen as an overture to the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a series of tweets on Wednesday night that …
Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Library staff members vote to unionizepost-gazette.com - Andrew Goldstein Librarians and other staff across the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Wednesday voted to form a union for more than 300 workers. The vote, counted at …
Hong Kong Flights resume at Hong Kong’s airport as protesters apologizepost-gazette.com - By Vincent Thian and Yanan Wang HONG KONG — Flights resumed Wednesday at Hong Kong’s airport after two days of disruptions that descended into clashes with police, highlighting the …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoU.S. Treasury Trump laments the ‘CRAZY INVERTED YIELD CURVE’ amid markets’ recession woespost-gazette.com - By Damian Paletta, Thomas Heath and Taylor Telford As the global economy shuddered Wednesday, President Donald Trump responded by both claiming the economy is still thriving while dramatically ramping …
