Enchantment of the Seas to sail from Port Canaveral in 2013
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/Royal%20Caribbean*100.jpg?v=1'>Royal Caribbean?s Enchantment of the Seas, which is replacing the departing Monarch of the Seas, will undergo a revitalization in December to prepare for its 2013 debut as a home-ported vessel at Port Canaveral. Enchantment of the Seas will sail every Monday and Friday offering three- and four-night voyages year-round from Port Canaveral starting on April 25. Both itineraries will have ports of call at Nassau, Bahamas, and CocoCay, Royal Caribbean?s private island in the Bahamas. Enchantment...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=nIIWOrVItws:1OQqCNZutPI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=nIIWOrVItws:1OQqCNZutPI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=nIIWOrVItws:1OQqCNZutPI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=nIIWOrVItws:1OQqCNZutPI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=nIIWOrVItws:1OQqCNZutPI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=nIIWOrVItws:1OQqCNZutPI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
FDOT seeks consultant for Orange Blossom Express study
The Florida Department of Transportation is looking for a consultant to oversee the study of transit options through Lake and west Orange counties, a study required to move forward with a proposed $55 million commuter rail line known as Orange Blossom Express. The transportation department is seeking bids for what?s known as the U.S. Highway 441/Orange Blossom Express alternatives analysis. The contract will include project development and environmental studies, as well as corridor planning, land...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=edpRivP6Two:bcCIjpcwrV0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=edpRivP6Two:bcCIjpcwrV0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=edpRivP6Two:bcCIjpcwrV0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=edpRivP6Two:bcCIjpcwrV0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=edpRivP6Two:bcCIjpcwrV0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=edpRivP6Two:bcCIjpcwrV0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
A look back at recent business ventures in Kissimmee
Many new business ventures have been underway in the city of Kissimmee. The city has been making headlines with new developments, proposed projects, new companies bringing new jobs and special events. Some of the newest ventures include: ? A $52.6 million patient tower at the Osceola Regional Medical Center that will add 64 new beds and create 125 jobs. ? Florida Hospital Kissimmee is currently in talks of expanding and adding an 83-bed hospital that could break ground in 2013 and occupy...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=tyUF-7emS4E:Tsnqe5C4Qf8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=tyUF-7emS4E:Tsnqe5C4Qf8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=tyUF-7emS4E:Tsnqe5C4Qf8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=tyUF-7emS4E:Tsnqe5C4Qf8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=tyUF-7emS4E:Tsnqe5C4Qf8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=tyUF-7emS4E:Tsnqe5C4Qf8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Two more Orlando Grubb agents move to Cushman
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/Hayhurst,-Ray*100.gif?v=1'>Ray Hayhurst and Steven Tanner have joined some of their former colleagues up the road at Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc. Hayhurst and Tanner, who focused on retail investment sales for the Orlando office of Grubb & Ellis Co., are now part of Cushman & Wakefield?s capital markets team, Hayhurst as a senior director and Tanner as an associate director. They?re the latest in a series of agents who left the Orlando office of Santa Ana, Calif.-based Grubb & Ellis since the brokerage filed for...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=Di94G_JqXtU:X6Jt0oGRMZY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=Di94G_JqXtU:X6Jt0oGRMZY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=Di94G_JqXtU:X6Jt0oGRMZY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=Di94G_JqXtU:X6Jt0oGRMZY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=Di94G_JqXtU:X6Jt0oGRMZY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=Di94G_JqXtU:X6Jt0oGRMZY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Looking at health insurance exchanges in Florida
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/insurance_health_carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>States have until Nov. 16 to submit plans on how they will run a health insurance exchange, according to guidelines released May 16. Health insurance exchanges are places designed to be like Expedia and Orbitz, but for health insurance. Small businesses ? who typically have higher health insurance costs because of the small pool of employees ? would be able to shop for health insurance. The exchanges have been making news lately. They may be called a ?marketplace? now instead of an exchange....<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=TeNKoKBbx8w:Sz9y1PobI1w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=TeNKoKBbx8w:Sz9y1PobI1w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=TeNKoKBbx8w:Sz9y1PobI1w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=TeNKoKBbx8w:Sz9y1PobI1w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=TeNKoKBbx8w:Sz9y1PobI1w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=TeNKoKBbx8w:Sz9y1PobI1w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Brown & Brown buys Las Vegas agency Insurcorp
Brown & Brown Inc. acquired certain assets of Insurcorp and Maalouf Benefit Resources of Las Vegas, which recently combined under the Insurcorp name. Insurcorp provides employee benefits retail brokerage and consulting services to employers in Nevada and surrounding states, and has annual revenue of $5 million. Insurcorp?s operations will be combined with those of Brown & Brown Insurance of Nevada?s existing Las Vegas office. Daytona Beach-based Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO) offers insurance and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=pfYmkxnoh9c:9B1rkm1Mbf8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=pfYmkxnoh9c:9B1rkm1Mbf8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=pfYmkxnoh9c:9B1rkm1Mbf8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=pfYmkxnoh9c:9B1rkm1Mbf8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=pfYmkxnoh9c:9B1rkm1Mbf8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=pfYmkxnoh9c:9B1rkm1Mbf8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Three from C. Fla. named 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year finalists
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/print-edition/Massey,-Harvey-4c*100.jpg?v=1'>Ernst & Young LLP on Thursday announced the finalists for its Entrepreneur of the year 2012 Award in Florida, including three prominent Central Florida businesspeople. The finalists from Central Florida included: ? Services category: Harvey L. Massey, chairman and CEO of Massey Services Inc. in Orlando ? Technology category: Carol Craig, founder and CEO of Craig Technologies in Melbourne ? Health care category: Shari Dingle Sandifer, founder and CEO of Avant Healthcare professionals in...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=H8hOFUJsUp8:sPNO9-HbOhw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=H8hOFUJsUp8:sPNO9-HbOhw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=H8hOFUJsUp8:sPNO9-HbOhw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=H8hOFUJsUp8:sPNO9-HbOhw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=H8hOFUJsUp8:sPNO9-HbOhw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=H8hOFUJsUp8:sPNO9-HbOhw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Rosen College to posthumously induct Gary Sain in Hall of Fame
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/print-edition/Gary-Sain-4c*100.jpg?v=1'>The Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida will posthumously induct former Visit Orlando CEO and President Gary C. Sain into the Central Florida Hospitality Hall of Fame later this year. The Central Florida Hospitality Hall of Fame induction ceremony will include a special presentation, highlighting the life and accomplishments of Sain. Dean Abraham Pizam also will present Sain?s wife, Pamela, with a Steuben crystal pineapple award, the symbol of the hospitality...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=DXVZQSzYAJc:NR0JwTANIMs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=DXVZQSzYAJc:NR0JwTANIMs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=DXVZQSzYAJc:NR0JwTANIMs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=DXVZQSzYAJc:NR0JwTANIMs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=DXVZQSzYAJc:NR0JwTANIMs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=DXVZQSzYAJc:NR0JwTANIMs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Bank of America sells some branches to trim costs
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/Moynihan%20Brian%20headshot%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>In an effort to shed costs, Bank of America Corp. has begun a plan to sell branches in sparsely populated areas. According to BofA?s first-quarter filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, the banking giant closed 154 banking centers and 631 ATMs during the first quarter. The filing said BofA ?continues to improve our cost-to-serve and optimize our consumer banking network.? Band of America (NYSE: BAC) had 5,700 banking centers as of March 31. CEO Brian Moynihan has...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=M1h9Rt6Hu9s:vKiu_S6eGjE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=M1h9Rt6Hu9s:vKiu_S6eGjE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=M1h9Rt6Hu9s:vKiu_S6eGjE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=M1h9Rt6Hu9s:vKiu_S6eGjE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=M1h9Rt6Hu9s:vKiu_S6eGjE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=M1h9Rt6Hu9s:vKiu_S6eGjE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Second SpaceX demonstration launch scheduled for May 19
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/Falcon%209%20SpaceX*100.jpg?v=1'>Space Exploration Technologies? (SpaceX) second demonstration launch for NASA?s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services is scheduled to lift off May 19 from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Falcon 9 rocket will carry a Dragon capsule that will conduct a series of check-out procedures designed to test and prove its systems, including the ability to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station. The spacecraft also will demonstrate its ability to abort the rendezvous...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=JauTthAshQQ:5ECo0e-B-9U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=JauTthAshQQ:5ECo0e-B-9U:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=JauTthAshQQ:5ECo0e-B-9U:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=JauTthAshQQ:5ECo0e-B-9U:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?i=JauTthAshQQ:5ECo0e-B-9U:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?a=JauTthAshQQ:5ECo0e-B-9U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_orlando?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>


Mylan to market generic Plavix
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/Mylan-Inc.-HQ-Canonsburg-1*100.jpg?v=1'>Mylan Inc. said Thursday it received final approval for the generic version of the heart medication Plavix, including 180 days of exclusivity for the 300mg version of the medicine. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, a unit of Southpointe-based Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL) received approval for Clopidogrel Tablets USP, 75 mg and 300 mg. It's the generic version of Sanofi-Aventis' Plavix for acute coronary syndrome and had annual sales of $6.7 billion, according to IMS Health. Mylan Pharmaceuticals will have the...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=-srdYRXlXeE:0LflM7-_a0M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=-srdYRXlXeE:0LflM7-_a0M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=-srdYRXlXeE:0LflM7-_a0M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=-srdYRXlXeE:0LflM7-_a0M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=-srdYRXlXeE:0LflM7-_a0M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=-srdYRXlXeE:0LflM7-_a0M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Steeper losses for Dow, Nasdaq
Wall Street fell Thursday in one of its deepest drops in a dismal month as investor concerns over Greece escalated. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 156.06 points, or 1.24 percent, to 12,442.49 by the end of trading. Nasdaq plummeted 60.35 points, or 2.1 percent, to 2,813.69. PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE:PPG), which passed the $100 per share threshold last month for the first time in history and stayed above it for weeks, couldn?t manage to remain aloft, falling 2.86 percent, or $2.91, to...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=k4FGl275HfI:5tWwEBRbqwk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=k4FGl275HfI:5tWwEBRbqwk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=k4FGl275HfI:5tWwEBRbqwk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=k4FGl275HfI:5tWwEBRbqwk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=k4FGl275HfI:5tWwEBRbqwk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=k4FGl275HfI:5tWwEBRbqwk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Cranberry Township project gets $2M loan
A three-story office building planned for Cranberry Township will get a $1.9 million loan from the Commonwealth Financial Authority. The 90,000-square-foot building is being built near the Cranberry Commons Shopping Center and the Westinghouse Electric Co. The funding was given to Development Capital Investors on behalf of Cranberry Crossroads LP, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development said Thursday afternoon. There is the potential for 300 jobs at the site, the department...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=FZrLRru9bIs:lX-funO8sfg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=FZrLRru9bIs:lX-funO8sfg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=FZrLRru9bIs:lX-funO8sfg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=FZrLRru9bIs:lX-funO8sfg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=FZrLRru9bIs:lX-funO8sfg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=FZrLRru9bIs:lX-funO8sfg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate falls in April
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sacramento/blog/numbers/2010/05/12-18-help-wantedcrop*100.jpg?v=1'>Pennsylvania's unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point in April. The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry said Thursday the state's unemployment rate was 7.4 percent in April. That's down five-tenths of a percentage point from a year ago and below the nationwide rate of 8.1 percent. There were 6,000 fewer unemployed people in Pennsylvania in April and 27,000 more with jobs during the month. Service jobs are at a record 4.89 million in April, with leisure and hospitality jobs...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=Aj0x_HfRugw:gEod_oWehoE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=Aj0x_HfRugw:gEod_oWehoE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=Aj0x_HfRugw:gEod_oWehoE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=Aj0x_HfRugw:gEod_oWehoE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=Aj0x_HfRugw:gEod_oWehoE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=Aj0x_HfRugw:gEod_oWehoE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
People & Awards: Companies
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/People&Awards-Sel2*100.jpg?v=1'>Banking &amp; Finance Commercial Bank & Trust of PA, wholly-owned banking subsidiary of Commercial National Financial Corp., was ranked No. 1 in Pennsylvania and No. 16 nationwide in the 2011 S&B Top 15th Percentile of Community Banks based on the Seifried & Brew Total Risk/Return Composite Ranking Report. Manufacturing Alcoa was the top performer in the Basic Materials category and No. 2 in the overall ranking of 360 U.S. companies in the Maplecroft Climate Innovation Indexes Leaders Indexes...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=7nj_yqxSR3A:aH6IvOUOhlo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=7nj_yqxSR3A:aH6IvOUOhlo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=7nj_yqxSR3A:aH6IvOUOhlo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=7nj_yqxSR3A:aH6IvOUOhlo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=7nj_yqxSR3A:aH6IvOUOhlo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=7nj_yqxSR3A:aH6IvOUOhlo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Marcellus, Utica wastewater facility to open
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/Energy-Inc-Print-Bug-*100.jpg?v=1'>Eureka Resources LLC said Thursday that it will open a treatment facility in Bradford County to treat wastewater from the Marcellus and Utica shales. Eureka already has a treatment plant in Williamsport in the northeastern section of Pennsylvania. The Bradford County facility will be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and will treat up to 10,000 barrels of drilling muds and flow back water beginning at the end of the year. The water will then go to reuse, stored or sent to the Williamsport facility. A...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=sQ3hymK2QK4:gNTtMg8SzRw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=sQ3hymK2QK4:gNTtMg8SzRw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=sQ3hymK2QK4:gNTtMg8SzRw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=sQ3hymK2QK4:gNTtMg8SzRw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=sQ3hymK2QK4:gNTtMg8SzRw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=sQ3hymK2QK4:gNTtMg8SzRw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Atlas Resource Partners in Barnett deal
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/Energy-Inc-Print-Bug-*100.jpg?v=1'>Atlas Resource Partners LP said Thursday it will acquire assets in the Barnett Shale from Titan Operating LLC. The 250 billion cubic feet equivalent of proved reserves in the Texas natural gas play will cost Atlas Resource Partners $184 million in stock and close by July. Included are 43 wells and 16,000 net acres, 84 percent natural gas. This is Atlas Resource Partners' second acquisition in the Barnett Shale in two months, the company said.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=KNeYwjmK188:17p1tzk4H40:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=KNeYwjmK188:17p1tzk4H40:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=KNeYwjmK188:17p1tzk4H40:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=KNeYwjmK188:17p1tzk4H40:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=KNeYwjmK188:17p1tzk4H40:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=KNeYwjmK188:17p1tzk4H40:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Industrial hose company sets up in Cheswick
Another new company is set to move into the 500,000-plus square foot former Bay Valley Foods facility in Cheswick. Hose Power, Inc., an Orange Park, FL-based hydraulic and industrial hose distributor, has committed to taking a 40,000 square foot lease in the building. The company will take the remaining portion of the building left available by Hostess Brands, Inc., which recently leased about 60,000 square feet in the building. Mike Morris, the northeast regional sales manager for the company,...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=rC8GA7QUPj8:0C-BJTxuWeY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=rC8GA7QUPj8:0C-BJTxuWeY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=rC8GA7QUPj8:0C-BJTxuWeY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=rC8GA7QUPj8:0C-BJTxuWeY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=rC8GA7QUPj8:0C-BJTxuWeY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=rC8GA7QUPj8:0C-BJTxuWeY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Alcoa breaks ground on new aluminum facility
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/Alcoa-carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Alcoa Inc. has broken ground on a $90 million facility in Lafayette, Ind., that will produce state-of-the-art aluminum lithium. The newly introduced alloy allows airplane manufacturers to save weight in wings and fuselage without resorting to composite materials. Alcoa (NYSE: AA) said the 115,000-square-foot space will have 75 employees based there when it's complete by the end of 2014. ?We have a long history working with aerospace customers to help new aircraft meet demanding new missions and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=IliRgtS_h3c:lQPchH7bcow:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=IliRgtS_h3c:lQPchH7bcow:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=IliRgtS_h3c:lQPchH7bcow:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=IliRgtS_h3c:lQPchH7bcow:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=IliRgtS_h3c:lQPchH7bcow:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=IliRgtS_h3c:lQPchH7bcow:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Frontier cuts Pittsburgh-Milwaukee service
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/morning-edition/315x309-Morning-Edition*100.jpg?v=1'>Frontier Airlines is ending its service between Pittsburgh and Milwaukee, according to media reports. Columbus Business First, an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Business Times, reported the airline is pulling out of its regional-jet service between Milwaukee and Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Nashville, Tenn.; Omaha, Neb.; and New York. Frontier Airlines was supposed to begin flying between Pittsburgh and Milwaukee this week after a hiatus that began in early 2011. Frontier was the 23rd-largest airline...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=1ApYs0mcRSg:zNo_6KPnKMU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=1ApYs0mcRSg:zNo_6KPnKMU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=1ApYs0mcRSg:zNo_6KPnKMU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=1ApYs0mcRSg:zNo_6KPnKMU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?i=1ApYs0mcRSg:zNo_6KPnKMU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?a=1ApYs0mcRSg:zNo_6KPnKMU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_pittsburgh?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>

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