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Pittsburgh Region: A Green Tourism Destination
If you think tourism in Pittsburgh is stagnant at best, then you haven’t been paying attention to recent trends. Just in Allegheny County, tourism and travel represents a $4.8 billion economic impact and in the broader region this number grows to $7.8 billion. Hotel occupancy is up (69 percent [...]
As co-chair of Gov. Tom Corbett’s manufacturing advisory council, Carlos Cardoso, chairman, president and CEO of Latrobe-headquartered Kennametal, is providing leadership to help boost manufacturing in Pennsylvania. He says that while the industry is leading the economic recovery — with manufacturing representing 12 percent of GDP and nearly $100 [...]
Bill Flanagan sits down with Jeremy Waldrup, President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, to discuss the state of downtown, the urban core of our region. Using seven major economic indicators, the report provides an in-depth investigation of the business, retail, and housing markets, including new developments, relocations, and expansions, including [...]
More than 1,500 of the brightest high school students from throughout the world have come to Pittsburgh for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), held May 13-18, 2012. That this highly prestigious 50+ year old event is in Pittsburgh says a lot about the region’s capacity to support the science fair, [...]
Optimism is taking hold of small business owners throughout the nation, as PNC’s latest survey indicates that hiring, capital investment, and demand and approval of credit is up. This is especially true in western Pennsylvania, according to PNC Business Banking’s Pete Vaccaro — who says the region weathered the recession better than most of the [...]
When you apply for a job online, where does your resume go? Bill sits down with Don Charlton, founder and CEO of The Resumator, which provides small business owners with an efficient recruiting platform. It guides recruiters through the process, and helps ensure that the right person has been employed for the right job. A [...]
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