PA in the WSJ

PA in the WSJ

This is a list of articles regarding Pennsylvania in this past week's Wall Street Journal. Chances are I missed something, but these are the articles that caught my eye.

It should be noted that I routinely do not read the editorials in the WSJ. So any discussions of the state, its elected officials, businesses, or citizens, in editorials will not be mentioned here.


PA Politicians

Sen. Arlen Specter resurfaces as a sponsor of climate-change legislation, with co-sponsor Jeff Bingaman in “Inside messy reality of cutting power plans CO2 output,” by Rebecca Smith (7/12)

PA Businesses

Spain’s Iberdrola purchase of Community Energy of Wayne, as well as the wind energy industry generally is the subject of “Alternative energy hurt by windmill shortage,” by Keith Johnson (7/09)

Jeanne Whalen as an interview with Jean-Pierre Garnier of GlaxoSmithKline notes that it takes place in Glaxo’s Philadelphia office, “Glaxo’s Gernier is taking the heat,” (7/09)

Geisinger Health System of Danville is mentioned in “ICU’s message: Welcome, families,” by Laura Landro (7/12)

The Bristol based company is the focus of “Jones Apparel’s chief quits amid market shift,” by Rachel Dodes and Joann S. Lublin (7/13)

Brief mentions: Lincoln National (7/09)

Mark Volavka, executive director of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council is quoted in “How to size up your hospital,” by Theo Francis (7/10)

Other PA

Lee Kern a special education professor at Lehigh University is quoted in “When discipline starts a fight,” by Robert Tomsho (7/09)

Former PA resident Nancy Kelly, now executive vp of Huntingon National Bank is profiled in an ad on 7/09)

Temple MBA grad Michele Stafiniak is quoted in “Refresher programs help previous graduates get up to date,” by Ronald Alsop (7/10)

Other Interesting Tidbits

The tenth anniversary of blogging is extolled in “Happy Blogiversary“ by Tunku Varadarajan (7/14)

Another blogging article is found on 7/13, “Executives get the blogging bug,” by Erin White, Joann S. Lublin and David Kesmodel.