PA in the WSJ

This is a list of articles regarding Pennsylvania in this 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

Nary a peep (again).

PA Businesses

Pennsylvania companies listed in the “Top small workplaces 2007” by Kelly K. Spors (10/01): Cowden Associates of Pittsburgh and Restek Corp of Bellefonte.

“Hershey CEO Richard Lenny to step down,” by Julie Jargon (10/02)

Tim Kelly of Sermatech International, Co., in Pottstown is mentioned in “Global scramble for goods gives corporate buyers a lift,” by Timothy Aeppel (10/02)

Heinz is the focus of “Seeking sweet savings,” by Julie Jargon (10/02). Basically production of ethanol has raised the price of corn syrup so high that Heinz is trying to grow sweeter tomatoes to avoid having to buy so much of it.

Benetrends, Inc. in North Wales is mentioned in “How baby boomers tap nest eggs to fund ventures,” by Arden Dale (10/02)

RMG Techologies, Inc. of Pittsburgh is being sued by Ticketmaster. Read the details in “Hanna Montana battles the bots,” by Ethan Smith (10/05)

Other PA

“Dollar lifts exporters blunting housing bust,” by Timothy Aeppel (10/01) is filed from Pitcairn, PA, and starts with this sentence: “Gary Bence sees the impact of a weaker U.S. dollar every time he wheels his trick into the sprawling rail terminal in this gritty Pittsburgh suburb.”

Philadelphia gets a mention in a story in cities with a “percent for art” requirement that 1% of corporate construction be spent on art, in “It’s Yahoo’s lawn, but this artist says keep off the grass,” by Kelly Crow (10/01)

Philadelphia is in the map as a potential stop for Canadian Pacific Railway in “Canadian Pacific bets on energy,” by Daniel Machalaba (10/03)

The fictional Scranton-based company from the tv show “The Office” is the tracked every week by an employment lawyer in her blog “That What She Said.” In one week the company opened itself up to $450K in legal exposure. From “A trouble office,” by Peter Lattman (10/03)

The current president of Belmont Abbey, a college in North Carolina, used to be the president of York Barbell Co in Pennsylvania, from “Grease monks: racing has a haven in Belmont Abbey,” by Adam Thompson (10/04)

Steve Stecklow writes about his West Philadelphia college apartment in “Teaching my son to respect the boss.” (10/06)

Other Interesting Tidbits

Nothing really caught my eye.