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

Sen. Arlen Spector gets a brief mention in “Big-money battle pits business vs trial bar,” by Kara Scannell (10/09)

In “Escalating health-care costs fuel medical identity theft,” by Victoria E Knight (10/11) has this paragraph:

”You need to treat your medical ID card as if it were a Visa card with a million-dollar credit limit, says Mils Frederiksen, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, which ha successfully brought prosecutions against medical ID thieves.

A specific case from PA is also cited.


PA Businesses

“Cadbury’s path to Hershey,” (10/11)

“At Hershey, sweetness is in perilously short supply,” by Julie Jargon (10/10)

The 10/11 Smartmoney Stock Screen by Jack Hough in on Pep Boys

“Gaining wisdom from older directors,” by George Anders focuses on Souderton’s Univest (10/10)

From “Advisor turnover roils investors,” by Jeff D. Opdyke (10/09):

[Financial] Planners are getting older – the average age is 55, and nearly a third are over 60 – and they are retiring at an accelerating pace, often without a specific succession plan in place. That in turn is helping to fuel a wave of consolidation in te industry, as big financial-advisory firms and banks, including Wachovia Corp., Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. and Alabama’s Compass Bancshares, Inc. seek to control a larger share of American’s retirement assets.

“Adelphia’s found appeals to high court,” (10/12)

Other PA

From “The United States of subprime,” by Rick Brooks and Constance Mitchell Ford (10/11) we find this:

”Old industrial cities like Philadelphia have a poverty problem, and that’s why people had to use subprime loans,” says Kevin Gillen, a research fellow at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. But in pricey areas such a sMiami, where the high-rate market share jumped 25 percentage points from 2004 to 2006, subprime loans didn’t have a downscale reputation. They were seen as the answer to sky-high housing costs. “They are different groups, but subprime served both of them,” Mr. Gillen says.

According to “Senior play: the graying of sports medicine,” by Shirley S. Wang (10/09): “The University of Pittsburgh recently opened a wellness center called the Performance and Research Initiative for Masters Athletes, offering competitors over 40 years old a package of medical care, nutrition counseling, mental training and physical therapy previously aimed only at younger athletes.”

Carnegie Mellon economist Allan Meltzer is quoted in “Zoellink fights for relevance of World Bank,” by Bob Davis (10/09)

One of the world’s best Morse code readers is Dr. Barry Kutner of Newtown. As the mother of a youngster interested in Morse I personally hope it hangs on for years to come. See “(In plain English: one man’s bid to save Morse code),” by Michael M. Phillips (10/08)

The Phillies are discussed in “Baseball promotes from within,” by Russell Adams (10/12)

Other Interesting Tidbits

Apparently illegal immigrants pay their mortgages on time. See “Exception to a meltdown: illegal-immigrant loads have been solid bets; threats are looming,” by Miriam Jordan (10/09). Take that, Daryl Metcalfe!