PA in the WSJ (8/25-8/30)

Still catching up.

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

Republican Congressman Phil English gave up his spot as a national convention delegate, as mentioned in “Some fighting for congressional seats will skip convention,” by Sarah Lueck (8/30)

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter gets a mention in “Democrats nominate Obama, as Clinton delegates fall in,” by Laura Meckler and Amy Chozick (8/28)

Obama supporter Stephanie Campbell is mentioned in “Rethinking racial progress,” b Jonathan Kaufman (8/28)

Three women Pennsylvania delegates are quoted in “The Hillary watch,” by Amy Chozick and Laura Meckler (8/27)

“Biden’s birthplace looks to be as much a keystone state for Democrats as ever,” by Gerald F. Seib (8/27). Three or more other articles mention Biden’s Pennsylvania roots in passing and were not listed here.

Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., and Rev. Tony Campolo (of Philadelphia) are mentioned in “From prayer to ‘faith caucuses,’ party to show religious side,” by Suzanne Staline (8/25)

PA Businesses

“Comcast limits download volume,” by Vishesh Kumar (8/30)

More bad news for newspapers. From “Stop the presses,” by Robert Cyran and Lauren Silva (8/29):

This is better than some competitors, such as Journal Register, a Pennsylvania publisher whose interest expense mopped up more than 70% of second-quarter operating cash flow, a back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests.

“Urban Outfitters fashions growth plan,” by Jennifer Saranow (8/27)

American Eagle Outfitters mentioned in “Results for retailers remain a tale of contrasts,” by Andria Cheng (8/27)

Ambit Funding of Wilkes-Barre is mentioned in “Hedge funds help fill gap in lending for property,” by Lingling Wei (8/27)

Brief mentions: Univest Corp of Pennsylvania (Souderton) (8/29)

Other PA

It’s all about us in “Leading of landmark turnpike puts state at policy crossroads,” by Craig Karmin (8/26)

Going against the grain, a doctor moves TO Pennsylvania because of a bad business climate elsewhere, as mentioned in “Nonprofit hospitals flex pricing power,” by John Carreyrou (8/28)

“Pittsburgh puts robots to work, and some can even be eaten,” by Clare Ansberry (8/27). Umm, no thanks. I’ll stick with chocolate.

Campbell Soup is dumping it’s Team Mom commercials for Chunky Soup. Wilma McNabb, mother of Donovan, is among the Moms. Originally an actress was hired to play the part but Mrs. McNabb said she could do just as well. Since then the real mothers of football players appeared in the commercials. Campbell’s new ad line features men fixing their own soup (or at least no one is seen fixing it for them). See “Campbell Soup sacks NFL’s mothers,” by Russell Adams (8/27)

In 2004, Pennsylvania ranked 6th in the nation in the number of residents with a net worth of $1.5 million or more. See “The ranks of the ultrawealthy grow,” by Tom Herman (8/27)

Carnegie Mellon economist Allan Metzer is quoted in “Fannie, Freddie woes vex experts and leave U.S. hard choices,” by Sudeep Reddy (8/25)