http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F Headlines for gas price stories. en-us 2010 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:24 GMT Dave Ralis 2012-05-25T12:47:24Z en-us 2010 http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=153866595&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120525_Business_News_in_Brief.html Business news from around the region and elsewhere. Fri, 25 May 2012 12:47:24 GMT f782600ce7c084dd89beaf16c8c2b177 2012-05-25T12:47:24Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=153813665&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120525_Radnor_company_has_broad_reach_in_senior_housing.html The segment of the U.S. population age 85 and above is expected to grow nearly five times faster than the overall population over the next 30 years.The surge could create huge demand for senior-living residences that occupy the middle ground between independent living, in which seniors largely care for themselves, and the more intensive care of nursing homes. Fri, 25 May 2012 11:37:58 GMT 07273716bdd3cbe109b24bbde32751c7 2012-05-25T11:37:58Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=153794445&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120524_PUC_supports__75_000_fine_against_Peco.html The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Thursday unanimously approved a motion to assess a $75,000 civil penalty against Peco Energy Co. for failing to follow procedures related to a 2009 gas leak and explosion at a house in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.The proposed penalty, which is open for public comment for 20 days, is more than double the $35,000 civil settlement that Peco and the PUC’s staff had agreed to. Commissioner Wayne E. Gardner proposed the stiffer penalty because he said Peco had failed to remediate a corrosion issue though it was aware of leaks in the area. He said Peco had also failed to follow its procedures for identifying and classifying leak migration. A crack in a four-inch cast iron main allowed gas to leak into the crawl space of a house in the 600 block of Summit Street in Swedeland, which caused a "low-level explosion and fire" on Dec. 26, 2009. There were no injuries. A Peco spokesman said the utility is evaluating the commission’s motion and has already taken measures to educate employees and to improve procedures. Thu, 24 May 2012 22:11:04 GMT b5ff2753c12da47842e87037d5d86249 2012-05-24T22:11:04Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=153701565&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120524_ap_oilbouncesbackcloseto91perbarrel.html Oil bounced back a day after falling below $90 per barrel for the first time in months. Thu, 24 May 2012 18:31:58 GMT a85eadf7a327c07b3000a51df61e0233 2012-05-24T18:31:58Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=153295235&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120524_Philly_Deals__He_takes_a_fresh_look_at_Philadelphia_real_estate.html Ray Ohler, a Philadelphia real estate appraiser who delighted in pointing out the inflationary excess of the mid-2000s — brokers firing professionals who failed to approve wacky prices, New York investors chasing Sale signs down Roosevelt Boulevard, out-of-town lenders airlifting money to semi-employed buyers who might as well have worn Foreclose Me tattoos — left town in 2009, when the market went limp. “It’s dead,” he told me at the time. “They finally killed it.” Thu, 24 May 2012 11:23:49 GMT 4e153f7dae68ddc34238b028a8e42e85 2012-05-24T11:23:49Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=153139855&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120523_ap_oildropsbelow90for1sttimesincenov1.html The price of oil tumbled below $90 on Wednesday for the first time in nearly seven months as U.S. supplies continue to grow. Thu, 24 May 2012 10:57:56 GMT 50ce77cc607e300d986f253baa2fe95c 2012-05-24T10:57:56Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=152709285&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120523_Fracking_spurs_a_municipal_mutiny_in_Pennsylvania.html Not content to leave Pennsylvania communities with any control over gas drilling within their borders, state legislators have stripped municipalities of their zoning authority under Act 13, choosing energy corporations over the people who elected them. This isn’t exactly new ground for the legislature; indeed, taking away communities’ authority to govern themselves is a decades-old pastime in Harrisburg, one that has shifted into high gear over the past 20 years. The legislature made logging a guaranteed right in all zoning districts back in 1992, giving in to timber interests and eliminating municipalities’ authority to provide for conservation zones. Wed, 23 May 2012 11:00:11 GMT 80e21fb184b3e1e3c3213c2d0e63a357 2012-05-23T11:00:11Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=152662085&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120523_Accessories_Council_launches_USA-Made_campaign.html Faux bling is making Karen Giberson a wee bit nervous this misty morning. Giberson, president of the national Accessories Council, is headed from her home in Media to Manhattan’s Fashion Center to launch USA-Made, an ambitious project aimed at helping costume jewelry designers manufacture the bulk of their baubles in America. Wed, 23 May 2012 10:56:39 GMT e2dea6d5de3cfb23a1a8419c48d72575 2012-05-23T10:56:39Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=152744345&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120523_Business_News_in_Brief.html Business news from around the region and elsewhere. Wed, 23 May 2012 03:58:05 GMT f96e49395f809814fc9c35c0380190a6 2012-05-23T03:58:05Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=167961&44=152581575&32=3796&7=456622&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Fhomepage%2F20120522_Slightly_more_Philadelphia-area_holiday_travelers.html About 10 percent of Philadelphia-area residents will hit the road — or the rails or the runways — for Memorial Day, according to projections by the auto club AAA Mid-Atlantic. Tue, 22 May 2012 17:49:27 GMT ad140fe51228c10ed4d78667058ced52 2012-05-22T17:49:27Z