http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F Business headlines from Philly.com. en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:52:07 GMT 2009-11-22T10:52:07Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734222&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_What_a_deeper_river_would_mean_to_commerce.html Do five measly feet in the Delaware River really matter? Plans by the Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the navigation channel from 40 feet to 45 feet to accommodate bigger commercial ships have generated heated opposition from environmental groups and state officials in New Jersey and Delaware. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:52:07 GMT 694e150be709bf384e86f24c90780954 2009-11-22T10:52:07Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734237&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Seismic_rumbles_in_the_forests.html RENOVO, Pa. - For decades, natural-gas drilling has been part of the landscape in Sproul State Forest, a vast timberland in northern Pennsylvania pocked with hundreds of shallow wells and crossed by pipelines. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT abd137bdd505b0c83616fa03c8bf54c3 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734417&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Stimulus_funds_finally_flowing_to_weatherization.html After getting out of the Army in 2006, Brian Smith kicked around from job to job. He worked as a security guard. He was a retail supervisor. He spent some months at a warehouse. Nothing seemed to last. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 67b326434cd2c887b0683bd19a43ff29 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734182&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Nonprofit_certifies_businesses_that_do_good.html For their first act, they built the wildly successful sports-apparel company And 1. Now, these entrepreneurial college friends are trying to build a new sector of the economy. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT f95bd06f40bd29cbdf8cdbcfc097a10a 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734232&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Practices_devote_costly_hours_to_insurance_dealings.html At Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia, one of the region's largest specialty physician groups, the expensive quest to get paid by dozens of insurance companies begins days before a patient shows up for an appointment and can take weeks or months. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 50b973cab3decdfea1cdb90f9ae0e8c9 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734202&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Charles_A__Jaffe__What_fund_companies_say_vs__what_they_really_mean.html My friend Keith works for a big mutual fund company and assumes I hate mutual funds because I "always write about the things we do wrong." Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT dc1e928c72679853a842fe0e09fbc360 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734207&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Personal_Finance__A_calendar_is_handy_in_making_stock_plan.html Investors wondering whether it's time to buy or sell stocks might be better off watching the calendar than anything else the next few weeks. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 9d98c642b570c33db21c124b1ed78d0f 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734217&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_PhillyDeals__Web_site_rallies_shareholders_for_proxy_fights.html A group of West Chester capitalists has set up a Web site that invites dissident investors to recruit angry shareholders for corporate proxy fights. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 74de9363168bac0a9d826079614c3e28 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734192&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Consumer_Watch__U_S__probes_mystery_charges_on_statements.html It's not entirely clear when Jeff or Debbie Bollinger gave the keys to their bank account to a Connecticut company they'd never heard of: Webloyalty. Their best guess is that it happened in late 2007, after Jeff bought movie tickets online at Fandango. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7300364afcdacabdca9a3c297b8908cd 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734227&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Web_Wealth_.html Money traps are mistakes that catch us off guard. Many of us fall into them because of unrealistic expectations, or failing to make a plan. These sites could open your eyes to common pitfalls. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 92b4f56ce206b9e4068783a40145eac4 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734197&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Joseph_Forte_s_financial_pyramid_scheme.html For years, Joseph S. Forte acted like a wealthy man. The money manager gave $1.8 million to schools, invested $800,000 in private firms, even helped a brother-in-law buy a $580,000 house near his own in Sea Isle City. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 495923c804efc4936dfad076b2c68699 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70391112&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Top_Dollar.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3aa55d54d6dd08b06ae5eef0834588c8 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70391107&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_Top_Pennsylvania_Real_Estate_Transactions.html Pennsylvania Following are some prices recorded with the city and counties Sept. 1-4. Philadelphia 250 S. 23d St. unit 5, $420,000. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2f61cbeacf3888bd5f460e289d87655e 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70391082&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_On_the_House__How_many_loans_are_too_many_.html Many people who are careful with their finances, wise in their investing, and secure in their jobs own more than one property. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 8ca3f4b1ab998d71a31a063d96a53a4a 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734177&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_The_Week_in_Words__A_new_bubble__shortage_of_Eggos__needing_a_bad_guy.html "There is a beginning of a bubble in financial markets." - economist Nouriel Roubini, who predicted last year's global financial crisis Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 3f28d86b551007eda88b273121355f88 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70734187&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091122_B_Corporations.html These companies are among 34 in the Philadelphia region certified by B Lab: Abacus Wealth Partners L.L.C., Philadelphia. Dansko Inc. footwear, West Grove. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 0b47b44ad2e7810a078045dfbfb3be63 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70687237&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091121_Prison_guard_teaches_the_art_of_beauty.html Whether at her 6-year-old daughter's gymnastics class or on a Caribbean vacation with a girlfriend, Jackie Wescott inevitably ends up chatting with somebody. But she hesitates when the conversation turns to work because Wescott's job takes some explaining. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 24ee67fe55a05ff15bc9ea7f50eed656 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70687012&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091121_Oprah_s_goodbye_is_also_a_hello.html This is not the end of Oprah Winfrey. Maybe not even the end of her TV show. True, in a tearful announcement yesterday, the self-made media mogul - host of the highest-rated talk show for 23 years, seen in 145 countries, worth a breathtaking $2.7 billion - confirmed for her audience what had been rumored for weeks: that the show would be ending. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 880ff836b9f4369929744811387e4aa2 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=165801&44=70687027&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2F20091121_550_to_lose_jobs_as_Valero_Energy_shuts_Delaware_refinery.html Oil-refinery workers on the Delaware River yesterday received their second big blow in six weeks, when Valero Energy Corp. said it would close its operation in Delaware City, Del., casting 550 out of work. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:20:15 GMT 651abf133045080b9751f8c5658c08bd 2009-11-21T11:20:15Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=332264&44=70664457&32=3796&7=195352&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnology%2FComcast_video_wall_show_goes_3-D.html The free show in the lobby will have an eye-popping aspect this year. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:51:01 GMT f603bac33113dc0939db72ac4cc17198 Michael Klein 2009-11-21T01:51:01Z