Business
Brian Roberts Plays Roller Coaster Tycoon
Comcast is poised to buy out the Blackstone Group’s half of the stake in Universal Orlando, which includes The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The […]
City Hall to Crack Down on Philly Businesses
Warning notices have gone out to businesses with out-of-date licenses, and Mayor Nutter announced that the city will be going after those who are operating […]
Lawsuit Filed Against Philly Trader
In a story involving P. Diddy, stacks of money on a man’s lap, a “virtual” office and even a Mercedes dealership in Cherry Hill, an […]
Convention Center Fail
A manufacturing defect has rendered the fancy lights on the exterior of the expanded Convention Center not so fancy. A Center spokeswoman says the company […]
Amoroso’s Announces Layoffs
Things aren’t sounding good for the Scoop’s favorite local breadmaker. Get the details on Foobooz.
CNN Puts Brian Roberts at #6 on Highest-Paid CEOs List
CNN Money’s list of the Top 20 highest-paid CEOs has Brian Roberts at #6, with a total haul of $28.2 million in 2010; that’s an […]
Tastykake Exclusive: How We Lost a Philadelphia Icon
Less than a year after the move to the promised land of the Navy Yard, Tasty Baking has been sold off to a Georgia-based baking […]
Tastykake Sold for $4 a Share
The Southern baking company Flowers Foods has saved Tasty Baking Co. and indicates they’ll keep operations here so Philly might not lose its beloved claim […]
Another Resume Addition for Ed Rendell
Ed Rendell has joined the board of OwnEnergy Inc., a New York City-based community wind development company that partners with landowners to help them develop […]
Is Union Trust Being Investigated by the FBI?
Grasso claims this is absurd. For more on this developing story, check in with Foobooz.
It’s Now Incredibly Easy to Have Sex in the Philadelphia Airport
For $30 an hour, you can rent a mini-suite at the Philadelphia Airport to have some privacy in between flights. “You can have a meeting, […]
Duck Boats to Return, Albeit Less Ducky
Ride the Ducks might get back into the tourist biz as early as Monday next week. An official start hasn’t been set, but the “amphibious […]
Do You Want Fries With That?
McDonald’s is in the news after announcing they’re looking to hire 50,000 employees. Now, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports that there will be one-day job […]
Cephalon Has A $5.7 Billion Offer
Canadian pharmaceutical company Valeant has offered to buy a piece of Cephalon, the Frazer-based biotech company started by Frank Baldino, for $5.7 billion. [Business Journal] […]
Tory Burch Thinks Men’s Fashion
WWD is reporting that the Main Line designer and Penn grad (who was with the ladies of The View talking spring fashion this morning) is […]