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Mountain Productions was built upon early ambition, success

WILKES-BARRE – The western hemisphere’s largest staging company occupies a 17-acre parcel in the Rolling Mill Hills section of the city, but unless you make a wrong turn onto New Frederick Street you’d probably never know it was there.

AIDS drug development a long haul

PHILADELPHIA — By 2002, Daria Hazuda had bet her career and several years of her life on what she hoped would be a groundbreaking HIV drug, one that could help save lives and reap huge profits for her employer, Merck & Co. Inc.

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Fall in, veteran bargain hunters - Andrew M Seder

A BIG THANK YOU to all veterans out there. Your bravery and commitment to serve this country enable Americans to enjoy our freedoms.

Service work, spending won’t bring success Ron Bartizek Business LOCAL

It’s 2009, do you know where your job is?

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Thomas Graber, Wyoming, was recently named controller. He will be primarily responsible for the professional management of daily financial operations and serve as the liaison with federal regulatory agencies and with the college’s certified public accountant. Graber holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from King’s William G. McGowan School of Business and has experience providing auditing and tax services in the higher education and nonprofit industries.

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Survey: Gas prices up 2.86 cents nationwide - 11/08/2009

The average price of regular gasoline in the United States has jumped 2.86 cents over a two-week period to $2.68. That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday. Analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average price for a gallon of mid-grade was $2.81. Premium was at $2.93. Tucson, Ariz.

Obama says it's now Senate's turn on health care - 11/08/2009

President Barack Obama said Sunday it was time for the Senate to "take the baton" on health care reform after the House passed its plan for overhauling the nation's health care system. "For years we've been told that this couldn't be done," Obama said in a brief statement from the Rose Garden. "But last night

Stock volatility is back, a sign of an aging bull? - 11/08/2009

Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end. The Dow Jones industrial average rose or fell more than 100 points in seven of the past 12 trading days, capped by a 205-point advance on Thursday that left the index almost 53 percent higher than its

Obama says it's now Senate's turn on health care - 11/08/2009

President Barack Obama says it's now up to the Senate to take the baton from the House and pass a bill aimed at overhauling the nation's health care system. The House narrowly passed a health care bill Saturday night. The Senate has yet to schedule a debate on its version of health care legislation, and Republicans are pledging to sto