As filed – without editing – last week for yesterday’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Dan Soskin, the owner of Pinot, a wine and accessories store in Old City, wants you to give a home to needy animals. “I have four pets of my own,” he said. “With the exception of the iguana, they [...]

As filed – without edits – last week for today’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Denise Williams has a brutal walk to her boss’s office. She is a one woman-office charged with launching East Coast operations for Goodman Marketing Partners, a direct marketing company in San Rafael, Calif., 20 miles north of San Francisco. [...]

An interview transcribed last week for yesterday’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Name: Joseph P. Campbell Title: President and CEO Company: Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania Inc. Education: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute, associoate’s degree, 1966; University of Florida BA and BS in corporate finance, law and secondary education, 1970 Career History: Royal Bancshares general manager of [...]

As filed last week for today’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. If only Stephanie Reyer could find a good dry cleaner. The new director of exhibits at the National Constitution Center left a lifetime in New York and a career at the American Museum of Natural History in the city. “I’m the new kid [...]

As filed last week for tomorrow’s edition of the Philadelphia Business Journal. Bowlers just might be the real test of the economy. Organizers of the 14th annual charity bowling tournament sponsored Remington & Vernick Engineers and Affiliates, a consulting agency in Haddonfield, N.J., were worried if they could top their total last year, roughly $69,000, [...]

As filed last week for the Philadelphia Business Journal, to run in last Friday’s edition. There are those who seek out an opportunity to swim in a frigid lake in March. “Honestly, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” said Gary Frisch, company president of Swordfish, a public relations agency in Voorhees, N.J. “I’ve been [...]

Transcribed interview for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as published in February. As, the mortgage crisis weighs on, I thought some might be interested to learn a bit more from an industry expert. Name: E. Robert Levy Title: Executive director and counsel & executive director of legislative and regulatory information & legislative regulatory counsel Organization: Mortgage Bankers [...]

As submitted for the Philadelphia Business Journal last week, unedited, for Friday’s edition. David Dinenberg made some big deals as a real estate broker. “But I was so unsatisfied,” said the new chief operating officer of Grasso Holdings, a full service real estate firm based in Philadelphia. It wasn’t for him. Uniting one company looking [...]

Never posted this, thought it as good as time as any, at this point, to celebrate the marketability of professional athletes giving back. -cgw Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed, without edits, to run in the Jan. 11, 2008 edition. Two Eagles lent their significant star power to brighten the [...]

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed, without edits, to run in a previous edition. On. Oct. 15, 1974, the world’s first Ronald McDonald House opened on Spruce Street, before moving to Chestnut near 39th Street. More than 30 years later, Philadelphia’s second, a 15 room, 27,000 square foot home for [...]