Archive for the ‘Philadelphia Business Journal’ Category

Francoise Gilot donation to Ursinus College outside of Philadelphia

The Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, in Collegeville, has been named a major recipient of work from Francoise Gilot. The French-born artist will donate a number of portraits of artistic, political and literary leaders. Since the museum was founded in 1987, Gilot’s work has been a large part of its permanent collection. The gift includes her [...]

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Bank of America gives $1 million to Constitution Center

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in tomorrow’s edition. Mayor Michael Nutter was on hand to watch Bank of America award a $1 million grant to the National Constitution Center earlier this month. “As the leader of our city, it’s very appropriate,” said Tom [...]

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Steve Emerson: from Alaska to New Jersey, for family

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in Friday’s edition. Steve Emerson came back from Alaska almost a decade ago, and things are just starting to thaw now. Emerson Personnel Group, the staffing and recruiting firm that Emerson’s parents started in Cherry Hill, N.J. 38 [...]

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Helping kids out of the closet, into the Attic

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in yesterday’s edition. Dr. Carrie Jacobs works with kids who happen to be gay, and it seems to affect her fundraising. “In 1993, no one was serving these kids,” said Jacobs, the executive director and co-founder of the [...]

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James Buysee: the Philadelphia office

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in today’s edition. James T. Buysee is a one man regional office. Last year when he was being courted to head up North American operations for BMS, a reinsurance intermediary based in London, the subject of his moving [...]

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Perry Weinstock: doctoring across the river

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in yesterday’s edition. His colleagues told him that a move from Philadelphia to New Jersey was a mistake. Ten years ago, though, Dr. Perry J. Weinstock made the move. He was recruited by Cooper University Hospital in Camden, [...]

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Philadelphia region with new heroes, bank cash

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in tomorrow’s edition. Heroes aren’t born.They’re made, at places like the Montgomery County Tactical Response Training Center. The 23,000-square foot weapons and anti-terrorism building in Conshohocken was built at a cost of $10.8 million with the help of more than [...]

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Everette Scott: where sports and entertainment meet legally

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in yesterday’s edition. Everette L. Scott Jr. wants to protect your rights. You and everyone else with a chance of being a star someday. “In this world of multimedia and the Internet, things have changed night and day [...]

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Sending soldiers corporate love in 'Hugs from Home'

Text as submitted to the Philadelphia Business Journal last week for tomorrow’s edition. Just because a business is getting started, doesn’t mean it can’t show some heart. Last year, Morristown, N.J.-based Office Furniture Partnership, with a new Philadelphia location, sent nearly 1,000 care packages to U.S. military personnel serving abroad as part of its ‘Hugs [...]

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Kate Flynn: the health of the Philadelphia region

Interview and article prepared for the Philadelphia Business Journal, as filed last week, without edits, to run in this Friday’s edition. The Health Care Improvement Foundation works with all of the Delaware Valley’s 60 hospitals, each year, in one capacity or another, in the hopes of improving common best practices in and around Philadelphia. New [...]

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