PA in the WSJ

This is a list of articles regarding Pennsylvania in this week's Wall Street Journal. Chances are I missed something, but these are the articles that caught my eye.

It should be noted that I routinely do not read the editorials in the WSJ. So any discussions of the state, its elected officials, businesses, or citizens, in editorials will not be mentioned here.


PA Politicians

Not PA politicians but politics in PA, sort of.

In “For Edwards, a role as possible kingmaker,” by Christopher Cooper (1/25), we find this sentence: “Recent polls in delegate-rich states such as California, Pennsylvania and New Jersey give him [Edwards] about 10% of the vote.” So, see we do count.

Amy Chozick reports on Hillary Clinton’s 737 woes in “Mechanical woes of ‘Hil Force One,’” (1/25). Tire trouble on the plane made a short flight from Washington to Philadelphia longer.

PA Businesses

Not so good news in “Hershey posts 65% drop in quarterly net,” by Julie Jargon (1/25)

Then we have “Behind Greenberg contest with Comcast’s Roberts,” by Merissa Marr and Dionne Searcey (1/22)

Other PA

In “Housing slump starts to hit stronger cities,” by James R Hagerty (1/24), Philadelphia is not specifically mentioned in the story but does show up in a chart, mentioned as having a weak economy and 3.24% of housing loan payments overdue. The article also has this week’s requisite Mark Zandi of West Chester-based Moody’s Economy.com quote

“Big endowments fuel debate on school aid,” by Robert Tomsho (1/24) mentions Lehigh and Carnegie Mellon universities.

A Philadelphia condo is among three highlighted in “Money’s worth / real eastate on 1/24.

Dickinson College and Arcadia University are mentioned in “More students head overseas in freshmen year,” by Anjali Athavaley (1/22)

In “Extreme delays: which flights are the worst,” by Scott McCartney (1/22) Philadelphia is listed as having the 4th most flights that sat for 3 hours or more without take off (152 between Jan and Nov. 2007).

Other Interesting Tidbits

“Army effort to retain captains falls short of goal,” by Yochi J. Dreazen (1/26). Perhaps more on this later.