centralpennbusiness.com Daily http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/ Central Penn Business Journal Online en-us 1,000 jobs could be cut with Harley contract http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009 Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. could cut half of the nearly 2,000 union jobs at its York County plant if workers vote in favor of a proposed contract on Dec. 2, said Tom Santone, regional representative for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

]]> 2009-11-20 Report: Hershey Trust pushes to outbid Kraft on Cadbury http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73594 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73594 The Hershey Trust Co. is pushing The Hershey Co. to outbid Illinois-based Kraft Foods Inc. for British candy company Cadbury using an issue of $2 billion in new stocks and $10 billion in cash, according to the Wall Street Journal.

]]> 2009-11-20 GSA confirms re-consideration of former postal site http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73585 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73585 The U.S. General Services Administration this morning confirmed it is re-considering the U.S. Postal Service’s former mail sorting site at 813 Market St. for a new federal courthouse in Harrisburg.

]]> 2009-11-20 62-unit apartment building eyed for Lancaster http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73593 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73593 The Lancaster Alliance is collaborating with the Housing Development Corp. to create a 62-unit apartment building on the 100 block of Lancaster’s South Queen Street, the nonprofits said today.

]]> 2009-11-20 Tourism consultant returns to York http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73583 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73583 Destination-marketing specialist Roger Brooks is scheduled in December to present his formal recommendations for improving downtown York.

]]> 2009-11-20 Hershey Med Center gets $3M donation for children's hospital http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73579 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73579 A $3 million donation by a Lebanon couple has enabled Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to reach its minimum fundraising goal for a new children’s hospital.

]]> 2009-11-20 TOP NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73571 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73571 BUSINESS: J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee
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U.S.: S.C. lawmakers to take up impeachment
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WORLD: Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY: Alleged burglar warms up bottle for crying baby
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]]> news wires 2009-11-20 BLOG UPDATE: the gadget cube http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73592 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73592 Government should open bid for health information exchange technology

The Governor's Office of Health Care Reform Wednesday announced its intention to enter into a contract worth at least $10 million with Medicity without the benefit of an open and transparent bid, request for proposal or other long-established practice of public contracting.

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]]> Kelly Lewis 2009-11-20 QUESTION OF THE WEEK http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73570 http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/daily.asp?eDate=11/20/2009#73570 Should Lancaster County businesses help offset the city’s budget shortfall? Why or why not?

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