WV Prime hopes to cultivate innovation Charleston Gazette Students work on their business ideas and technologies. WV Prime is a business innovation program at West Virginia University. By Lori Kersey CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A new program at West Virginia University is pairing entrepreneurs with the business...
Report: Nearly 1 in 5 W.Va. residents have little or no savings to weather ... The Republic The group used 52 measures in five different areas: finances and income; businesses and jobs; housing and home ownership; health care, and education. West Virginia ranks 18th among the states. West Virginia earned "A'' grades in health care and in ...
W.Va. firm shows off 'Guardian Angel' for miners CanadianBusiness.com By AP | February 04, 2012 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia company is working on a piece of equipment designed to keep miners safer. Trinity Resources, headquartered in Putnam County, demonstrated its a mobile mine safety chamber this week at ...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Small business needs help Charleston Gazette As I have in past years, I intend to focus my energy on finding new opportunities for job growth in West Virginia. That includes renewing our manufacturing sector so that more products are made in this country by American workers. Health care jobs, construction growingParkersburg News
Dennis Bloss: Fighting copper theft requires commitment from many quarters Huntington Herald Dispatch But copper thieves have become increasingly selfish in West Virginia and other states, placing their own interests ahead of the safety and well-being of families, schools, businesses and entire communities. Rather than focus on the financial motives of ...
Mine company, 29 WV families settle death cases BusinessWeek By VICKI SMITH A mine company has settled wrongful death lawsuits with families of all 29 victims of West Virginia's Upper Big Branch disaster, an attorney for the estates of two miners said Tuesday. Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources did not ...
3 states offer big tax breaks for Shell Oil plant Fox News PITTSBURGH – Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are trying to top each other with the sweetest package of tax breaks for Shell Oil Co., which plans to build a huge new petrochemical refinery in the region. But some are questioning why there's been so ... Belmont County Site Vies for Cracker PlantYoungstown Business Journal
WV ranks No. 23 nationally for taxes in new report State Journal By Beth Gorczyca Ryan - email West Virginia ranked in the middle of the pack in a new report evaluating each state's business climate. The Tax Foundation recently released its annual State Business Tax Climate Index for 2012, and West Virginia was ...