BUSINESS
October 11, 2010
Cigna Corp., the Philadelphia insurer, said Rosanna M. Durruthy had been appointed chief diversity officer. Durruthy previously was chief executive officer and chief talent strategist of Aequus Group L.L.C., a consulting practice. Amanda S. Aronoff has been named executive director of Women's Way, a Philadelphia nonprofit group. Aronoff had been vice president of development and public relations for Project H.O.M.E. Continental Bank, Plymouth Meeting, said Joseph A. Trianosky had been named vice president, commercial real estate.
BUSINESS
October 7, 2010
In the Region Vanguard changes its fee structure Vanguard Group, Malvern, said it was expanding access to its lowest-cost mutual fund share class for individual investors, which will bring fee reductions to nearly 2 million clients of the company. Vanguard is reducing the minimum investment amount to qualify for its Admiral share class, which charges lower investment expenses than its Investor mutual fund shares. The biggest cuts affect index funds, on which the minimum investment was cut to $10,000 from $100,000.
NEWS
October 6, 2010
Aramark Corp., Philadelphia, lost a contract it had since 1992 to run the concession stands at Camden Yards, the home of the Baltimore Orioles. Aramark spokesman David Freireich would not disclose the reason the Orioles gave for deciding against renewing the company's contract for the 2011 baseball season. Aramark had 600 employees working at the ballpark. Many are expected to be picked up by whatever food-service company the Orioles select to succeed Aramark. A spokesman for the Orioles would not disclose the reason for the move.
NEWS
July 27, 2010 | By Mario Aguirre, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and Wells Fargo Center (formerly the Wachovia Center) were cited for critical violations of health requirements at food and concession stands, according to health department inspection reports reviewed by ESPN's "Outside the Lines. " ESPN reviewed local health department reports conducted in 2009 of all 107 North American arenas and stadiums occupied by Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Football League and the National Hockey League.
BUSINESS
July 19, 2010
Philadelphia Futures , a nonprofit organization committed to helping Philadelphia public high school students attend college, has elected Kevin R. Boyle and Stephen Lis to its board. Boyle is a partner at Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young L.L.P., Philadelphia, where he is chairman of the firm's Business Department and serves on its board of directors. Lis is a partner at KPMG L.L.P., Philadelphia. The Hatboro-Horsham Educational Foundation , an independent organization partnered with the Hatboro-Horsham School District, has named the following to its board: The Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board , a volunteer commission appointed by the mayor to govern the public workforce system in the city, said Mayor Nutter had appointed the following to its board: Albert P. Black Jr. is chief operating officer of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
BUSINESS
July 16, 2010 | By Chris Mondics, Inquirer Staff Writer
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P. is set to announce the hiring of Bart J. Colli, the former general counsel of Aramark Corp., one of Philadelphia's largest employers, as a partner in its business and finance practice. The firm said it anticipated that Colli would provide key insights and tactics as the firm sought to work with financially pressed legal departments of clients seeking to cut costs. "Having overseen the legal department of a Fortune 250 company operating in 20 countries with 260,000 employees for over a decade gives Bart tremendous insight into the issues keeping in-house counsel up at night," said firm chairman Francis Milone.
BUSINESS
May 26, 2010 | By Bob Fernandez INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Seeing sales opportunities among ecstatic Flyers fans, Aramark will open four "team store outposts" to sell jerseys, Flyers souvenirs, and Stanley Cup merchandise. The Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the National Hockey League Eastern Conference finals on Monday, ushering them into the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1997. The Flyers will play the Blackhawks for the Cup, beginning Saturday in Chicago. "This town is really excited," Ike Richman, spokesman for Comcast-Spectacor, said Tuesday.
NEWS
April 22, 2010 | By Edward Colimore INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Early Wednesday, the former Holmes Lounge & Garden was a drab wood-frame and stucco building on North 27th Street in East Camden. Its mirrored bar and covered patio - where customers including Patti LaBelle, Allen Iverson, and Boyz II Men once enjoyed smooth jazz and hard crabs - were idle. That changed with the arrival of more than 100 volunteers from corporate and nonprofit groups who gave the former popular restaurant a makeover - and a new purpose. Whirring saws, hammers, and fresh paint quickly helped to transform the building into an early child-care and education center.