Afternoon Edition: Highmark reports progress in UPMC talks

Esmark sole valid bidder for former U.S. Steel operations in Serbia; Elmhurst and DiCicco buy and rebrand Cranberry Four Points by Sheraton to DoubleTree

Afternoon Edition January 9, 2015

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