Morning Edition: J.M. Smucker to buy Big Heart Pet Brands for $5.8B

First Look: Spoonwood Brewery debuts in Bethel Park; Pittsburgh? Kiplinger says it's a great place to retire

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Morning Edition

February 4, 2015 - Business news essential to Pittsburgh's leaders.

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S MORNING EDITION Big Heart Pet Brands J.M. Smucker Co. Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery Spoonwood Brewing Company PennFuture Range Resources Range Resources Corp. Pittsburgh Penguins Ansys Inc. Robert Morris University Consol Energy Inc. Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership Forbes Funds Pittsburgh Foundation TowerCare Technologies Heinz Endowments DonorPro TRENDS & TOPICS IN TODAY'S MORNING EDITION Private equity Food Mergers and Acquisitions Public Companies Private Companies Personal finance Oil & gas Public sector Policy Politics colleges/universities Public College Rankings Economic Development Philanthropy Investing

J.M. Smucker to buy Big Heart Pet Brands for $5.8B Company once known as Del Monte Foods has major presence in Pittsburgh along the North Shore. Discuss First Look: Spoonwood Brewery debuts in Bethel Park A new brewery blossoms in the South Hills, with Belgian ales, wood-fired pizzas and a unique railroad setting. Discuss Pittsburgh? Kiplinger says it's a great place to retire Housing costs -- about 20 percent lower than national average -- make it so. Discuss Range Resources withdraws applications for three Washington County well pads The company was seeking three conditional use permits for the pads from Mount Pleasant Township. Discuss Read Morning Edition >> City Council OKs zoning change for Lower Hill District redevelopment Ansys acquires Canadian company RMU named one of best online colleges Consol Energy has more gas to burn Ohio governor wants to increase state's severance tax CMU official named president of International Federation of Operational Research Societies Pittsburgh nonprofit coalition teams up with tech company Poll: Do you think the federal government should mandate vaccinations in children? Pittsburgh region's top 50 high schools ranked by SAT scores Read Morning Edition >> Featured Event Listings Wednesday, March 25, from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm STEM: Creating a Regional Model for Economic and Workforce Development (03/25/2015) Thursday, March 12, from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm BusinessWomen First Awards & Leadership Reception (03/12/2015) Thursday, February 26, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Corridors of Opportunity: Beaver County (02/26/2015) View All Business Events >> Add Your Event To Our Calendar >>

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