Paul Gough

Jan 16, 2025 | wpxi.com | Paul Gough

PITTSBURGH — JetBlue Airways will be adding a flight between Pittsburgh and New York beginning in April. The once daily flight between Pittsburgh International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens will begin April 30 and be year-round, the airline announced Wednesday. The flight will leave Pittsburgh at 7 a.m. and arrive at 8:30 a.m., and a flight will leave JFK for Pittsburgh at 10:15 p.m. and arrive around midnight.

Jan 10, 2025 | wpxi.com | Paul Gough

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Westinghouse Electric Co. President/CEO Patrick Fragman will be leaving his post after five years at the helm of the Cranberry Township-based nuclear company. Fragman announced Thursday he would be departing the roles on March 31 to spend more time in Europe with his family. He’ll remain as an adviser several more months and be succeeded by Dan Sumner, who had been operating plant services president, as interim president/CEO.

Jan 9, 2025 | wpxi.com | Paul Gough

PITTSBURGH — Covestro LLC, the Pittsburgh-based polymers manufacturer, announced Wednesday it would be expanding a factory in Ohio that makes polycarbonate compounds. The Hebron, Ohio, site will be increased by several production lines and related infrastructure and will make customized polycarbonate compounds and blends for the automotive, electronics and health care customers. The investment is in the triple-digit million Euros range; 125 million Euros, for instance, is $128.9 million.

Jan 8, 2025 | wpxi.com | Paul Gough

UPMC and Allegheny Health Network are seeing higher demand following Monday’s closing of Sharon Regional Medical Center. Both Pittsburgh-based health systems own hospitals in the same Mercer County as Sharon Regional, which had been caught up in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and asset selloff of privately-owned Steward Health System. Sharon Regional, which had 220 beds and 19 offices in northwestern Pennsylvania, had about 850 employees.

Dec 4, 2024 | wpxi.com | Paul Gough |Tim Schooley

Shares in United States Steel Corp. dropped sharply Tuesday after President-elect Donald J. Trump said he would block the company’s proposed $14.9 billion sale to Nippon Steel Corp. U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) fell 8% — $3.28 a share — to $36.67 in the first trading day after Trump’s comments on his Truth Social media platform. Trump’s remarks, the first public statements about the controversial deal since before the presidential election, threw fresh doubt on whether the sale would go through.