Agere Systems Incorporated

A group of Lehigh Valley companies has sued the former owner of the Stroh Brewery, alleging that Stroh has stopped contributing money to clean up a former landfill in South Whitehall Township now designated a Superfund site. PPL Electric Utilities,...

Orange County's bygone hopes of becoming an industry leader in microchip manufacturing are now a pile of rubble off South John Young Parkway. Bulldozers are razing the old Agere Systems Inc. microchip factory, previously known as Cirent Semiconductor,...

Janis Stacy knew her transformation from a man to a woman would be difficult for some of her coworkers to understand. That's why the former product engineer at Agere Systems met in February 2005 with colleagues who knew her as Jim to explain why she...

1. Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (Acute-care hospital) 2. St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network (Acute-care hospital) 3. Air Products & Chemicals (Industrial gases, chemicals and manufacturing) 4. U.S. Government (U.S. Government) 5. PPL...

If you feel like you're losing elbow room in the Lehigh Valley — whether in restaurants, in school, at the mall or on the road — you are. In the last four years, the region has gained the equivalent of the city of Easton's population — 30,000 more people...

Monday: -- September personal income and spending -- Earnings: ABN Amro Holding NV; Ashland Inc.; Diebold Inc.; FPL Group Inc.; Humana Inc.; MetLife Inc.; Principal Financial Group Inc.; Republic Services Inc.; Simon Property Group Inc.; Verizon...

Growing up in the Netherlands, Bart Smeets had heard the stories of the day the American warplane crashed on his grandfather's farm near the border with Germany. His mother would tell him how the twin-engine C-47 Skytrain was hit by a German antiaircraft...

Telemarketing -- that's how enrollment at Lehigh Valley College often begins. Recruiters must make 125 calls and schedule five appointments a day, and enroll 10 applicants a month. Top performers get vacations to the Bahamas. Those who fail to sign up...

Candidates were asked: “What do you view as the major issue in this campaign and how will you address it?” ALLENTOWN Term: 4 years (Vote for four) REPUBLICAN SANDRA H. STECKER JEANETTE EICHENWALD DEMOCRAT SANDRA H. STECKER JEANETTE EICHENWALD MARE...

As you sit back and count your blessings today — beautiful gifts, sumptuous food, your health and the company of family and friends — take a moment to think about others who may not be so fortunate. Often, as we sit in the comfort of our homes, it is...

Economic development leaders have scored several monumental victories in Lehigh Valley history. In 1881, they lured a giant silk company from New Jersey by building a factory for the company and naming it after the owner's wife, Adelaide. At the time, it...

If there were any doubt that health care was big business in the Lehigh Valley, a look at 2002's largest employers makes it clear. Six of the top 25 largest companies are directly involved in health care, according to data compiled by The Morning Call....