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Verizon top performer for sixth straight year

A strong economy and bull market made 2017 a good year for many regional companies. Metals, energy companies were among the top performers.

The City of Champions delivered during the downturn — and fans spent

The Digs – Greatest Sports Photos

Not your typical coders

Capitalizing on uncertainty: Staffing companies upend how workers find jobs

Even as the economy recovered, businesses lacked the confidence to hire again. Companies that rent workers stepped in to help.

After the ‘impossible’

Game 7 of the Patrick Division 
final 25 years ago ended a season, a dream and a dynasty. But for the characters involved, their stories did not end there. For many Penguins and Islanders, it was — for better and for worse — the jumping off point for the next chapter in their careers and in their lives.

Think you know what the region’s economy did in the past decade? Try charting it.

The Steel City was the darling of many narratives, as it sanded off the rust and started coding

A push to ignite McKees Rocks

First of an occasional series, Up From the Rocks, following early stage entrepreneurs in a McKees Rocks business incubator.

When the Great Recession hit, Pittsburgh hung in there

The housing crisis and the financial collapse hit hard, but this region had some secret weapons

There was a time when Pittsburgh home prices just sat there

A decade ago, more than a third of Pittsburgh-area homes on average were decreasing in value