Business Briefs: Restaurant grading plan up for health board vote

Restaurant grading planup for health board vote

The Allegheny County Board of Health is set to vote today on a plan to begin posting grades on restaurant doors based on the results of their annual inspections. If approved, the health department plan would be sent to Allegheny County Council for consideration and could be implemented as soon as this fall. Prior to the vote, board members will hear the results of a six-week pilot the department conducted in July and August to test the A-B-C system.

Fuyao Glass unit buysPPG glass plant in Ill.

PPG Industries said it completed the sale of its glass plant in Mount Zion, Ill., to Fuyao Glass America Inc., a unit of Fuyao Glass Industry Group, the largest automotive glass supplier in China.

Financial terms were not disclosed. The plant, which employs 175 workers, produces float glass used in residential and commercial construction. The deal calls for Fuyao to retrofit the facilitys two production lines to manufacture automotive glass. PPG will continue to operate the plant for up to a year.

Culinary gift shop chain opening S. Hills location

Oil & Vinegar, a culinary gift shop concept, is scheduled to open its first regional location at South Hills Village this weekend. The 70-plus-store chain started in the Netherlands in 1999 and entered the U.S. market in 2004.

Halliburton reaches Gulfoil spill settlement

Halliburton agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle what it calls a substantial portion of plaintiff claims arising from the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The settlement, if approved by a federal court, would allow businesses and property owners who were hurt by the oil spill to collect punitive damages from Halliburton through a fund to be administered by a court-appointed representative.

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Business Briefs: Restaurant grading plan up for health board vote