PPL Electric Utilities customers set a new summer monthly power use record in July as heat and humidity gripped Pennsylvania, including the company’s service territory in the central and eastern parts of the state.

BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug 4, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OSUR), a market leader in oral fluid diagnostics, today announced revenues of $19.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared to $17.3 million recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2009.

PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) on Thursday (8/5) reported increases in both second-quarter and first-half earnings for 2010, compared with the same periods of 2009.

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (August 2, 2010) – Air Products (NYSE:APD) has appointed Nelson Squires vice president, North America Merchant Gases. He is responsible for the growth and profitability of the company’s Merchant Gases business in the U.S. and Canada.