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06/12/2026

Jacqueline “Jacqui” Morby, prolific trustee, philanthropist, world traveler and the finance world’s “Queen of Software,” died on May 12 at home in Cambridge, Mass. She was 88.

“My mom broke the mold,” her daughter Michelle Morby said.

In 1978, she began her trailblazing career in software investment at the Boston-based TA Associates — then the largest venture capital firm in the world. There, she would make seminal investments in software companies such as Pittsburgh’s Ansys (now Synopsys) and former video game developer, Sierra On-Line.

“My mom was going to business school in 1978. She was not a dude at Harvard Business School who had fratted it up with her boys, and then could call on them and say, ‘Hey, what should I do? Who should I talk to about software?’” Michelle said. “She was like, ‘I don’t have an old boys network, I have to literally create my network.’”

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06/10/2026

A $6.5 million Gibsonia property features a private baseball field, an indoor sports complex and a 2,000-square-foot pool house with a sauna.

06/08/2026

Residential foreclosures increased nationally 18% in April compared to a year ago, and they are up even more in the Pittsburgh region.

05/23/2026

The No. 1 district has landed in rare air when it comes to the Pittsburgh Business Times’ annual ranking of school districts, as it can now celebrate a three-peat atop the local rankings. >>See the full article below ⬇️

05/20/2026

05/17/2026

Pittsburgh is known for many things, but a wealth of contemporary residential architecture is not one of them. That’s especially true in the city’s older neighborhoods, where houses were built to last and still do. Such sturdy stock makes it difficult to find something modern, though one empty-n...

05/15/2026

In 2026

Pros: Median home price of $238,000, 42% below national median. Excellent ratio of primary care doctors per capita. Very bikeable and walkable. State has flat 3.07% income tax, with Social Security and most retirement income excluded from the tax.

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https://forbes.com/sites/williampbarrett/2026/05/08/best-places-to-retire-affordable-spots-low-housing-costs-taxes/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social (Photo: Sean Pavone/Newscom)

05/14/2026

Business in Lower Burrell isn’t booming quite yet, but city officials say it’s heading in the right direction. Mayor Chris Fabry said seven new businesses have opened recently or are about to open. That includes MW Mechanical, a heating, ventilating and air conditioning business, which m...