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Wharton expert: New FCC open-Internet rules won’t touch Comcast — for now

A new set of proposed open Internet rules from the head of the Federal Communications Commission could alter the way traffic flows online ...

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Why are there 57 varieties of everything?

These days, there are more choices than ever, and it’s both wonderful and exhausting. We’re modern. We’re hip. So we th ...

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Job jitters over possible Pfizer takeover of AstraZeneca

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City to bankroll internships, workshops to boost Philly tech scene

The city of Philadelphia is bankrolling tech internships and workshops, using a series of grants to local firms. “What we wa ...

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Trade mag ranks Philadelphia 7th among U.S. biopharma clusters

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News says Philadelphia is great at landing federal research dollars. But turning research finding ...

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 Banana ripening rooms at the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market feature special climate controls to make sure thousands of boxes of bananas ripen evenly. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Where East Coast bananas go to ripen

For one of the nation’s largest banana wholesalers, ripening is an exact science. It’s ...

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This year’s Tech Week show stopper? Tetris on the Cira Centre

Don’t say we didn’t warn you: Don’t ...

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TEDxPhiladelphia is back. Here’s who’s speaking

After a two-year hiatus TEDxPhiladelphia is back. The independently produced “ideas conference” will take place at Tem ...

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On Independence Mall, seeking the next ‘As Seen on TV’ hit

An infomercial company headquartered in Trevose, Pa., is host ...

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Setting human biorhythms to an electronic beat: Data Garden

Generating music through your own electrical currents … and some apples.  Pulse audio engineer Charlie Kaier is holding ...

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Debut day for Ticketleap’s new ‘Selfie Ticket’

2013 was the year of the selfie. Now a Philadelphia ...

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Can a group of cheerleaders get more girls interested in STEM?

How one group is trying to dispel stereotypes of cheerleaders and scientists at the same time.  When I say “cheerl ...

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All that road salt is hurting area waterways

The amount of salt that trucks have dumped onto Philadelphia roads is already more than the amount used during that last two winters comb ...

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$1.5B in efficiencies: What Comcast-TWC merger might mean for Philly

Comcast announced Thursday its ...

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