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Florida ‘business doctor’ offers $90 million for Revel — and very little about his plan
A Florida developer has offered to $90 million in cash for Atlantic City’s recently closed Revel Casino, which cost $2.4 billion to ...
12 years ago
Atlantic City job fair draws 1,500
An estimated 1,500 people attended a job fair for unemployed casino workers in Atlantic City. Lines snaked through the Atlant ...
12 years ago
Nurses at Pa. hospital plan 2-day strike
Nurses at a southeastern Pennsylvania hospital have announced plans for a two-day walkout later this month. The ...
12 years ago
90 layoffs in Pa. processing plant sale
Ninety employees of a northeastern Pennsylvania plant will be laid off as part of a deal expected to become final in the first half of ne ...
12 years ago
Liquor board pays record $526M to state in 2013-14
The agency that controls liquor and wine sales in Pennsylvania has transferred a record $526 million to the state government’s main ...
12 years ago
A.C. will retain most of the revenue from closed casinos, Fitch forecasts
Atlantic City lost two of its 11 casinos over the weekend, Showboat and the Revel. But can it hold on to their displaced customers? < ...
12 years ago
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Showboat casino closes in A.C. after 27 years
An icon of the Atlantic City boardwalk is no longer. The Showboat casino closed its doors at 4 p.m. Sunday, the latest sign of distress f ...
12 years ago
PECO investigating strange odor around Philly
A utility company serving the Philadelphia area has received hundreds of phone calls from residents reporting a gas smell, but crews have ...
12 years ago
New study shows gas workers could be exposed to dangerous levels of benzene
A new study out this month reveals unconventional oil and natural gas workers could be exposed to dangerous levels of benzene, putting th ...
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A.C. to open resource center for up to 6,000 laid-off casino workers
With two Atlantic City casinos set to close down this weekend, the mayor of New Jersey’s fading gambling mecca says government agen ...
12 years ago
No charges filed in the death of a firearms instructor
Prosecutors in Arizona say they will not file charges in the death of a firearms instructor who was showing a vacationing 9-year-old New ...
12 years ago
Philly region 3rd in the U.S. in generating construction jobs
Philadelphia saw some of the fastest growth in construction jobs in the country between July of 2013 and July of this year. ...
12 years ago
Goldman paying $3.15B over US mortgage bond claims
Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay $3.15 billion to resolve claims that it misled U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac about risk ...
12 years ago
Justice Dept. announces $17B settlement with BofA
The Justice Department has announced a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America over its role in the sale of mortgage-backed securi ...
12 years ago
Pa. unemployment ticks up a bit, still down over past year [graphs]
The rate of unemployment in Pennsylvania rose for the first time in two years in July. A one-tenth of a percentage point rise brought the ...
12 years ago