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Shell takes final extension on Pa. site for proposed ethane cracker
Shell Chemical has signed a deal with the owners of a Beaver County industrial site that would give the company more time to decide wheth ...
11 years ago
Shopping season doesn’t end with Christmas
You might think that Christmas day marks the end of the holiday shopping season, but merchants are now used to a post-Christmas surge spu ...
11 years ago
Online sales help brick-and-mortar stores — on Cyber Monday and all year
Black Friday — and now Cyber Monday — signal the start of the holiday shopping season with a rush for deals at big box stores and maj ...
11 years ago
African American leaders back Market 8 casino proposal for Philly
The African-American Chamber of Commerce and the Philadelphia NAACP are endorsing one of the plans for Philadelphia’s second casino ...
11 years ago
Temple grads invite students to rate off-campus landlords
A Philadelphia start-up is inviting students to submit reviews of their off-campus landlords. The team behind the new online site ...
11 years ago
Pa. deploys action team after Lockheed Martin announces plant closure
Pennsylvania officials are scrambling after news that Lockheed Martin will close a satellite manufacturing facility in Newtown, Bucks Cou ...
11 years ago
Lockheed Martin will close Newtown plant
More than 1,000 people will lose their jobs as Lockheed Martin eliminates a facility in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Spokesman Chip Esch ...
11 years ago
Wynn scraps plans for a Philadelphia casino
Wynn Resorts, headed by casino mogul Steve Wynn has withdrawn it’s proposal to build a casino and 300-room luxury hotel in Philadel ...
11 years ago
It’s a wrap for Blockbuster — including last store in Philly
Remember Blockbuster? With the blue and yellow movie ticket logo? The very last representative of the video chain in Philadelphia ...
11 years ago
Toomey votes to support workplace anti-discrimination bill
Thursday, the United States Senate passed legislation which would ban discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation and gen ...
11 years ago
Children in homeless shelters mostly young, says new report
Last year, more than 9,000 homeless children spent time in Pennsylvania shelters. Almost 60 percent were younger than five. These ...
11 years ago
Report: Wildlife refuges create $2B for economy
Visitors to national wildlife refuges generate more than $2 billion a year in economic activity, helping to employ more than 35,000 peopl ...
11 years ago
Two widows challenge Pa. marriage law over inheritance taxes
In separate cases, two Pennsylvania women are protesting the inheritance taxes they paid after the death of their same-sex partners. ...
11 years ago
Trenton-Mercer Airport’s traffic controllers hope to dodge fallout from shutdown
Another group sounds the alarm on the federal shutdown. The control tower at the Trenton-Mercer Airport in New Jersey was threaten ...
11 years ago
Pharma giant Teva will lay off 10 percent of global workforce
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries will reduce its global workforce by 10 percent. The Israeli company has its North American headquarters in ...
11 years ago