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Sides will meet to avert ‘container cliff’

Negotiators will return to the table one more time to try and avert a “container cliff”: a looming port strike that could shu ...

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Journal-Register papers go on the auction block after bankruptcy

It’s no cakewalk to work at a newspaper these days, or to own one. The Yardley-based Journal Register Co, which filed for Ch ...

11 years ago

At holiday time, no rest for the weary entrepreneur

A lot of people will end up in the doghouse over the holidays for being tied to their smartphones when they’re supposed to be eatin ...

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Could port strike be a second fiscal cliff?

Negotiations over a contract dispute that could shut down ports along the East and Gulf Coasts are in their eleventh hour. Talks c ...

11 years ago

Drugmaker Teva halts plan for Northeast hub in Philly

Teva’s North American distribution center was one of the largest developments on the horizon for Philadelphia.   ...

11 years ago

Owners of Sandy-devastated Shore businesses seeking grants, not loans

Small businesses at the Jersey Shore struggling to recover from Hurricane Sandy are hoping they’ll be able to get federal grants, n ...

11 years ago

Wharton alums can now invest in others’ student loans

If Wharton alums can still hear the words “student debt” without breaking a cold sweat, a new business promises them a new in ...

11 years ago

Pa. will lose 47,000 jobs if nation goes off fiscal cliff

The Pennsylvania economy could experience serious fallout if Congress and President Barack Obama fail to come up with a budget agreement ...

11 years ago

Trying to make Pennsylvania a hotbed of biofuels

The Northeast has traditionally been home to coal and gas mining. But the federal government’s just put up a $10 million grant to j ...

11 years ago

Casey urges compromise to avoid fiscal cliff

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey announced Monday that the Joint Economic Committee will hold a hearin ...

11 years ago

Small business coalition gives Philly passing grade

Local businesses may have gotten a boost from Small Business Saturday, but as Leanne Krueger-Braneky likes to say, “one day is not ...

11 years ago

New Jersey still trails region on jobs

New numbers show that progress toward New Jersey’s economic recovery continues to be sluggish. New Jersey inched down to a 9 ...

11 years ago

Trying again to raise minimum wage in N.J.

The New Jersey Senate budget committee has advanced a bill to boost the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 an hour and provide automatic ye ...

11 years ago

Pa. unemployment hotline is very, very busy

A group of people in winter coats walked in a circle in front of the Pa. Career Link office on Spring Garden Street on Monday, calli ...

11 years ago

Repairs following superstorm cost SEPTA $550,000

SEPTA still hasn’t figured out how much revenue it lost during Superstorm Sandy. But the has estimated the cost of repairs — ...

11 years ago

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