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First do-gooder companies apply to Pa.
In Philadelphia Tuesday, Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele accepted registration forms from the state’s first “bene ...
12 years ago
Pa. jobless rate hovering slightly above national average
Pennsylvania added jobs for the fourth time in a row last month, but its unemployment rate is still hovering just above the national aver ...
12 years ago
For Atlantic City, $3 billion represents bad news
The money taken in by Atlantic City casinos fell 8 percent in 2012. But that doesn’t come as a surprise. It’s har ...
12 years ago
Want some financial counseling with that water bill?
Philadelphia will receive $3.3 million dollars to improve its citizens’ financial literacy. The funding comes from Bloomberg ...
12 years ago
Aereo television streaming coming to Philadelphia
In a data center in Brooklyn, startup Aereo has millions of tiny antennas. “Almost the si ...
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Philly, Goldman Sachs partner to help small businesses grow
Philadelphia officials Wednesday morning will announce a new partnership with investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Philadelphia is th ...
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Swindlers involve Hatboro company in mail scam
A Hatboro company is unhappy to find itself as the face of a massive mail scam. Con artists have sent out thousands of fraudulent ...
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More Pa. employers must check new hires’ working papers
Starting this month, employers that do business with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must use the the federal government’s E-Verif ...
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Jersey pols criticize House GOP for skipping Sandy relief bill
New Jersey politicians had some of the harshest words leveled at Congress this week after the House of Representatives failed to vote on ...
12 years ago
With 30-day contract extension, East Coast port strike averted for now
The union representing longshoremen at East Coast ports has agreed to a 30-day contract extension, averting a potential strike on Sunday. ...
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Expect milk shake-up on prices in absence of U.S. farm bill
There could be crying if milk spills over the “dairy cliff” looming just beyond the New Year. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of P ...
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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 ...
12 years ago
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 ...
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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 ...
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