Money
Same school budget crisis, different year
Last week, Council grilled school officials about their plans to balance the budget and wholly restructure the district.But reporters Dor ...
13 years ago
National survey: Pa. gaming revenue up, N.J. down
An annual study of the national gambling market shows Pennsylvania casinos grew 21 percent last year while New Jersey gaming halls contin ...
13 years ago
Exempt nonprofits might chip in for property taxes
Will the city soon reap millions in voluntary payments from nonprofits? Currently, many nonprofits are exempt from paying property ...
13 years ago
Delta takes plunge into refinery business
Delta Airlines has decided to do something about high gas prices. The company is buying a refinery from Conoco Philips fo ...
13 years ago
In airline first, Delta to buy Trainer Pa. oil refinery
Delta Airlines will become the new owner of Conoco-Phillips’ money-losing oil refinery in Delaware County to produce its own jet fu ...
13 years ago
City may allow online parking ticket appeals
Last week a City Council committee considered legislation that would require the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication, which handles par ...
13 years ago
Pa. Department of Welfare changes tack on funding job-assistance programs
Pennsylvania’s Department of Public Welfare plans to change its funding formula for jobs programs for people receiving public assis ...
13 years ago
Sunoco and Carlyle Group in Philly refinery talks
The owner of a Philadelphia oil refinery threatened with closure is in talks with one of the nation’s largest private equity firms, ...
13 years ago
Taking deadbeat property owners to task
The fire that ravaged Kensington’s Thomas W. Buck Hosiery building, causing the deaths of two firefighters, has started a citywide conv ...
13 years ago
Center City real estate market emerging from recession
Philadelphia’s Center City real estate development is starting to revive, but it may be hard to see. “Steel is actuall ...
13 years ago
Delta closer to buying refinery in Trainer, Delaware County
It looks like Delta Airlines will be the new owner of ConocoPhillips idled refinery in Trainer, Pennsylvania. CNBC reports that a deal co ...
13 years ago
The battle of the 311 phone apps – may the best app win
Two weeks ago, the Nutter administration pledged to launch a mobile 3-1-1 application by summer. The app would let citizens report nuisan ...
13 years ago
Tackling quality of life issues in Philadelphia
This year, the Nutter administration and City Council have tackled a few quality-of-life issues that seriously bug citizens. For instance ...
13 years ago
Pa. outpaces N.J. as second biggest gaming hub in U.S.
Pennsylvania is pulling ahead of New Jersey as the country’s second-biggest gaming hub. Pennsylvania’s 11 casinos set a recor ...
13 years ago
Could Delta Air Lines make a bid for ConocoPhillips refinery?
Delta Air Lines Inc. may make a bid for ConocoPhillips’ shuttered refinery in Delaware County. Energy trade publication Oil ...
13 years ago