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With energy prices high, Pennsylvanians urged to review utility options
The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects households that use natural gas for heat will spend 30 percent more than they spent last winter on average.
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Giving up gas-powered cars was a fringe idea. It’s now on its way to reality
In just a few years, phasing out gas-powered cars has gone from fringe idea to mainstream policy proposal.
4 years ago
Multilevel marketing & pyramid schemes
Is there a difference? Millions of people participate in direct-sales companies, recruiting friends and families to sell products, with the ultimate promise of hope.
Air Date: November 19, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Montgomery County’s MontcoStrong grant program helped them, businesses report in survey
The $42 million program, established using CARES Act funding, helped small businesses and nonprofits during the pandemic.
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Key reason for supply shortages: Americans keep spending
It could take well into next year or even 2023 before the U.S. and global supply chains return to some semblance of normal.
4 years ago
General Electric to split into 3 public companies
General Electric is splitting itself into three public companies that concentrate on aviation, health care and energy.
4 years ago
3 reasons labor strikes are surging right now – and why they could continue to grow
Thousands of workers across the U.S. are currently on strike, demanding better wages, better working conditions and more benefits.
4 years ago
South Jersey warehouse demand jumps again
The spread of demand through South Jersey is the latest sign that the warehouse boom isn’t letting up anytime soon.
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Labor ‘militancy’ is on the rise in Philly. Workers and experts explain #Striketober
“This is a spike in labor activity and labor militancy. Workers are asserting their power in ways that haven't been done in over a generation.”
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Facebook Inc. rebrands as Meta to stress ‘metaverse’ plan
Experts point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers.
4 years ago
Colombia has captured one of the world’s most wanted drug lords, Dairo Antonio Úsuga
Úsuga for years flew under the radar of authorities by eschewing the high profile of Colombia's better known narcos.
4 years ago
How Pa.’s school pension fund keeps its communications secret from the public
The $73 billion PSERS fund won a ruling keeping secret much of its dealings with three consultants who were brought in to probe a key figure for investment profits.
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