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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 17: People walk by a hiring sign in a window along a main shopping street in Manhattan on November 17, 2021 in New York City. As Americans begin their holiday shopping early this year in an effort to avoid shortages of some goods, U.S. retail sales surged 1.7% last month, the largest gain since March
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Business
Economy

How understaffed are stores? Smaller retailers feel the holiday-shopping strain

Large retailers have spent billions of dollars to woo workers. Smaller stores that can't do that expect staff shortages will lead to lost sales.

5 years ago

File photo: The New York Stock Exchange operates during normal business hours in the Financial District, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in New York. Stocks are opening sharply lower on Wall Street Friday, Nov. 26, after South Africa found a fast-spreading coronavirus variant and the European Union proposed suspending air travel from southern Africa
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Stocks sink on new COVID variant; Dow loses 905 points

Stocks sank Friday as a new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa appeared to be spreading across the globe.

5 years ago

FABSCRAP co-founder and creative director Camille Tagle and founder and CEO Jessica Schreiber (L-R) stand in front of a fabric wall outside of the Philadelphia location
Business
Environment
Philadelphia

Fabric recycler FABSCRAP wants to make Philly designers greener

The fashion and apparel supply chain is among the top emitters of greenhouse gases globally. In 2018, 11.3 million tons of textile waste ended up in U.S. landfills.

5 years ago

Black Friday shoppers wear face masks and gloves as the leave the Uniqlo store along Fifth Avenue, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, in New York
Business
Economy
National

Stores kick off Black Friday but pandemic woes linger

Retailers are expected to usher in the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season Friday with bigger crowds than last year in a closer step toward normalcy.

5 years ago

Homes in Jersey City, NJ in March, 2016.
New Jersey
Taxes

A new poll says taxes are the top issue of concern for N.J. residents

The Garden State leads the nation in property tax burden, with homeowners paying an average of more than $9,000 in 2020.

5 years ago

'GoPuff keep saying that we make between $15-25 an hour,' said Candace Hinson, 29, who works at the company's Manayunk facility. 'They do not tell the media that they do not reimburse us for mileage. They do not give us anything for gas. They don't cover car repair.'  (Liz Tung/WHYY)
Business
Philadelphia

‘We built this company’: Workers at Philly-based Gopuff mount one-day strike

A common complaint among protesters outside the company’s headquarters in Northern Liberties was that Gopuff workers earn much less than the company advertises.

5 years ago

Customers line up at the meat counter
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

From the pump to potatoes: Inflation hits home for the holidays

Going into the holidays, some families have been able to hedge against higher consumer costs. But, for others, the economic anxiety is real.

5 years ago

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Electrical power generation lines are seen below storm clouds in a rural field near Newtown, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Energy
Pennsylvania
State Impact Pennsylvania

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.

5 years ago

A customer prepares to pump gas into her car at a Shell station on Nov. 17 in San Rafael, Calif. A surge in gas prices this year is leaving the Biden administration looking for options to do something about it. One that's getting recent attention is tapping the country's emergency oil stockpile.
(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
Government
National
Politics

The U.S. emergency oil stash is in the spotlight as gas prices surge. What to know

5 years ago

Lauren Barber stands in her home in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16. Barber has been inundated with offers from investors and companies that want to buy her house. She sometimes gets called or texted more than five times a day with offers.
(Maddie McGarvey / NPR)
NPR
Economy
Home & Family
National

Hey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers

5 years ago

Motorists fill up their vehicles at a Shell station Thursday, July 22, 2021, in southeast Denver. Colorado drivers are facing some of the highest prices per gallon at the pump in more than a decade
NPR
Business
Technology
Transportation

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.

5 years ago

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Explainers
Law

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

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Sticky buns, cornbread, and chocolate chip pies in a bakery's display case. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Business
Economy
Pennsylvania

Montgomery 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.

5 years ago

Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. I(AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Business
Economy
International
Transportation

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.

5 years ago

This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows the General Electric logo at a store in Cranberry Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Business
Economy
National

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.

5 years ago

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