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The Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Russ Walker/PA Post)
Economy
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania sees another big monthly drop in jobless rate

However, the state still has yet to recover many of the jobs lost to the economic impact of the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Wells Fargo has fired more than 100 employees whom it says personally defrauded a pandemic relief program from the Small Business Administration. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Economy
Public Health

Wells Fargo fires more than 100 employees for alleged coronavirus relief fraud

Wells Fargo has fired more than 100 employees, saying they personally defrauded a coronavirus relief program from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

5 years ago

The latest ad analytics show that President Trump is spending in Ohio and Iowa, two places where Trump should be favored.
NPR
Elections
Politics

Biden has the advantage on the airwaves with weeks to go in campaign

The Trump campaign is set to run about $11 million in ads in two Midwestern states he won in 2016. But 6 states continue to dominate the airwaves, with Florida and Pa. on top.

5 years ago

A woman rides a bicycle  past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Economy
Public Health

Shares, oil prices sink after Trump tests positive for virus

The future contracts for both the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials dropped nearly 2% but were trading 1.2% lower several hours later. Oil prices tumbled about 3%.

5 years ago

$10 bills in US currency (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Business
Economy

Bank of Philadelphia? Study says a public bank could help small biz survive COVID

The city-commissioned study by HR&A Advisors suggests a public bank could help Philly tackle poverty and the COVID downturn.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy waves for the audience before his 2021 budget address at SHI Stadium at Rutgers University, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Piscataway, NJ. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
New Jersey
Politics

Murphy signs $32.7 billion budget into law, including tax hike on millionaires

In a highly unusual move, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the budget bill without taking anything out via the line-item veto.

5 years ago

President Trump
NPR
Politics
Taxes

Don’t deduct that haircut just yet: Tax court has rejected such claims

President Trump has reportedly claimed tens of thousands of dollars in tax deductions over expenses such as haircuts.

5 years ago

Demonstrators march for housing justice in the Old Town neighborhood in Chicago, IL on June 30, 2020, demanding a lift on the Illinois rent control ban and a cancellation of rent and mortgage payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
National
Personal Finance
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

‘No one can live off $240 a week’: Many Americans struggle to pay rent, bills

One in six households reported missing or delaying paying bills just so they could buy food in a new NPR poll.

5 years ago

Derwood Selby opened an outdoor market on Parrish Street near Corinthian Avenue in the Francisville section of Philadelphia, selling fresh produce and his signature olive oils and balsamic vinaigrettes.(Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Pennsylvania

‘Pandemic entrepreneurs’ create a surge of new businesses nationally and in Pa.

Applications to start new businesses have surged significantly above normal in the last few months, a trend higher so far than what occurred following the Great Recession.

5 years ago

Listen 4:43
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy waves for the audience before his 2021 budget address at SHI Stadium at Rutgers University, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Piscataway, NJ. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
New Jersey
Politics

N.J. budget to include millionaire’s tax, but scrap ‘baby bonds,’ cigarette tax hike

The proposed budget legislation reflects negotiations among Gov. Phil Murphy and his fellow Democrats who control the Senate and Assembly.

5 years ago

A ‘Now Hiring’ sign hangs in front of a Sheetz convenience store and gas station under construction on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 in Wexford, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Economy
Pennsylvania

Pa. unemployment rate drops to 10.3%, hospitality and leisure still suffering

After widespread job shedding in March and April, just over half of those who lost work in Pa. had been rehired by August.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Books
Economy
History

Jacob Goldstein on “Money: the True Story of a Made-Up Thing”

Planet Money's Jacob Goldstein discusses his new book about the history and future of money.

Air Date: September 15, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
New Jersey Turnpike
New Jersey
Transportation
Travel

Double whammy for New Jersey drivers begins with toll hikes

Transportation officials say the increases are needed to fund a 10-year, $24 billion capital improvement program and provide critical funding for New Jersey Transit.

5 years ago

(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Economy
Public Health
Billy Penn

PA unemployment update: Extra $300 Lost Wages Assistance to be paid in one lump sum

If you are eligible and haven’t yet applied, do that ASAP.

5 years ago

Century 21 department store
Business
National

Bargain chain Century 21 to shut down after nearly 60 years

Century 21 joins more than two dozen retailers who have filed for bankruptcy since the coronavirus pandemic, which forced non-essential stores to temporarily close.

5 years ago

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