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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Monday he would spend $10 billion of his own fortune to launch a global initiative to fight climate change. (Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Environment
National

Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to fight climate change, planet’s ‘biggest threat’

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced Monday he is committing $10 billion to fight climate change, which he calls "the biggest threat to our planet."

7 years ago

A bungalow in South Seaside Park, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Taxes
Travel

Jersey Shore Airbnb hosts earned nearly $70M during 2019, company says

Jersey Shore homeowners that list their units on the popular rental marketplace Airbnb collectively raked in tens of millions of dollars in 2019, the company said. 

7 years ago

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Economy
Higher Education
New Jersey
The Philadelphia Tribune

Rutgers chancellor Haddon named chair of Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Phoebe A. Haddon, chancellor of Rutgers University–Camden, has been named chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Copies of the McClatchy Co. owned Miami Herald newspaper are shown Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 in Miami. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
Business
Media

McClatchy files for bankruptcy protection

The publisher of the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and dozens of other newspapers across the country is filing for bankruptcy protection.

7 years ago

The Capitol is seen at sunrise on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. congressmen in vulnerable seats have posted relatively strong fundraising

Republican Scott Perry and Democrat Matt Cartwright are both considered to be in toss-up races.

7 years ago

People inquire about temporary positions available for the 2020 census during a job fair in Miami in September 2019.
(Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

Lawmakers, advocates worry bureau won’t fill half million 2020 census jobs

The bureau says it needs around a half-million workers to carry out the national head count. Some census advocates are worried the agency isn't moving fast enough on hiring.

7 years ago

Winston George of Irvington discussed the free tax-filing help he received from NJ Citizen Action. (Citizen Action)
Income Inequality
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Putting word out on free tax-prep, full refunds and how to avoid scams

Nonprofit group wants to alert lower-income residents to free services, how to get the refunds they’re entitled to, and how to spot scams.

7 years ago

FILE - This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. The deadline to seek cash payments and claim free services as part of Equifax's $700 million settlement over a massive data breach is Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
International
Personal Finance

U.S. charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach

The four — members of the People's Liberation Army, an arm of the Chinese military — are also accused of stealing the company's trade secrets, law enforcement officials said.

7 years ago

Voters line up to check in with poll workers at the Awbury Recreation Center in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Economy
New Jersey

New Jersey’s poll workers may get a pay bump to $300 a day

With their first raise in nearly 20 years, N.J. election workers could soon be making up to $300 a day.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 1, 2019, photo, Gory Rodriguez, of Starbucks, right, interviews a job applicant during a job fair at Dolphin Mall in Miami. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020 payroll processor ADP reports on how many jobs its survey estimates U.S. companies added in December. (Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)
Economy
National

Healthy U.S. job market: How big a political edge for Trump?

The strong job growth gives President Donald Trump more evidence for his assertion that the economy is flourishing under his watch.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden wishes Barbara Moroney, of Rocky Point, N.Y., a happy 80th birthday during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Nashua, N.H. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Elections
Politics

Messy Iowa caucuses leave candidates scrambling for money

With campaigns girding for a protracted contest, fundraising success is critical to their long-term prospects.

7 years ago

Local business owners at Gran Caffe L'Aquila (Laura Benshoff)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
International
Pennsylvania

Pa. Italian food purveyors say more tariffs could be ‘devastating’

A potential round of new tariffs on European products is sparking fears of “fake parmesan” among Italian food purveyors in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

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King of Prussia Mall
Business
Real Estate
Philadelphia Business Journal

Local exposure to Macy’s store closures could be vast

Macy’s hasn’t released a list of the stores it intends to close, though a partial list published by the Wall Street Journal doesn’t yet include any in the Philadelphia region.

7 years ago

This July 3, 2015 photo shows people walking on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City N.J. On Jan. 30, 2020, top executives from eight of the city's nine casinos said Atlantic City needs to be cleaned up and made safer before business conditions will improve. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Business
New Jersey

Casino execs: Clean up Atlantic City, no Showboat gambling

Top executives of most of Atlantic City's casinos say the city needs to become cleaner and safer, with a better public perception in order for business conditions to improve.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney presents his $4.6 billion spending plan to state lawmakers in Dover Thursday morning. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Politics

Big on improving infrastructure, Carney makes $4.6 billion Delaware budget proposal

Flush with revenue, Delaware Gov. John Carney presents a spending plan to lawmakers that increases the budget by 4% over the current year.

7 years ago

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