Money
New Jersey bans employers from requiring salary history from applicants
People seeking jobs in New Jersey will no longer be required to divulge their salary history during the application process.
7 years ago
Does Facebook need a humanitarian partner for its new digital currency?
Libra, according to its website, wants to "reinvent" money by making a financial transaction as cheap and simple as "sending a text message or sharing a photo."
7 years ago
Toys R Us is coming back but with a different approach
More than a year after filing for bankruptcy, the chain is relaunching in Texas and New Jersey. Its new stores will feature spaces for toy demonstrations and events.
7 years ago
How can established small businesses — not startups — get access to capital?
It’s never easy to fund the hustle.
7 years ago
Earmarks? WAMs? Conservative group says by any name, they must go.
A conservative think tank is renewing one of its annual traditions: calling out state lawmakers for stashing money in the budget for municipal projects.
7 years ago
Tuition freeze forces Pa. State System of Higher Education to tighten how it manages money
Tuition for an in-state full-time student increased to $7,716 annually, last year, which was a 3 percent increase. The cost will remain the same in 2019-20.
7 years ago
Delivery company goPuff left out key details before winning $39 million N.J. tax break
The home delivery service goPuff failed to disclose a federal labor law violation to New Jersey officials when it applied for a $39 million corporate tax break last summer.
7 years ago
After Trump request, Lockheed keeps Coatesville helicopter plant open
Wednesday night's announcement comes little more than a month after the company told the Coatesville facility's 465 employees the plant would close by the end of the year.
7 years ago
Philly immigrant earnings — and taxes paid — are up 13%, per new report
The region has one of the most stable foreign-born populations in the country.
7 years ago
These are the people struggling the most to pay back student loans
Lots of people have student loans: more than 45 million people. They collectively owe about $1.6 trillion.
7 years ago
After veto, Wolf and Republicans appear split on voting machine money
A measure that county commissioners were counting on to fund voting machine upgrades recently met its end under Governor Tom Wolf's veto pen.
7 years ago
Bloomberg Philanthropies gives Pennsylvania $10 million to reduce overdose deaths
The state, where 5,400 people fatally overdosed in 2017, was chosen in hopes it could offer models for both hard-hit rural and urban regions.
7 years ago
Hiking minimum wage to $15 would boost millions, report says
Gradually raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would boost pay for as many as 27 million workers, but it could also cost as many as 1.3 million jobs by 2025.
7 years ago
Report: N.J. will have to spend $25 billion on coastal defenses
New climate change study says New Jersey will need billions to pay for enough sea walls.
7 years ago
Philadelphia Energy Solutions extends pay for refinery workers
PES said it was continuing its efforts “to secure the facility” in anticipation of a possible sale and restart after an explosion and fire in late June.
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