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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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Philadelphia Business Journal

CEO outlines plan to save Hahnemann University Hospital

A decision on the future of Hahnemann University Hospital will likely be made within the next 30 to 45 days, according to the CEO of their parent company.

7 years ago

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N.J. accountants: Impact of federal tax change mixed

Most New Jersey taxpayers are getting some good news and some bad news as they file for the first time under the new U.S. tax law.

7 years ago

Social advocacy group urges New Jersey to get behind Individual Development Accounts, a matched approach to savings funded by participants, nonprofits, and the state (AP Photo)
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Closing N.J.’s ‘shameful’ wealth gap between whites, people of color

Social advocacy group urges Garden State to get behind Individual Development Accounts, a matched approach to savings funded by participants, nonprofits, and the state.

7 years ago

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Philadelphia Business Journal

Financially ailing Hahnemann to cut 175 jobs

The Center City medical center, under new ownership since the start of last year, struggles with monthly losses in excess of $3 million.

7 years ago

Lilly Ledbetter, center, an activist for workplace equality, speaks at an event to advocate for the Paycheck Fairness Act on the 10th anniversary of President Barack Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Radio Times
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Gender
Race & Ethnicity

Equal Pay Day: closing the gender wage gap

On Equal Pay Day, we discuss the gender wage gap and why women earn only 82 cents to every $1 that men make.

Air Date: April 2, 2019 10:00 am

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Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philadelphia reveals nearly all spending from 2017

Philadelphia’s checkbook is now publicly available. The city released a trove of data that details $4.2 billion in city payments for fiscal year 2017.

7 years ago

Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R- Dauphin) unveils a bill aimed a preventing the early closure of two of Pennsylvania's five nuclear power plants. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

Poll: Public split on whether state should act to prop up nuclear industry

A new poll found Pennsylvania voters generally support nuclear energy, but on the question of whether the state should prop up struggling plants, that support is mixed.

7 years ago

Croda Inc. manufacturing plant
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Delaware
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Croda fined $246,000 for Thanksgiving weekend gas leak that closed Delaware Memorial Bridge

Croda’s Atlas Point plant in Delaware violated air and water permits. More than a ton of ethylene oxide was released, stopping traffic for seven hours.

7 years ago

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Infrastructure
Military

Pentagon takes $1 billion from military personnel account to build border fence

The Department of Defense is shifting $1 billion from a military personnel account to build a 57-mile fence at the southern U.S. border.

7 years ago

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Movies

Apple is jumping belatedly into the streaming TV business

Apple didn't disclose the price or the launch date except to say that Apple TV Plus will be available this fall. It will feature Apple's original shows and movies.

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania
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Democratic Pa. state senators propose student loan debt relief

Three Pennsylvania state senate Democrats are launching a plan to help people with student loan debt.

7 years ago

Major U.S. stock indexes fell Friday as short-term Treasury yields exceeded those on long-term bonds, in what some analysts consider a sign that a recession may be coming. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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National
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Stock indexes drop as bond market flashes recession warning

The stock market tumbled Friday as investors digested an ominous warning sign: Interest rates on long-term government debt fell below the rate on short-term bills.

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania
PA Post

If Three Mile Island shuts down, counties could lose grant money

If Three Mile Island shuts down, the counties and communities surrounding the plant could see less money for emergency management.

7 years ago

Sadiq Muhammed Kabir, 24, runs his own import-export business selling ginger root in Kaduna. He shared his
NPR
Business
International

Why #ThisIsMyHustle is trending in Nigeria

Jobs are hard to come by in Nigeria, so many people have to hustle to earn money — starting their own businesses or finding side jobs to supplement their main income.

7 years ago

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Philadelphia
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The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly spends as much on contractors as public employees, study says

More than half of all budgeted contracting in the city this year will go to two departments: Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbilities Services and Human Services.

7 years ago

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