Money
5 smart lessons about investing to end poverty in Philadelphia
ImpactPHL's recent panel asked experts to share tips for managing cross-sector partnerships, building ethical development projects in low-income areas and more.
8 years ago
Philly wants to teach retiring business owners how to sell — to their workers
Around the country, stakeholders have raised the alarm about the "silver tsunami": the large number of baby boomer business owners approaching retirement.
8 years ago
New partnership will protect 475,000 Philly homeowners from sewer snafus
A new partnership will provide 475,000 eligible homeowners an affordable water and sewer line protection plan for about $8 a month.
8 years ago
Soft skills, tech jobs: What Philly can learn from Albuquerque’s anti-poverty push
Technical.ly traveled to Albuquerque, N.M., to find what has worked — and what hasn't — in that city's approach to workforce development.
8 years ago
Philly Council bill would outlaw cashless businesses
Councilman William Greenlee thinks cashless businesses are classist.
8 years ago
After long losing streak, U.S. stocks surge on solid earnings
Strong results from major companies including Microsoft, Visa and Comcast are sending U.S. stocks sharply higher Thursday.
8 years ago
Philadelphia safer from job-stealing robots than peer cities, report says
If you work in Philadelphia, your job may be safe from the robots that pundits predict could put one-third of U.S. workers out of a job by 2030.
8 years ago
Sears is fading, but memories of its mail-order homes endure
Now that its parent company has filed for bankruptcy, owners of some of those homes are lamenting the end of the Sears era.
8 years ago
2019 ACA rates to decrease for first time in Pennsylvania
What people will end up paying, as in previous years, varies by age and county.
8 years ago
Wineries want to ship directly to N.J. homes — but liquor stores oppose plan
Right now, the most prolific producers of wine are barred from shipping their wine to individual buyers in the Garden State.
8 years ago
Listen 1:01‘Optimism, intuition, experience’: Philly remembers Gerry Lenfest
Lenfest's commitment to journalism may have been his greatest achievement, many suggested.
8 years ago
Why Public Service Loan Forgiveness is so unforgiving
This is the story of Seth Frotman, the mangling of the program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and what it says about America's student loan industry.
8 years ago
Sears, drowning in red ink, finally files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Sears — the iconic retailer that has sold everything from clothing and toys to refrigerators and socket wrenches over its more than 125-year history — may have reached the end
8 years ago
Susan Hedman knows her rights under Seattle's secure scheduling law.
8 years ago
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