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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Listen 1:01‘Optimism, intuition, experience’: Philly remembers Gerry Lenfest
Lenfest's commitment to journalism may have been his greatest achievement, many suggested.
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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.
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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
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Susan Hedman knows her rights under Seattle's secure scheduling law.
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Listen 6:05If passed in Philadelphia, backers say it would help 130,000 employees — most of them part-time chain retail and fast-food workers — or 20 percent of the city's workforce.
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Listen 5:02Football helps N.J. sports bets nearly double to $184 million
Nevada's sports books handled $286.5 million in June; $244.6 million in July and $247.6 million in August.
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U.S. stocks jump after two days of sharp losses; tech leads
U.S. stocks are climbing Friday after two days of sharp losses.
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Wolf administration adds funds for families hit by opioid crisis
The state plans to spend more to help families impacted by the opioid epidemic raise children.
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U.S. stocks tumble for second day; Dow down as much as 698
The S&P 500 index is on track for its sixth consecutive loss as investors try to gauge the best place to put their money.
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Philly hosts conference to bolster minority participation in cannabis industry
Another focus of the conference will be on continuing to press for legalizing marijuana to end well-documented patterns of racially biased enforcement.
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