
Money
BP drops effort to retrieve Gulf oil spill business payouts
BP has decided to end its effort to recoup money it paid in economic damage claims to businesses and individuals under a settlement arisi ...
10 years ago
Cybersecurity: Senate poised to pass bill to push information sharing
The Senate is poised to pass a bill intended to improve cybersecurity by encouraging the sharing of threat information among companies an ...
10 years ago
How high-tech cars made Pep Boys primed for Bridgestone buyout
Bridgestone America’s $835 million purchase of Philadelphia-based Pep Boys comes at a time when there are more cars on the road tha ...
10 years ago
Pep Boys sale to Bridgestone won’t mean retiring Manny, Moe and Jack
A familiar name in auto care in the Philadelphia region for nearly a century will soon be under new ownership. But the namesakes wi ...
10 years ago
ListenComcast board OKs proposal to reclassify its shares
Comcast’s board has approved a proposal that would reclassify its shares so that only its Class A common shares remain. The ...
10 years ago
VW investigating whether more cars have trick software
more of its cars may have been fitted with software that was used to cheat on U.S. emissions tests. The company had previously sai ...
10 years ago
Consumer group survey: Funeral costs vary in Philly, but prices difficult to compare
Determining the costs of funeral services can be really difficult in Philadelphia, according to a new survey from the ...
10 years ago
Pa. manufacturer accused of selling imitation cheese as real
A western Pennsylvania cheese manufacturer is accused of selling imitation Parmesan and Romano cheese as the real thing. The ...
10 years ago
Hess trucks back — even though gas stations are no more
Hess gas stations are no more, but the annual toy truck is back. Hess Toy Trucks on Monday unveiled a red firetruck and ladder res ...
10 years ago
Final US Airways flight begins journey from Philadelphia
The final US Airways flight has begun its roundtrip journey between Philadelphia and San Francisco. The plane is Flight 1939, name ...
10 years ago
Village Voice sold to Pa. newspaper owner
The United States’ first alternative newsweekly has a new owner. New York’s The Village Voice, founded six decades ago ...
10 years ago
Without new deal, 2,800 Philly janitors set to strike Friday
Janitors and other custodial workers in many of Philadelphia’s major buildings have authorized a strike if negotiations between the ...
10 years ago
Philly native wins $500,000 prize for drug-redistribution start-up
When Kiah Williams, 29, was growing up in Overbrook, her father fell ill and became unable to work the grueling hours required of a small ...
10 years ago
Driver license, photo centers closed for holiday weekend
State transportation officials in Pennsylvania say state driver license and photo centers will be closed for the Columbus Day holiday. ...
10 years ago