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Uber is restructuring its business to focus on rides and food delivery, which has been a bright spot for the company during the pandemic. (Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Uber cuts 3,000 more jobs as pandemic squeezes ride-hailing

The company is slimming down to focus on rides and food delivery while cutting $1 billion in costs this year.

5 years ago

Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith does pushups outside the storefront in Bellmawr.
Community

Coronavirus update: Murphy outlines multi-step recovery plan

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday unveiled a three-stage plan for reopening New Jersey's economy amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

5 years ago

Farmicia in Old City
Community
Billy Penn

Coronavirus restaurant casualties: Old City’s Farmicia and Mad River Manayunk will not reopen, are closed forever

The situation appears tenuous for many, if not all, Philly restaurants and bars.

5 years ago

Community FoodBank of New Jersey
Money
NJ Spotlight

Casino workers struggle as Atlantic City sees last year’s gains fade away

While casinos and local unions formulate guidelines for reopening, city government fights off a referendum and out-of-work residents line up for food.

5 years ago

A teacher reads to kids at Step by Step School for Early Learning in State College, Pa. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Child care centers in Pa.: bellwether for how tricky it will be to fully reopen economy

As idled businesses begin to restart across the state, child care providers in ‘yellow’ counties say they are reopening slowly, if at all.

5 years ago

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USPS carrier Henrietta Dixon
Community

Post offices, beloved community hubs, fight virus-era threat

Postal Service officials insist they’ll run out of money by September without help. This month, they reported a $4.5 billion loss for the last fiscal quarter.

5 years ago

Shoppers walks past a sign encouraging masks at SouthPark Mall, Wednesday, May 13, 2020, in Strongsville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Money

US retail sales plunged a record 16% in April as virus hit

Other than online, not a single retail category was spared in April. Auto dealers suffered a monthly drop of 13%.

5 years ago

Chambersburg, Pa. which has seen a spike in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks, is in a county where state lawmakers are pushing for a faster reopening of the economy. (Jeffrey Stockbridge for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Clash over reopening economy simmers below the surface in rural Pa. COVID hotspot

In parts of rural Pa. there has been growing angst about Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus shutdown plan.

5 years ago

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The Pennsylvania government doesn’t consider barbershop essential businesses. But some people who work in them, and who visit, disagree. (Andrea Gibbs/WHYY)
Community

Barbers go underground: Getting a haircut on the sly

Barbershops have been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean barbers aren’t working.

5 years ago

The Atlantic City N.J. shoreline
Money

Atlantic City casinos shatter revenue-drop record — again

April was the cruelest month ever in Atlantic City as casinos saw their revenue fall by nearly 69% during a coronavirus-mandated shutdown.

5 years ago

The Mural Arts Program installed works on storefronts boarded up due to coronavirus lockdowns in Center City. This cheerful squirrel across from City Hall is by artist Gina Triplett. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment
Broke in Philly

How Mural Arts is helping artists get paid during the pandemic

Philly’s Mural Arts Program is finding ways to get artists work and to get them paid, despite concerns over looming budget cuts to arts funding and the city’s arts office.

5 years ago

(Heather Khalifa/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. officials revoked business waivers the night before publishing list of recipients

Just hours before the Wolf administration disclosed the first details about which businesses received waivers, officials were still revoking exemptions without explanation.

5 years ago

This Aug. 11, 2019 file photo shows credit cards in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Money

Why the prospect of deflation could pose a threat to US economy

The economic paralysis caused by the coronavirus led in April to the steepest month-to-month fall in U.S. consumer prices since the 2008 financial crisis — a 0.8% drop.

5 years ago

Scott Hoffman sits on his porch in Sunbury, Northumberland County, on April 29, 2020. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Health
PA Post

A Pa. company switched from sewing football jerseys to face masks. Workers walked off, saying the plan was unsafe

“It wasn’t about getting masks out to the public. It was about saving his company and making as much money as possible."

5 years ago

Thomas Alfinito is the owner of a Crossfit Hygge gym franchise in Mount Laurel, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Philly-area businesses say federal ‘Payroll Protection’ loans put them ‘at risk’

Small business owners hoped federal stimulus loans would provide a critical lifeline. But many say the funds won’t cover their most urgent costs.

5 years ago

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