Business
Moving outside not a cure-all for Delaware restaurants
Delaware restaurants will be able to add more outdoor seating to serve more diners during Phase 1 of reopening in June, but that won’t be a long-term solution.
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‘Not camera shy’: Pa. businesses trying to survive make video pitches for emergency aid
The fund’s application is slim, but has one demand other programs do not: a pitch made on video.
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Listen 3:55Pa. businesses to get $2.2M in Department of Energy research grants
U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette said the goal is to move beyond current technologies.
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‘Disheartened and sad’: Businesses at the Jersey Shore lament slow Memorial Day weekend
Gray skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s made for a disappointing Memorial Day weekend for some Jersey Shore business owners.
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Listen 3:30Coronavirus closures send Atlantic City casino profits down 65%
Second-quarter earnings are sure to be worse because the casinos have been shut all of April and, so far, May, with no reopening date scheduled.
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Day-trippers and visitors who had a place to stay had the Shore resorts’ beaches and boardwalk pretty much to themselves. Motels still cannot open.
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Fear of public restrooms prompts creative solutions as some businesses reopen
Some people are afraid to use potentially germ-filled public restrooms as stay-at-home restrictions begin lifting. That's boosting sales of products that offer creative altern
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‘Inequities and biases’: Workers petition for union at Philadelphia Museum of Art ahead of reopening
A push for a union was brewing before the museum was shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Philly antique stores are thriving online — but owners say the boom can’t last
Sourcing new material during a pandemic is a problem.
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Face masks provide a new frontier for retailers during coronavirus crisis
Many popular brands including Nordstrom and Gap now sell nonmedical grade face masks to meet consumer demand, but experts say mask sales are a drop in the bucket.
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling talc-based baby powder in US, Canada
The product faces nearly 20,000 lawsuits claiming it caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.
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More Lysol, no more pens in rooms. Hotels adapt to win back guests
Hotels have been devastated by the pandemic. To survive, they are adapting with extra-deep cleaning and contactless interactions.
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Lobbyists become essential as Pa. debates who gets to reopen
Pennsylvania businesses seeking to reopen are finding success hiring lobbyists, but who can afford that access?
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Curbside pickup means some sales for N.J.’s nonessential businesses — and more questions
Beauty supply and hobby stores were among businesses shut down in late March. They can have limited dealing with customers now, with mixed results so far.
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Pa. officials allow scaled-back real estate operations to resume statewide
Gov. Tom Wolf on the same day vetoed a bill to restart the real estate industry, angering Republicans in the legislature.
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