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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Town worker Steve Crowley washes and disinfects the public restroom at Mayflower Beach, in Dennis, Mass., last week. As stay-at-home restrictions are lifting, many people are concerned about using public restrooms. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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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

6 years ago

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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.

6 years ago

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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.

6 years ago

Old Navy, a subsidiary of Gap, began selling nonmedical face masks in early May. (MB Internal Studio/Old Navy)
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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.

6 years ago

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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.

6 years ago

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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.

6 years ago

A pedestrian walks by the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

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?

6 years ago

Danique Martin’s knitting business in Haddonfield, N.J., Hooked Fine Yarn Boutique, was already delivering online orders when the governor okayed curbside pickups. However, Martin says she makes most of her revenue from classes. (Mindy Sorasky/Sugarlove Studio)
Community

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.

6 years ago

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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.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia Business Journal

Home decor retailer to cease operations, liquidate Philadelphia-area stores

A Texas-based home decor retailer has filed a motion seeking bankruptcy court approval to begin a wind-down of its retail operations.

6 years ago

Facebook hopes to make commerce a bigger part of its operation by letting businesses set up storefronts in its apps. (Facebook)
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Money

Facebook launches virtual shopping mall, saying it will help small businesses

The social network is positioning its new commerce feature as a way to help small businesses that have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

This July 17, 2019, file photo shows an Amazon shipping truck at a fulfillment center in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
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Amazon to open new fulfillment center on site of former GM plant near Wilmington

A former General Motors assembly plant will be home to Delaware’s newest Amazon warehouse. The company said it plans to hire 1,000 workers.

6 years ago

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No more watercooler talk and other ways offices will adapt to the pandemic

The human need to connect means offices will likely survive the pandemic, but in an altered state.

6 years ago

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Health

Businesses are reopening, but customers may not be ready to go back

Analysts say that businesses and their customers, through their actions, will decide when the economy opens up again.

6 years ago

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)
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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.

6 years ago

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