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A sign marking the entrance to ESPN's Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World is seen Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Community

NBA owners approve 22-team season restart plan

The NBA took a major step toward getting back on the court Thursday, with the league’s board approving a 22-team format for restarting the league season next month.

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks past stuttered businesses in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The future of small businesses as the country reopens

How are businesses going to navigate reopening during a health pandemic and national civic unrest?

Air Date: June 5, 2020 10:00 am

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Juan Santos
Community

1.9 million seek jobless aid even as reopenings slow layoffs

The diminishing pace suggests the job market meltdown triggered by COVID-19 may have bottomed out as more companies call at least some of their former employees back to work.

6 years ago

Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson spoke with workers and community members at Woodland Village Plaza in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. (Meir Rinde for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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‘We are resilient’ Black community leaders work to rebuild battered Southwest Philly mall

Ron Nowell returned to work at Four Seasons meat market Tuesday after guarding the store from looters on Sunday. He and others are now focused on recovery.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy

N.J. stores, outdoor dining to reopen on June 15 barring coronavirus ‘backslide’

A week later, salons and barbershops can serve customers again, Gov. Phil Murphy said, while gyms and health clubs can reopen sometime after that.

6 years ago

Minnesota State Police formed a barricade in front of a Target store in the city of St. Paul.
NPR
Community

Target says it will temporarily close stores in several states as protests continue

The announcement on Saturday from the nation's eighth-largest retailer came after Target stores in multiple cities became scenes of violence and unrest.

6 years ago

A customer picks up jugs of coffee at Flow State Coffeebar in Fishtown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

10 small businesses Philadelphians want you to know about

We asked, you answered: Here are 10 Philly businesses residents can’t live without.

6 years ago

Hardik Kalra stocks meat in a cooler at a local super market, Friday, May 29, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Money

US food prices see historic jump and are likely to stay high

U.S. shoppers lately have seen the costs of meat, eggs and even potatoes soar as the coronavirus has disrupted processing plants and distribution networks.

6 years ago

A Seattle barber shop remains closed because of the coronavirus outbreak on May 19. Last week, an additional 2.1 million people filed for unemployment benefits around the country.
NPR
Community

40.8 million out of work in the past 10 weeks, 26% of labor force

Just last week, another 2.1 million people filed for unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said Thursday.

6 years ago

Restaurants such as Iron Hill Brewery in Wilmington can start serving in-house customers on June 1.  (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

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.

6 years ago

Philadelphia small business owners make video pleas for forgivable loans from the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund. (Images provided by applicants)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

‘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.

6 years ago

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Wind turbines
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. 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.

6 years ago

Mike Madaf has owned the White Dolphin for 30 years, and he said he’s never seen business so slow. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘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.

6 years ago

Listen 3:30
Atlantic City casino
Money

Coronavirus 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.

6 years ago

Games and surf shops were shuttered in Wildwood on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘I thought there’d be more people’: Visitors welcomed Wildwoods’ quiet beaches, but business owners hoped for better

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.

6 years ago

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