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Airbnb rental leads to squabble, new regulations in Bucks County
Zoning laws that restrict hotels or boarding houses often don’t apply to short-term rental arrangements. But pending changes in Buckingham Township echo a national trend.
8 years ago
Listen 5:54Oreskes resigns as NPR news chief after harassment report
Oreskes said in a statement Wednesday that he was deeply sorry to the people he hurt.
8 years ago
AstraZeneca gets fast-track FDA approval process for promising blood cancer drug
AstraZeneca gets FDA approval to move forward with Calquence (acalabrutinib), a drug used to fight an aggressive form of blood cancer.
8 years ago
U.S. lawmaker wants to extend N.J. law against post-disaster price gouging
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, says thousands of price-gouging cases have been reported in Florida and Puerto Rico in the aftermath of massive storms there.
8 years ago
New law gives Pa. Liquor Control Board more power to crack down on 'stop-and-gos'
The law is particularly relevant to Philadelphia, where stop-and-gos are prolific in many low-income neighborhoods.
8 years ago
Chemours announces expansion to Univ. of Delaware STAR Campus
Specialty chemical company Chemours announced a plan to build a research and innovation center at the University of Delaware.
8 years ago
Women slowly boosting numbers on Philly boards
While female membership on boards of directors is now up to 16 percent in the Philadelphia region, some areas have achieved much higher rates.
8 years ago
Treasurer authorizes major loan to cover Pa. expenses
A $1.8 billion loan is meant to keep Pennsylvania's general fund from running out of money.
8 years ago
Toomey assures Pa. businesses, officials that GOP will prevail on tax overhaul
Over coffee and fruit salad in a conference room in Pottstown, Toomey reassured the Republicans in the room that the party can deliver.
8 years ago
Companies are looking for diverse ad teams to avoid blunders
Diversity in the advertising industry is becoming a higher priority for consumer product companies as they try to reach a new generation of customers.
8 years ago
Pay-what-you-can cafe in Philly needs more financial nourishment to continue serving needy
On any given night, 30-50 customers eat at the café, but not enough customers are paying more than the menu price, roughly $15 for a meal.
8 years ago
To land Amazon, we must shift academic programs to meet workforce needs
With Philadelphia among the cities vying for Amazon’s second headquarters, it’s a perfect time to analyze whether our students are prepared for tomorrow’s workforce.
8 years ago
Comcast's cable customers tumble as cord-cutting picks up
The cable company added TV customers last year for the first time in a decade. But on Thursday it posted its biggest quarterly cable-customer loss since 2014.
8 years ago
‘Quality of Life’ is Philadelphia’s biggest selling point. Can it survive an Amazonian invasion?
Philadelphia’s pitch to Amazon could be boiled down to three little words: Quality of life.
8 years ago
Philly reaches $12.5M deal with Taser maker for police body cameras
How a savvy purchase of a cloud storage company helped the company behind Taser snag big contract for Philly police body cameras.
8 years ago
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