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The Trump administration opened high-stakes trade talks with China on Wednesday. The two sides have just over a month to reach an agreement, or risk an escalation.

The partial federal government shutdown is slowing the approval process for construction permits and several other environmental-related issues, according to the state DEP.

A New Jersey-based company is defending plans to build a multibillion-dollar facility in the New Mexico desert to store spent fuel from commercial nuclear reactors.

Pennsylvania's Agriculture Department is opening up its hemp program, pending approval from the federal government.

Medical marijuana raises more questions than answers about drug tests and employee rights, while full-blown legalization seems like an invitation to lawsuits and court cases.

Chain retailers are struggling, but there are many reasons why independent bookstores are thriving in Philly and other places across the U.S.

In a multiyear study Comcast Corp., Aramark and Campbell Soup Company all ranked in the top 35 among the Fortune 500 firms for boardroom diversity.

After governor slams lax oversight of the tax break program, saying the money could have been better spent elsewhere, Camden officials point to how it's improved the city.

In a new report, Philadelphia's controller criticizes method for calculating property tax assessments. But the finance chief defends the system and notes improvements.

Bogle did not invent the index fund, but he expanded access to no-frills, low-cost investing in 1976 when Vanguard introduced the first index fund for individual investors.

At a time when more women than men are graduating from college and earning doctorates, just a third of Ph.D.s in economics go to women.

After a bad year, the Germantown Special Services District was in the red and unable to do its one main job: keep the streets clean.

As of February 2018, the EDA had approved nearly $11 billion in tax breaks across five different programs statewide.

A South Jersey couple and a homeless Philadelphia man fabricated the feel-good tale, prosecutors say, to trick the public into donating to a crowdfunding site.

With court battles over the city's sweetened beverage tax in the rearview mirror, Mayor Jim Kenney celebrates two years of expanded pre-K — and plans for further growth.