Business
Root beer’s Philadelphia roots
The concoction of sarsaparilla, sassafras, wild cherry, wintergreen, and ginger has been saluted as one of the country's first convenience foods.
7 years ago
Listen 2:025 smart lessons about investing to end poverty in Philadelphia
ImpactPHL's recent panel asked experts to share tips for managing cross-sector partnerships, building ethical development projects in low-income areas and more.
7 years ago
Amazon plot twist: 2 cities will split the 2nd headquarters
The split of the second headquarters dilutes the company's original promise of a megadeal.
7 years ago
Kenney ‘won’t speculate on speculation’ that Philly’s out of running for Amazon HQ2
"We're in the running until they tell us we're not."
7 years ago
Philly wants to teach retiring business owners how to sell — to their workers
Around the country, stakeholders have raised the alarm about the "silver tsunami": the large number of baby boomer business owners approaching retirement.
7 years ago
FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller
In one study, the pill provided about the same pain relief to patients as IV morphine.
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City Council votes to move ‘fair workweek’ scheduling bill forward
The ...
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Nation’s first black-owned shopping center celebrates 50 years
The shopping center on Broad and Oxford Streets might not look out of the ordinary to the average passersby. But that hasn’t stopped po ...
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Listen 1:55Energy Sec. Perry stumps for ‘all of the above’ energy in Philadelphia, Camden
Perry spoke at a water conference and toured the Holtec International plant on the Camden waterfront.
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Philly Council bill would outlaw cashless businesses
Councilman William Greenlee thinks cashless businesses are classist.
7 years ago
Sears is fading, but memories of its mail-order homes endure
Now that its parent company has filed for bankruptcy, owners of some of those homes are lamenting the end of the Sears era.
7 years ago
‘Optimism, intuition, experience’: Philly remembers Gerry Lenfest
Lenfest's commitment to journalism may have been his greatest achievement, many suggested.
7 years ago
Sears, drowning in red ink, finally files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Sears — the iconic retailer that has sold everything from clothing and toys to refrigerators and socket wrenches over its more than 125-year history — may have reached the end
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Susan Hedman knows her rights under Seattle's secure scheduling law.
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Listen 6:05If passed in Philadelphia, backers say it would help 130,000 employees — most of them part-time chain retail and fast-food workers — or 20 percent of the city's workforce.
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