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Students participate in a CVS Pharmacy technician apprenticeship program at Philadelphia Job Corps. The program is supported by federal training dollars (Courtesy of Philadelphia Works)
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Broke in Philly

Breaking Poverty: A need to create access to jobs, training

Positive male influences were hard to come by in Nyhein Webb’s Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood.

7 years ago

Radio Times

Making jokes at work

Guests: Maurice Schweitzer, Brad Bitterly Telling a joke is a risk, especially at w ...

Air Date: September 24, 2018 10:00 am

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Money

Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction with $39B bid

Comcast has emerged as the top bidder for European broadcaster Sky after a rare auction held by British regulators.

7 years ago

The U.S. is sanctioning China's military for buying equipment from Russia that included fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) is show with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Russia earlier this month. (Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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China fires back against U.S. sanctions for purchases of Russian weapons

China and Russia's increasing military and economic ties come as a trade war escalates between China and the U.S.

7 years ago

 Joseph M. Torsella, speaks to the crowd, after being sworn in as Treasurer of Pennsylvania, at Camp Curtin Academy in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. (Chris Knight/AP Photo)
Money

Expert: Pa. pension funds have underreported billions in payments

The funds have underreported the money paid to private equity firms by a third over the last decade. That's $3.8 billion the state didn't know about.

7 years ago

In this July 19, 2018, file photo Brendan Kennedy, (third from right in front), CEO and founder of British Columbia-based Tilray Inc., a major Canadian marijuana grower, leads cheers as confetti falls to celebrate his company's IPO (TLRY) at Nasdaq in New York. Investors are craving marijuana stocks as Canada prepares to legalize pot next month, leading to giant gains for Canada-based companies listed on U.S. exchanges. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo, File)
Money

It’s high times for soaring marijuana stocks on Wall Street

Reefer Madness has gripped Wall Street.

7 years ago

City Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Gov. Murphy will keep state in charge of Atlantic City for up to three more years

Atlantic City could remain under state rule until 2021.

7 years ago

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Sen. Orrin Hatch, photographed during a Senate hearing on music licensing reform on July 12, 2005. Hatch — a songwriter with both a platinum and gold record for his efforts — had his name added to the title of the Music Modernization Act, which passed the Senate unanimously on Sep. 18, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

A music industry peace treaty passes unanimously through Congress

The Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act was passed unanimously.

7 years ago

Box-office giant Ticketmaster may have benefitted from looking the other way on ticket scalping-related violations of its own terms of service, a Canadian report revealed on Sep. 19. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

Ticketmaster has its own secret ‘scalping program,’ Canadian journalists report

Ticketmaster has developed a secret tool called TradeDesk that assists professional "scalpers" to resell tickets in ways that would seem to violate Ticketmaster's own rules.

7 years ago

A shopper browses the produce at the new Sprouts market on South Broad Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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PlanPhilly

Has Philly hit peak supermarket?

There was a “boom of store openings” across the U.S. between 2009 and 2017.

7 years ago

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A naturalization ceremony takes place at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY, file)
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Philly and Newark, N.J., rank among best places for immigrants to live

A new study looked at measures such as hiring bilingual staff, doing outreach in immigrant communities, and encouraging participation in the economy and civic life.

7 years ago

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In this Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, file photo Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk speaks after announcing Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa as the first private passenger on a trip around the moon in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla Inc. has turned over documents to the U.S. Justice Department after statements by Musk about taking the company private, the electric car maker confirmed Tuesday, Sept. 18. (Chris Carlson/AP Photo, File)
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Tesla says it has turned over documents to feds

Tesla has turned over documents to the DOJ after statements by CEO Elon Musk about taking the company private.

7 years ago

With nothing in its rainy day fund and a budget surplus of just 2 percent, New Jersey is ill prepared for the next financial crisis, according to new analyses. (AP Photo)
Money

New Jersey unprepared for next economic downturn, say ratings agencies

The state has a budget surplus of about 2 percent, and its rainy day fund in empty.

7 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Gary Shteyngart and lessons from the recession

Guests: Gary Shteyngart, ...

Air Date: September 17, 2018 10:00 am

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Camden students march outside Holtec International, protesting remarks made by the company's CEO Krishna Singh that residents of the city don't know how to work. The company received $260 million in tax breaks to build its manufacturing plant in Camden. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Protesters call Holtec CEO’s comments on Camden workers ‘racist’

Kris Singh said he was having trouble retaining employees from Camden because the impoverished South Jersey city lacks a culture of work.

7 years ago

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