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Philly could be the next city to pass a bill to help fix a nagging problem impacting about 20 percent of the city's workforce: their often unpredictable work schedules.
Air Date: November 14, 2018
Listen 12:38$3.3M Maplewood Mall remake to break ground in 2019
Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce is putting the finishing touches on a request for proposal for a $3.3 million remake of Maplewood Mall.
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Philly’s Amazon HQ2 loss could be a long-term win for city, experts say
Mayor Jim Kenney responded to the news with a thank you to Amazon.
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Listen 1:57Amazon’s grand search for 2nd headquarters ends with split: NYC and D.C. suburb
Amazon's HQ2 is getting divided by two.
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Veterans celebrated at women’s entrepreneurship conference in Philly
Conference in Philadelphia focusing on women entrepreneurs honors four veterans making their own way in business.
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Guests: Helen Gym, Earlene Bly, Mark Price, Melissa Bova Hourly workers in the hotel, retail and fast-food indust ...
Air Date: November 13, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 48:49Root 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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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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