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WSFS to acquire Philadelphia’s Beneficial Bancorp in $1.5 billion deal

WSFS Financial and Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. signed an agreement that calls for the Wilmington financial services company to acquire the Philadelphia community bank.

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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort
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Civic groups push for independent review of Delaware LLC laws

LLCs are sometimes used to hide money laundering, arms dealing, drug trafficking and human trafficking, contends an open government group.

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NASA has named nine astronauts to crew the first test flights and missions of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. (From left) Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover. (NASA)
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NASA announces crew for first commercial space flights

In 2019, SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner are both scheduled to blast off on test flights with NASA astronauts on board.

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Bryn Sobott of the FREO2 Foundation presents his group's solution to pneumonia treatment — an oxygen delivery machine that can operate using the energy generated by running water — at a pitch competition organized by Saving Lives At Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development in Washington, D.C. (Pearl Mak/NPR)
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It’s ‘Shark Tank’ for global health inventions

Ten participants showcased a variety of innovations, each in different stages of development.

8 years ago

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Atlantic City ready to roll the dice again on boxing

There was a moment of time when Atlantic City evoked images of Tyson and Gatti as much as tables and gamblers.

8 years ago

The Spotted Laternfly. (Photo courtesy of the N.J. Department of Agriculture)
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New Jersey issues ‘quarantine’ for items carrying spotted lanternflies

Articles most likely to carry the insect native to China, India and Vietnam include bicycles, tents, motor homes, plant containers, and lawnmowers.

8 years ago

A man sits on a promotional gimmick in the form of a bomb and the U.S. flag outside a U.S. apparel shop at a shopping mall in Beijing. China says it’s girded for a trade war with the U.S. and can give as good as it gets, but behind the official bravado lies a deep unease over trade friction with Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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China announces $60B of US goods for tariff retaliation

China on Friday announced a $60 billion list of U.S. goods including coffee, honey and industrial chemicals for retaliation if Washington goes ahead with its tariff threat.

8 years ago

An artist's rendering shows the City Winery exterior in the new Fashion District. (JPRA Architects)
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Toasting latest addition as Philly’s Fashion District moves toward ’19 opening

City Winery is the newest tenant at Fashion District Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Apple, the world's most valuable publicly traded company, became first to reach the milestone $1 trillion market value. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)
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Apple becomes world’s 1st private-sector company worth $1 trillion

Apple's share price reached an all-time high above $207 on Thursday.

8 years ago

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State of art galleries is changing in Philly’s Old City

As yet another art gallery bails out of Philadelphia's Old City, the neighborhood begins remaking itself.

8 years ago

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Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. It shut down in September 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Holtec says it will decommission Oyster Creek decades ahead of schedule

The country's oldest nuclear power plant is being sold to a company that will decommission it in the next eight years.

8 years ago

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How to find out if ‘women’s empowerment’ programs really empower women

So many aid programs in low-income countries have set 'empowering women' as their goal.

8 years ago

U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania's 8th District is co-sponsoring a bill calling for a carbon tax in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions. (Emily Cohen for WHYY, file)
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In rarity for GOP, Fitzpatrick pushes for carbon tax to cut greenhouse gas emissions

Most of the tax revenue would go to the Highway Trust Fund.

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Experts, Philly mayor want more color in the green rush

Philadelphia will host one of the first conferences for black cannabis entrepreneurs in October.

8 years ago

Patrons at the Chestnut Hill Brewing Co., part of the Market at Fareway.
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Has Market at Fareway violated a 40-year covenant? Some in Chestnut Hill think so

They are suing the market's owner, Glengarry Properties, saying it has violated an almost 40-year-old deed-restricted covenant on the land.

8 years ago

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