Business
Comcast v. Disney: A fight for Twenty-First Century Fox
Comcast said Wednesday that it's in the "advanced stages" of making an offer.
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Philly Shipyard laying off 275 workers amid slump in vessel orders
Philly Shipyard executives say they plan to eliminate 275 jobs starting in July. The company is looking to cut costs as new orders for vessels dramatically slow down.
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Budding clothing line provides lifeline for African refugee starting over in Lancaster
A small but growing clothing line from Lancaster, Pennsylvania is an unusual example of an African refugee being able to put to work skills he used back home.
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Listen 5:59A woman has been named as NYSE president. It only took 226 years
Stacey Cunningham started her career at the exchange as a summer intern in 1994. She's now the chief operating officer.
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Supreme Court decision delivers blow to workers’ rights
The Supreme Court delivered a major blow to workers, ruling for the first time that workers may not band together to challenge violations of federal labor laws.
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Get the look with Delaware’s first female barber
Delaware's female barbers are proving they can cut it in the male-dominated barbering industry.
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New regulations, payment protections for gig workers in N.J.
With as many as 600,000 New Jersey residents now working as freelancers, Assemblyman says legislation is needed to ‘ensure they’re treated fairly.'
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Campbell Soup CEO out, steel tariffs to bite soon
The company, founded almost 150 years ago, is also facing new headwinds due to recent changes in U.S. trade policy.
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Labor shortages have Pa. farms turning to cumbersome visa program
Some farms are turning to the H-2A visa program, which allows foreign workers to come into the country for seasonal work.
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Starbucks training focuses on the evolving study of unconscious bias
No company has tried such training on this scale, says an expert advising the coffee chain, and the effort puts the science of behavioral change to the test.
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DuPont to expand with purchase of new plant site in Newark
DuPont Transportation & Advanced Polymers, a business unit of DowDuPont Specialty Products Division, will spend $45 million to upgrade its a new facility in Newark.
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City councilman, Pa. lawmaker call for medical pot-growing facility in Philly
Pennsylvania's Department of Health is accepting applications until May 17 for the second phase of the medical marijuana program.
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Congress rolls back anti-discrimination auto loan rule
The House on Tuesday passed a measure to roll back guidance on auto lending — a first test for a new GOP strategy in Congress to repeal of hundreds of regulations.
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Philly’s ‘unpredictable’ property tax assessments threatening new development, biz groups say
It’s no secret that successive rounds of property tax reassessments in Philadelphia are giving homeowners agita.
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U.S.-China trade talks center on rivalry over technology
Chinese and U.S. officials met face-to-face Thursday in an attempt to resolve a dispute that has taken the world's two largest economies to the brink of a trade war.
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