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The price of the Bitcoin has been skyrocketing lately, with people around the world clamoring to invest in the mysterious digital currenc ...
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Puerto Rico update / The rise of Bitcoin
Guests: Dánica Coto, John Collins, Joshua Ashley Klayman, Angela Walch Puerto Rico is still str ...
Air Date: December 18, 2017
Listen 49:13Rule change could give restaurants more control over workers’ tips
Restaurant owners are promoting the rule change as a way to address long-standing inequities in pay between servers and kitchen staff.
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Poll: Americans overwhelmingly support ‘zero tolerance’ on sexual harassment
Nearly 9 in 10 Americans believe that "a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment is essential to bringing about change in our society."
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Fabric Museum bares all for 40th anniversary
Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop and Museum looks back on 40 years of artist residencies.
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Listen 2:06BankWork$ training Philly residents to be tellers
BankWork$ set up shop in Philadelphia earlier this year through a partnership with Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center, a local job-readiness nonprofit.
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Pa. state lawmaker plans bill to block Philly’s bulletproof glass measure
The bill is a direct response to a measure passed in Philadelphia City Council that could eventually bar some convenience stores from using bulletproof glass.
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How a deregulated internet could hurt America’s classrooms
Educators rely heavily on technology in the classroom, so the repeal vote — expected Thursday — could dramatically impact the way students learn.
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Council vote set on bulletproof glass measure dividing Philly community
Community activists have complained for years about people stopping at the beer delis, buying beer or shots of liquor and drinking them in the street.
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Listen 3:56FCC repeals ‘net neutrality’ rules for internet providers
After a brief security evacuation, U.S. telecom regulators have voted to repeal so-called net neutrality rules.
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LGBT businesses seek share of contracts Philly awards to minorities
Many LGBT-owned businesses are lobbying the city to do more to ensure that companies from their community have equal access hundreds of millions of dollars in city contracts.
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Listen 3:02Report: Firm buying Revel casino for $200M; Straub denies it
A Wall Street ratings firm said Monday that a Colorado company is buying Atlantic City's former Revel casino for $200 million.
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Can Amazon HQ2 pursuit give Philly leg up on future big business acquisitions?
City Councilman Alan Domb suggested better marketing to dispel the impression that Philadelphia has a bad business climate.
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Could online gaming cafes be coming to New Jersey race tracks?
A new bill requires race tracks to work out a deal with a casino located in Atlantic City or an online affiliate of those casinos in order to offer online gambling services.
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Residents hear new plans to redevelop old General Motors site in Wilmington
A Delaware developer has plans to bring to life the old General Motors Assembly plant in Wilmington after it shut down nearly a decade ago.
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