Business
Philly’s homegrown coffee roaster La Colombe to extend its retail reach under Chobani control
La Colombe has a new but familiar owner that just happens to sell coffee creamer. Here’s what to expect.
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Listen 1:49Apple stops selling latest Apple Watch after losing patent case
Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches will be halted this week after it lost a case over whether the tech giant stole a patented blood oxygen feature from another company.
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Storied U.S. Steel to be acquired for more than $14 billion by Nippon Steel
The transaction is worth about $14.9 billion when including the assumption of debt.
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Councilmember Kendra Brooks, organizers, and workers say the proposal is needed to strengthen enforcement of the city’s existing labor laws.
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Listen 1:22La Colombe acquired by Chobani in $900 million deal
The coffee roaster and retailer founded in Philly in ‘94 operates 32 stores around the country.
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Fuming over setback to casino smoking ban, workers light up in New Jersey Statehouse meeting
Members of the UAW union disrupted a meeting of a state Assembly committee that had been scheduled to take a preliminary vote on a bill to ban smoking in the casinos.
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Inflation continues to moderate thanks to a big drop in gas prices
Consumer prices rose 3.1% in November from a year ago, marking a more moderate pace of inflation thanks in large part to falling gasoline prices.
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Auto union leader urges New Jersey lawmakers to pass casino smoking ban
Many casino workers have been pushing for three years to close a loophole in the state's public smoking law that specifically exempts casinos from a ban.
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Former Eagles player Malcolm Jenkins on money, social justice, and grit in Philly
Malcolm Jenkins discussed the concepts of money, social justice, and grit — all of which have guided him to financial and professional success.
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Listen 1:59Center City’s Fashion District debt — and control — abandoned by Philly mall operator
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust filed for bankruptcy again in early December. Here’s what we know about its shopping mall portfolio, including the Fashion District.
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Dominican grocers fight for their tobacco licensing in Philadelphia
The network of nearly 2,000 Dominican grocers feel that the Department of Public Health is unfairly targeting their tobacco licenses.
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Longtime Trenton barber who serves as a life coach for his customers gets a special honor
Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora said Joe Festa “has been an institution in this city for about 60 years and he’s still going strong.”
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Listen 1:12For Rite Aid customers in the Philly region, finding a new pharmacy might prove challenging
Local pharmacists are beginning to feel the weight of Rite Aid’s closures, and some might not be able to take on more patients.
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Listen 1:10Parkside never got its promised Starbucks ‘community store’ and no one’s saying why
The planned cafe, in the ParkWest Town Center, was touted as a way to train young workers and help earn them college scholarships.
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The Supreme Court wrestles with OxyContin maker’s bankruptcy deal, with billions of dollars at stake
The justices on Monday seemed by turns reluctant to break up an exhaustively negotiated agreement, but also leery of somehow rewarding the Sacklers.
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