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FILE - In this April 3, 2013 file photo, Mike Caldwell, a 35-year-old software engineer, holds a 25 Bitcoin token at his shop in Sandy, Utah. As Venezuela’s national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world of cryptocurrency to salvage what little value remains from their increasingly worthless bolivars. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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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

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Job seekers line up to enter a career fair in Los Angeles, on Dec. 1, 2010. At the peak of the recession, the unemployment rate hit 10 percent. It's now 4.1 percent. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Money

Unhappy 10th anniversary, Great Recession. You still hurt us

Ten years ago this month, you may not have noticed the cracking and crumbling under you.

8 years ago

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December 14: Abate and switch | Blatstein & Super Wawa | Voices on stop-and-go

8 years ago

Wilmington residents question and praise redevelopment plans of old General Motors site
Community

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.

8 years ago

Lancaster and Chester Counties had the highest number of opt-outs. (AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

200 municipalities opt out of Pa. gambling expansion

Municipalities have until January to decide whether they want to play host to a mini-casino, and more are expected to opt out this month.

8 years ago

A small plane flew this message around Seattle Friday afternoon as the the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council attempted to increase Philadelphia's chances of being chosen for the new headquarters. (Joshua Morgan)
Money

Plane speaking: Philly unions launch plea for city to be new Amazon headquarters

The Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council paid for a plane to fly around Seattle for three hours, at times right opver Amazon's headquarters.

8 years ago

This artists rendering shows the new 76ers Fieldhouse planned for Wilmington. (photo courtesy Buccini/Pollin Group)
Community

New sports arena is coming to Wilmington

Wilmington will soon become home to a state-of-the art multi-purpose sports complex that will serve the community and professional athletes.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Inconclusive Zoning: Planning Commission not sold on changes to affordable housing bill

8 years ago

Politics & Policy

Philly adds sharper teeth to minority contracting rules

The measure now goes to Mayor Jim Kenney for his consideration.

9 years ago

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Urban Planning

Pew Report: Philly’s poor have been stuck in the inner city, separated from suburban job growth

The report compares Philadelphia’s poverty statistics with the nation’s ten largest cities and the nation’s ten poorest cities. Philadelphia is the only city in both lists.

9 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Pew Report: Philly’s poor have been stuck in the inner city, separated from suburban job growth

9 years ago

Lancaster Central Market is in the city's Community Revitalization & Improvement Zone. The program lets participating cities keep some state taxes to fund redevelopment. (Emily Previti/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Three Pa. cities vary widely in how they take advantage of coveted state ‘improvement zone’ status

The program aims to ignite investment in historically hard-to-develop neighborhoods by allowing developers to use tax revenue to pay off things like construction debt.

9 years ago

Paul Campanella stands next to a sign at his new location made possible with loans through the Grow Wilmington Fund. A similar loan fund is being launched statewide. (photo courtesy Wes Davis)
Community

In world of Amazon, Delaware targets small business growth

Just weeks after making their big pitch to attract Amazon, leaders in Delaware launch a new effort to grow small businesses in the First State.

9 years ago

Chino Roberto Vasquez, owner of Chino's Pizzeria celebrates a winning hand on one of the new legal video poker machines, in his restaurant Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, in Justice, Ill. (M. Spencer Green/AP Photo)
Money

Pennsylvania cities weigh whether to allow new mini-casinos

Pennsylvania's new law expanding its casino industry has set off debates in cities and towns about whether to try to lure one of the 10 new mini-casinos, or ban them.

9 years ago

This Nov. 3, 2017 photo shows partially dismantled domes and spires at the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J. The casino that was built by now-President Donald Trump in 1990 is being converted into a Hard Rock casino resort. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Money

Iconic domes, spires removed from ex-Trump Taj Mahal casino

Work crews are dismantling the domes, minarets, and other decorations from the former Trump Taj Mahal casino. It is being converted into a new Hard Rock casino resort.

9 years ago

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