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Lean Cuisine is recalling three very popular chicken meals because some customers have found small pieces of hard plastic in them If you have the Lean Cuisine Pesto Chicken with Bow Tie pasta, Chicken...

Nov 18, 2008

Its very roots - humble, cut-rate curbside sustenance - could be the salvation of a revitalized Ninth Street Market.

Nov 17, 2008

Cricket Communications Inc. said Monday it will hold two job fairs in Philadelphia next month in anticipation of beginning operations in the area next year.

Nov 17, 2008

In June, Mayor Nutter presented a budget that had something for just about everyone - tax cuts, better parks, more police - but it came with a caveat.

Nov 17, 2008

Tumbling financial markets have hammered the pension-fund investments of SEPTA, forcing it to divert more cash to retirement benefits for its workers.

Nov 17, 2008

Francisco "Frank" Santos, a Brazilian immigrant living in Trenton, prospered as a busy laborer pouring concrete foundations back when home builders ruled.

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TD Bank Financial Group, which bought Cherry Hill-based Commerce Bancorp Inc. in March, was quick to surrender the Commerce brand when challenged by a small Massachusetts bank.

Nov 15, 2008 | 3 comments

The controversy over a casino in Center City has the NIMBY neighbors working overtime this weekend. They spent Saturday morning making their case to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, behind closed d...

6 hours ago

AstraZeneca PLC said today that Rich Fante has been appointed president of the company's U.S. business.

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Hundreds of items confiscated by the government during criminal investigations are now up for grabs to the highest bidder.

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At close, the Dow ended up 151.17, or 1.83 percent, to 8,424.75.

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If you run your own business owner or are a decision maker at someone else's company, here’s how you can green your routine while fattening the bottom line.

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If the US auto industry is to survive, it will have to undergo a major transformation—slashing operations,  focusing on fewer models, shedding dealerships and making better cars, analysts say.

Nov 18, 2008

Facing economic hardship, some Americans have decided they need to withdraw money early from a retirement plan. Experts warn the decision carries substantial costs and risks.

Nov 18, 2008

Existing-home sales in the eight-county Philadelphia region fell 21.1 percent year-over-year in the third quarter, while median prices eroded a scant 2.6 percent, data show.

Nov 18, 2008

Encorium Group Inc. of Wayne said today said it was awarded $6.5 million in contracts, primarily to conduct two oncology clinical trials with a U.S. biopharmaceutical company.

Nov 18, 2008

Prices at the pump continue to decline, with the five-county Philadelphia region seeing an average this morning of $2.22, down 2 cents, AAA Mid-Atlantic said.

Nov 18, 2008

Local boys Charlie Foulke and David Kelleher have their work cut out for them today and tomorrow on Capitol Hill. The South Jersey and Southeastern Pennsylvania (in that order) Dodge dealers are in Washington...

Nov 18, 2008

Hatched hastily almost two months ago, the TARP was conceived to stabilize markets and restore investor confidence, but critics argue it  is now looking so amorphous and vulnerable to political trade winds,...

Nov 18, 2008

With consumers backing away from purchasing, it's affecting a chain reaction across all different systems of the tech workforce said Creative Strategies Analyst Tim Bajarin.

Nov 18, 2008

Former top Comcast Corp. executive Michael A. Doyle, who launched the CN8 channel and led the cable company's huge eastern division, has joined the board of WPCS International Inc., a specialty communications...

Nov 18, 2008

Mothers Work Inc. said today that its fiscal fourth-quarter loss narrowed, helped by efforts to reduce inventory, lower debt and control costs.

Nov 15, 2008 | 2 comments

If your wallet's been slammed shut, this is a huge weekend for savings on your holiday shopping!

Nov 18, 2008

After being rebuffed during the summer, Gov. Rendell is again pushing the Convention Center Authority to consider using a loan program backed with Chinese funds to generate millions of dollars for the...