Truck fire closes Pa. Turnpike in Bensalem
A truck fire closed the eastbound Pennsylvania Turnpike near Bensalem on Saturday morning. Around 7 a.m., a truck carrying 2,700 gallons of heating oil caught fire. About an hour later, the fire had...
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View ArticleProbes have made the Pa. Attorney General's Office a hell in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG - As Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane waits to hear whether she will face criminal charges, she is presiding over an office awash in backbiting, anxiety, and fear. Current and...
View ArticleComcast founder Ralph Roberts, 95, has died
Ralph J. Roberts, 95, the soft-spoken visionary who in 1963 bought a tiny subscriber TV system in Tupelo, Miss., and built it into Comcast, the nation's leading cable corporation, has died. Mr. Roberts...
View ArticleCarpenters may be uncouth but are not racketeers, union says
The racketeering lawsuit filed against the carpenters' union by the Pennsylvania Convention Center is a "public relations stunt dressed as a federal lawsuit," the union said in its motion to dismiss,...
View ArticleJobs surge in May, but many employees still not feeling secure
The nation's employer payrolls expanded by 280,000 jobs in May, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday, with increased hiring across industry sectors. The unemployment rate rose slightly, to 5.5...
View ArticleDavid Adelman on the new world of college dorms
David Adelman, now 43, was 11, when he bet a family friend that he could beat him in basketball. "He said, 'I'm going to teach you about gambling.' I lost my basketball, my football, and my baseball...
View ArticleThe new world of recruiting
It used to be that trends in the staffing industry reliably predicted future employment patterns, but as with so many other aspects of the economy, the last whopper of a recession knocked out all the...
View ArticleOn Penn's Landing, a dose of reality plus music and pastries
No one has made a reality television show out of Tina Rutkowsky's life, but there's enough material - her parents disowned her and her family went bankrupt. Not that network folks hosting Saturday's...
View ArticleJeffrey A. Moody
The smell of waffles wafted through the lobby at Rita's Franchise Co., the water ice and custard company headquartered in Trevose. It was heavenly, all in the name of science, research and the...
View ArticleHow tweeting about the boss can get you canned
Masseuse Nichole Kucharek, 36, of Macungie, worked at Bear Creek Mountain Resort's spa. She and her coworkers wanted better training. Three-time war vet James Kennedy, 37, of Upper Darby, served...
View ArticleJobs surge in May, but many employees still not feeling job security
The nation's payrolls expanded by 280,000 jobs in May, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday, with increased hiring across industry sectors. The unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.5 percent,...
View ArticleBoundless energy helps Wilford "Will" Fuller, lead division of Lincoln...
Growing up in the South, Wilford "Will" Fuller, 44, who now commands a hefty salary as head of several divisions of Lincoln Financial Group, worked in a dye house, shoveling athletic socks into bleach...
View ArticleJoe Coradino
The company that Joseph F. Coradino leads took a lot of heat over the Gallery. Critics lashed out at the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, which includes the Center City mall among the dozens...
View ArticleNew overtime rules a bonus or a curse?
Millions of American employees will become eligible for overtime pay under new regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor. "We anticipate that workers, on an annual basis, will get $1.2 to...
View ArticlePhila. lags in employment of teens
It didn't take long for Walter Mitchell, 16, to draw a connection between teenagers without jobs in Philadelphia and the recent looting and vandalism in Baltimore. "If those kids would have been at...
View ArticleForman Mills' TV makeover was the real thing
Nearly a year ago, Rick Forman, chief executive of Forman Mills, was hunched over a toilet in his West Philadelphia store, wiping the bowl and trying to stay focused long enough to clean the bathroom...
View ArticlePart-time work can be full-time trouble
There's part time - and then there's the shift that Olivia Smith-Bey, 20, said she worked Wednesday at McDonald's. A stunning 56 minutes. "I got there at 2 p.m. and clocked in," she said. "Not even an...
View ArticleDwight Evans shows he still has the political touch
People are suddenly asking Dwight Evans for lottery picks. That happens when you are two-for-two betting long on the most important political offices in Pennsylvania. In back-to-back elections, the...
View ArticleExecutive course: Golf Association of Philadelphia's director talks business...
Interview enough chief executives and patterns emerge: They like to wake up early and write short e-mails, and are scheduled to the max. And many enjoy golf, which seems contradictory, given their time...
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