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By Emma Jacobs
May 23, 2012
It's a truism that the job search is all about details: the correctly punctuated email, and the firm handshake. However, for some, those details come less easily. A large part of so-called "... More »
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By Emma Jacobs
May 22, 2012
Comcast will team up with a coalition of cable providers to offer a comprehensive wireless network.Carriers would be happy to offload some of the expensive traffic on their mobile networks, says Kevin... More »
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CENTRE SQUARE BLOG
By Chris Satullo
May 21, 2012
This guy I know, Jamie, plays the ponies. He's convinced he's got a special gift for picking the winning nag. As evidence, he talks often of a fabled day at the track a few years ago. It w... More »
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NEWSWORKS TONIGHT FEATURE
By Elizabeth Fiedler
May 18, 2012
An Ocean City, New Jersey mansion nicknamed "Beauty on the Bay" goes up for auction this weekend. After more than a year of trying to sell it the traditional way, the 7,000 square-foot, Vict... More »
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By Emma Jacobs
May 14, 2012
When Will Reynolds describes the factors playing into companies' choice of location, you start to imagine a set of giant pincers. It would cost Reynolds as much as 40 percent more to rent office... More »
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By Jen Howard
May 14, 2012
We've all seen and heard typical bank advertisements. A recent one for Citizens Bank, complete with dramatic, patriotic music, claims, "It's simple. Good banking is good citizenship. ... More »
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By Peter Crimmins
May 10, 2012
Philadelphia's next TV star might be a South Philly baker. Last year, Lily Fischer won an episode of a competitive cooking show, "Cupcake Wars." She will be back on the tube this weeke... More »
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By Emma Jacobs
May 10, 2012
As the academic year winds down, one enterprising University of Pennsylvania student will be heading to a Silicon Valley startup. More »
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By Emma Jacobs and Holly Otterbein
May 8, 2012
This is the second installment of an occasional series on the public system that's supposed to help the unemployed and Philadelphia's businesses find each other. Alexis Bethel is 21. She... More »
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By Jen Howard
May 8, 2012
The Free Library of Philadelphia is facing a lawsuit brought by four of its members who are blind. The e-reader the library lends out — the Barnes Noble Nook — is not compatible with software used by... More »
