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Maax USA, which manufactures shower doors for the residential market, will close its plants in Southampton, Bensalem and Warminster on Sept. 1.
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The Food and Drug Administration said late Thursday that it has approved expanded use of a Merck & Co. HIV drug, Isentress.
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US Airways says it will begin adding flights to Barbados from Philadelphia International Airport, beginning Oct. 1.
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The World Health Organization approved GlaxoSmithKline PLC's cervical-cancer vaccine Cervarix for distribution to developing countries.
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Pa. bills provide $325K for Phila. nonprofits
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An all-night negotiating session ended this morning between Acme Markets and its union in Southeastern Pennsylvania with a pledge that both sides would continue to meet at least through Monday, a top union official said.
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Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. has licensed exclusive U.S. rights to develop and market a bladder cancer drug that is in Phase 3 clinical testing.
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The end of the workweek sees another decline in the average price of gas, with South Jersey's going down overnight by 2 cents, to $2.41 a gallon, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
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Investors seem to be running short on hope.
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NATION AND WORLD
The Obama administration is considering using money from the $700 billion financial bailout fund to provide further assistance to the nation's struggling small businesses, in a continuing attempt to find a way to make up for clogged credit.
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Regulators on Friday shut Bank of Wyoming, marking the 53rd failure this year of a federally insured bank.
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Gov. Brian Schweitzer is calling on the Obama administration to force General Motors to honor its contract with a Montana mining company instead of going overseas to buy the precious metals used to control vehicle pollution.
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The union that represents flight attendants who worked for Northwest Airlines before it was bought by Delta Air Lines is crying foul over Delta's failure to offer bigger sizes for its signature red dress uniform designed by Richard Tyler.
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A Chicago lawyer has been convicted in New York of conspiracy in a huge fraud at commodities brokerage giant Refco Inc.
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Union officials yesterday accused Acme Markets of refusing to compromise as a midnight contract deadline approached, but they urged 4,500 area supermarket employees to report to work today and stay on the job until a membership meeting Wednesday at the Spectrum.
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Jailed con man Bernard Madoff won't appeal his 150-year prison sentence, his attorney said yesterday.
Madoff, 71, was sentenced June 29 for masterminding the largest U.S. Ponzi scheme ever. Prosecutors said the money manager told clients they had as much as $65 billion invested with him. The government has so far documented losses of about $13 billion.
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Many homeowners with adjustable mortgages face growing monthly payments. Some wonder where the money will come from.
Lawsuit over terrorism
The Philadelphia law firm Cozen O'Connor sued Saudi Arabia and several Islamist charities in 2003, seeking to hold them financially liable for the 9/11...
COAL'S NEW SHINE
The price of coal is soaring. Demand is up. No one could be happier than Greene County's miners, who dig the steady work and fat paychecks.
WAYNESBURG, Pa. - All night and day, trains rumble through the hills and valleys of Greene County, where coal is king and the rails carry away the crown jewels, 42 million tons of black bituminous a year, now fetching double its price of just two years ago.
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