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Jobs in the green industry – eco-friendly construction, for instance, have been labeled “green collar.” But green jobs span way beyond installation of solar panels or working for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Thom Melcher does not have your average investment-management job.
As managing director and chief investment officer of Hawthorn, a wealth-management unit of PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Melcher deals with clients looking to invest at least $20 million.
For the first time in nearly a half-century, non-city residents soon may be able to apply for city jobs.
The policy change could take effect as soon as next month, following City Council's approval. That approval is widely expected after the bill's unanimous nod yesterday by the Committee on Labor and Civil Service.
It looks like more change is on the way for a cable television equipment business that has long been based in the Philadelphia area.
Motorola Inc., which best-known for its mobile phones, owns what used to be called General Instrument in Horsham. Now pressured by financier Carl Icahn, Motorola said it will separate its phone business from what it calls its broadband and mobility solutions business in 2009.
The Horsham cable equipment operations have seen this before.
NEW YORK - The U.S. financial industry has been shedding jobs at a record clip, and some analysts predict the pace will only accelerate over the next year and a half as banks cut costs in the face of the housing-market slump and the weak economy.
New Jersey's paid family leave measure received final legislative approval today in the state Senate.
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