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Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management and partners are offering a deal that would take the fast-food chain private.

The chain sells sample designer gowns at discounted prices. It is among the retailers, including KOP-based David’s Bridal, that are filling a niche in an increasingly extravagant wedding industry.

An analysis of the prices of 17 popular Halloween candy varieties showed a 15% jump from last year. The average price of a 100-piece bag is $16.96, up 71% since 2021, according to FinanceBuzz.

Mid-career residents aged 35 to 44 years are leading the growth amid Philadelphia's talent pool of degree-holders.

Penn Terminals in Eddystone, owned by Singapore-based PSA International, plans to add hundreds of new refrigeration connections and to stack produce trailers high.

The financing will provide upgrades to the company’s reactors in Limerick, Montgomery County, as well as in Illinois and Maryland.

Small businesses generally are not exempt from the new requirements under Philadelphia's Fair Practice Ordinance.

The condemnation of Bezos by his most famous employee is one of the headlines from “Secrets,” the long-awaited memoir of his 55 years in journalism to be published Nov. 24.

Anthropic sits atop a pyramid of business partners and suppliers, making it a barometer of the broader economy. Its IPO will have widespread implications.

The maker of the Claude chatbot publicly disclosed its financials for the first time, as it seeks to list in what could be the largest-ever initial public offering.

The states, including N.J., have joined in the complaint alleging the stores charged more at the register than prices displayed on shelves and ads.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said $371 million in state funding would help create thousands of jobs. That projection was based in part on a study officials declined to share.

Has artificial intelligence finally killed the cover letter?

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Elon Musk have pledged an estimated $300 billion to philanthropic projects, more than three times the holdings of the influential Gates Foundation.

This year, the National Retail Federation estimates Americans will spend some $4.4 billion on Halloween costumes. In 2018 alone, they discarded about 11.3 million tons of textiles, said the EPA.

Artificial intelligence is powering growth in the U.S. economy, but that mostly benefits large corporations and the wealthy, economist Mark Zandi writes.

The policy, announced Tuesday, will apply to bookings from Nov. 20 and asks hosts to set “reasonable” house rules and to disclose them in a designated section of their listing.

FirstEnergy Pennsylvania argues in a case before state utility regulators that there should be more guardrails for consumers. Suppliers say they are being scapegoated for recent price increases.

Brian O'Neill has applied to build a data center on a vacant former quarry, as he continues to push ahead with other plans in nearby Upper Merion and Plymouth Townships.

"I have no interest [in] letting any false allegations [follow] me to my next chapter here in Philadelphia," Brown said Wednesday. " ... None of that is true."

Today's advice from Dear Abby.

It was an ugly game for both teams, with lots of lineup rotation. But the point gained from the first shutout in over a month will come in handy the rest of the way.

The Flyers have now lost three straight and 12 of their first 15 games. Philly is 0-3-3 against the Metropolitan Division.

The Sixers surrendered a 15-point halftime lead and were outscored 36-13 in the third quarter, but Tyrese Maxey's big fourth quarter helped surged them to a win after a topsy-turvy second half.

DeVonté Douglass in 2021 was fired from his role in the district attorney’s office and pleaded guilty to a prostitution-related misdemeanor after fatally shooting a sex worker in self-defense.