German supermarket chain Lidl is coming to Berks County, filling in a long-vacant store. A new Lidl is planned for the former Food Lion store in the Spring Market shopping center at 3564 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring.
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Lafayette College opens up pop-up thrift store
Lafayette College's Office of Sustainability is hoping its second annual pop-up thrift store will encourage students to think twice before buying new clothes.
Read More »Privacy, consumer groups seek to block Google-Fitbit deal
Nine privacy, social justice and consumer groups are calling for the U.S. government to block Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness-gadget maker Fitbit, citing antitrust and privacy concerns.
Read More »Free broadband? UK Labour Party promises nationalization
The British Labour Party’s latest plan for public ownership of big industries sent shivers through the telecoms sector Friday with an electoral promise to nationalize part of the former phone monopoly BT to provide free fiber optic broadband.
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PennEast Pipeline seeks Supreme Court review
In a bid to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a Wyomissing-based company seeking to build a $1 billion natural gas pipeline wants further review from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Medical cannabis conference attracts 250 to Penn State Lehigh
With roughly a million potential patients for medical marijuana uses in the commonwealth and growing, those in the industry are exploring marijuana’s many components for deriving existing “cultivars” or “strains” for product development.
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Opioid drug deaths continue to decrease in Pa.
Data from the state’s Opioid Command Center shows that in 2018, roughly 4,400 people died from a drug overdose. This represents a nearly 18 percent decrease in drug overdose deaths from 2017.
Read More »Coventry Corners closing stores in Berks, Chester counties
A locally-owned home goods retailer is going out of business. Coventry Corners announced that it will close its stores in the Berkshire and Coventry malls. WFMZ.com
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How deep is your company’s talent pool?
Employees are the lifeblood of any company’s succession, so regular planning should take into account how to maintain and grow the talent pool to make sure jobs are filled. Well executed, an employee succession plan can help a company build a robust workforce that can handle, or transition to key positions, to accommodate the inevitable ...
Read More »Elizabeth Warren slams Goldman over Apple Card bias claims
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren blasted Goldman Sachs’s response to claims of biased decision-making against women applying for the popular Apple Card, as consumer complaints reignited a sweeping debate over the role of algorithms in consumer finance. Bloomberg.com
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