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November 21, 2022
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits.
Holiday Procrastinators Are Back in Force. Blame Inflation.
December 23, 2022
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December 20, 2022
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In this June 15, 2018, file photo a variety of Procter & Gamble products rest on a counter in East Derry, N.H. Procter & Gamble Co., raised its full-year sales outlook though it cautioned that higher commodity prices continue to squeeze profits.
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P&G Sees Shoppers Cut Back Amid Price Hikes
In this Feb. 14, 2019 file photo, people stand in the lobby for Amazon offices in New York. Amazon is ending a charity donation program it ran for a decade in its latest cost-cutting move. In a blog post on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, the company said the program, called AmazonSmile, will shut down by February 20.
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Amazon Axes Charity Program Amid Wider Cost-Cutting
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November 21, 2022
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Turkey Farm Workers Charged with Cruelty Caught on Video
They worked at one of the nation's leading turkey producers.
October 6, 2022
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, at podium, speaks during a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Shapiro filed criminal charges Tuesday against the developer of a problem-plagued pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia.
Regulation
Pipeline Developer Charged Over Systematic Contamination
The spill contaminated wetlands, a stream and part of a 535-acre lake.
October 6, 2021
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Contract Tracing Breach Exposed Private Info for 72,000
Workers “disregarded security protocols."
April 30, 2021
A stay-at-home order in response to the new coronavirus has meant little traffic on Pittsburgh's busiest streets, as seen with this sparse assortment of cars on the Parkway North during rush hour on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Pittsburgh.
Supply Chain
Pa. to Seize Medical Supplies
Officials will be permitted to commandeer N95 face masks, ventilators and other crucial medical equipment.
April 9, 2020
Chad Butters, founder of Eight Oaks Farm Distillery, poses for a photo at their facility in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. Butters, who grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer, has decided to do something about it: He's temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the suddenly hard-to-find, gooey, alcohol-based disinfectant.
Food & Beverage
Distilleries Are Making Hand Sanitizer
Production lines are being converted to make alcohol-based disinfectant.
March 17, 2020
This Feb. 4, 2018, file photo shows Ray Kemble speaking with reporters outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa. Houston-based Cabot Oil Gas Corp pulled out of settlement talks aimed at resolving its $5 million lawsuit against Kemble whose drinking water was contaminated and who has spent years bashing the energy industry. Cabot says it pulled out of a settlement conference scheduled for Friday, March 6, 2020, because there has been no progress in talks.
Operations
Gas Driller Pulls Out of Talks
His drinking water was contaminated and he has spent years bashing the energy industry.
March 6, 2020
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Regulation
Pipeline Company Fined $30M, Resumes Construction
Energy Transfer violated numerous regulations during construction of the Revolution pipeline in western Pennsylvania.
January 6, 2020
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Safety
PA to Study Fracking Health Impacts
Pennsylvania's governor is taking action after months of impassioned pleas by the families of pediatric cancer patients who live in the most heavily drilled region of the state.
November 22, 2019
This file photo from July 14, 2010 shows smoke pouring from the United States Steel Corp.'s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa. A fire at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline Monday, June 17, 2019. It triggered a health warning as officials monitored the air around the plant for signs of a release of toxic sulfur dioxide. It was the second fire since December at the coke works, the largest facility of its kind in the United States. The plant turns coal into coke, one of the raw materials of steel.
Safety
2nd Fire at Steel Plant
The second fire in six months at U.S. Steel's massive coke plant outside Pittsburgh knocked a key pollution control system offline for nearly 16 hours.
June 18, 2019
This May 8, 2019, photo shows Martin Tower in Bethlehem, Pa. The 21-story building, the former global headquarters of defunct steelmaker Bethlehem Steel Corp., is set to be imploded on May 19, 2019.
Operations
Steel HQ to be Imploded
A showpiece when it opened in 1972, Martin Tower stood vacant for a dozen years after the steelmaker went out of business.
May 16, 2019
Ray Kemble, left, and Craig Stevens look through papers outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 4, 2018. A gas driller backed off its demand to have Kemble, a Pennsylvania homeowner who’s long accused the company of polluting his water, thrown in jail over his failure to submit to questioning as part of the company’s $5 million lawsuit against him.
Regulation
Drilling Co. Eases on Throwing Man in Jail
Cabot Oil & Gas states that the man tried to extort the company via a frivolous federal lawsuit accusing the company of polluting drinking water.
February 5, 2019
In this May 10, 2013, file photo, Cody Wilson holds what he calls a Liberator pistol that was completely made on a 3-D-printer at his home in Austin, Texas. Eight states filed suit Monday, July 30, 2018, against the Trump administration over its decision to allow a Texas company to publish downloadable blueprints for a 3D-printed gun, contending the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.
Product Development
States Suing Over 3D Printed Guns
Eight states contend the hard-to-trace plastic weapons are a boon to terrorists and criminals and threaten public safety.
July 31, 2018
In this May 21, 2018 photo, a barn that can hold up to 4,800 hogs sits at the Will-O-Bett Farm outside Berwick, Pa. Residents who complain about foul smells from the hog operation have taken their fight to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Regulation
Last Gasp for Hog Farm Suit
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court must now decide whether it will hear the case after plaintiffs filed a last-gasp appeal this month.
May 29, 2018
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Meaning of 'Clean Coal' Unclear
On Tuesday, President Trump said, 'We've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal.'
August 25, 2017