Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News: Business

P. Michael Boone learned to cut his own hair out of necessity. Now he teaches kids the trade in his North Philly shop. But students also walk away with entrepreneurial skills and big dreams.

FBI agents reveal the detailed forensic investigation of Wall Street's notorious criminal. A big surprise? He started the scam in the 1960s.

The convent associated with Holy Name of Jesus Church originally included 16 tiny rooms with sinks and twin beds for the nuns. Now it's eight apartments.

"We are working to stabilize" an import business strained by high debt, a slow off-season, and Trump tariffs, said Patrick Cunnane, whose wife, Democrat Madeleine Dean, was elected to Congress to represent Montgomery County.

The Philadelphia Fusion, owned by Comcast Spectacor, sold out its homecoming grudge match against the Wilpon-owned New York Excelsior, which included a guest appearance by Flyers darling mascot Gritty.

There are three segments of affordability: Income, housing price, and mortgage costs. All have made it more difficult to buy a home.

City officials recently blamed a clerical error, in part, for allowing a friend of Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to secure two city-owned lots this summer without bidding and then flip them for a cool $165,000 profit.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

Most Subaru buyers are looking for safety, not flash, and the Crosstrek obliges. The car squeezes four more horsepower out of its 2.0-liter engine over the previous generation, and cargo capacity has grown as well.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share

New York City's declining traffic death numbers suggest more lives could be saved on Philadelphia streets.

The plan would mark a shift from the past residential development on Venice Island, a thin land mass between the Schuylkill and the Manayunk Canal.