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This 2017 photo by Battledore Ltd., of Kingston, N.Y., shows the first commercially produced Christmas card dated December 1843. The card is a hand-colored lithograph designed in England by John Callcott Horsley.

Business

How nostalgia led to the invention of the first Christmas card

The first printed seasonal greetings borrowed from the customs of the past to move Christmas into the new Industrial Age. Now, however, sales and circulation of holiday cards have been declining.

Christopher Ferguson, The Conversation

Travelers wade through a security checkpoint in Denver International Airport Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Denver.

Business

It’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel

David Koenig, Associated Press

Justine Haring and Jenna Pellicori-Curry (right), employees of Nemours Children's Health, in Deptford, N.J., were involved in spearheading the effort to get fertility benefits added to their workplace health benefits.

Health-care Industry

Two workers asked their company to cover IVF. The result: 65 babies and counting.

Lizzy McLellan Ravitch

Workers at East Penn Manufacturing must change into work clothes before and take showers after their shifts, for safety reasons. They should be paid for all of the time that requires, the court said.

Labor

A Pa. battery factory must give workers $22 million in back wages for underpaid shower and changing time, appeals court agrees

Lizzy McLellan Ravitch

Shipyard workers gathered in September during a ceremony for the newly built ship Patriot State at the Philly Shipyard. On Dec. 20, the shipyard got a new owner.

Business

Hanwha Philly Shipyard plans growth after $100 million purchase from Aker

Joseph N. DiStefano

Economy

National Politics

The Federal Reserve cut its key rate by a quarter-point, but envisions fewer reductions next year

The Fed’s 19 policymakers projected that they will cut their benchmark rate by a quarter-point just twice in 2025, down from their previous estimate of four cuts.

Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell.

National Politics

The Federal Reserve cut its key rate by a quarter-point, but envisions fewer reductions next year

The Fed’s 19 policymakers projected that they will cut their benchmark rate by a quarter-point just twice in 2025, down from their previous estimate of four cuts.

Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

Economy

How nostalgia led to the invention of the first Christmas card

It’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel

Two workers asked their company to cover IVF. The result: 65 babies and counting.

A Pa. battery factory must give workers $22 million in back wages for underpaid shower and changing time, appeals court agrees

Hanwha Philly Shipyard plans growth after $100 million purchase from Aker

The Federal Reserve cut its key rate by a quarter-point, but envisions fewer reductions next year

The Federal Reserve cut its key rate by a quarter-point, but envisions fewer reductions next year

Forecasting 2025 under a second Trump administration raises big questions, economist Joel Naroff says

How much did SEPTA fares increase? A helpful breakdown of each service

Trump’s economic proposals would increase inflation and interest rates, economist Mark Zandi says

If the Fed is cutting interest rates, why are mortgages and business loans costing more?