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As the weather gets colder in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, LIHEAP cash grants can help defray the heating costs of low- and moderate-income residents.

Energy

Need help paying your heating bills? LIHEAP applications are now open in Pa., N.J.

You may be able to get as much as $1,000 off your heating bill this winter.

Erin McCarthy

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle A. Henry last month.

Health & Pharma

Pa., N.J. join settlement with generic drug firms accused of price-fixing. Consumers may be eligible for refunds.

Andrew Seidman

Andy Jassy, Amazon’s chief executive, called AI a “really unusually large, maybe once-in-a-lifetime type of opportunity,” evidenced by his company’s projection for a record $75 billion in spending for 2024.

Technology

Tech giants are set to spend $200 billion this year chasing AI

Mark Bergen and Lynn Doan, Bloomberg

Business

SAP’s Industry Center in Delco uses artificial intelligence to streamline manufacturing

Joseph N. DiStefano

As the cost of hair color and other products has increased, some Philadelphia-area consumers have seen their salon bills increase.

Small Business

$500 hair appointments are becoming the norm as the cost of cuts and colors rise

Erin McCarthy

Economy

Transportation

SEPTA workers might strike soon. It wouldn’t be the first time.

The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.

Thomas Fitzgerald

Commuters pass the closed SEPTA station at 31st Street and Market during the afternoon commute on the first day of a SEPTA strike on Nov. 1, 2016.

Transportation

SEPTA workers might strike soon. It wouldn’t be the first time.

The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.

Thomas Fitzgerald

Economy