Independence Blue Cross buying Center City skyscraper

Philadelphia Business Journal 

Independence Blue Cross has put under agreement for $360 million the building that houses its Center City headquarters, according to various sources familiar with the situation.

The region’s largest health insurer had previously owned the 45-story skyscraper, which was built for it in the late 1980s. It sold the building at 1901 Market St. in the mid-1990s to Prudential Insurance Co. for what was believed to be around $150 million.

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TASTE OF THE IRISH
And now, this exploration into the “depth and diversity of Irish whiskey.”

Philadelphia Weekly
By Erin Flynn Jay

This past St. Patrick’s season, the Irish American Business Chamber & Network (IABCN), Drinks Ireland, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States and Tourism Ireland held an event to “explore the depth and diversity of Irish whiskey.”

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Jefferson CEO battling COVID-19 on multiple fronts, expects ‘immense’ impact on health care providers
Philadelphia Business Journal

The coronavirus pandemic slammed Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University on multiple fronts.

“We are among the largest health systems in Philadelphia and our university has two campuses in the city and a third campus in Rome,” said Dr. Stephen Klasko, the health system’s CEO and the university’s president. “We are also the second-largest employer here. During the pandemic you are seeing employers have issues, you’re seeing health systems have issues and universities have issues. We have them all.”

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