NEW YORK – The long slide of T-Mobile USA continued in the latest quarter, as the country’s No. 4 cellphone company lost subscribers and struggled to sign people up for smartphones. The company, a subsidiary of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG, said Thursday that it lost a net 205,000 subscribers in the second quarter, a record […]
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U.S. airlines running on time
The nation’s 15 largest airlines also report improvement in the rates of canceled flights and lost luggage.
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SEC: Goldman Sachs won’t face charges
NEW YORK – The Securities and Exchange Commission has decided not to file charges against Goldman Sachs over a $1.3 billion subprime mortgage portfolio. Goldman and other banks packaged risky mortgages into securities to sell to investors in the run-up to the financial crisis. They’ve been accused of misleading investors about the risks and contributing […]
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Nation/World Dispatches
SAN DIEGO, Calif. Charity that helps veterans accused of misusing funds California’s attorney general has sued a major veterans charity on allegations that its directors misused in private donations for hefty pensions, golf memberships and other perks. Attorney General Kamala Harris told The Associated Press on Thursday that her office filed the complaint in Riverside […]
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Big Brothers Big Sisters closes Augusta office
The Rockland-based Big Brothers Big Sisters is hoping to take its place.
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Review: Concert is a study in contrasts
The two opening works of the Portland Chamber Music Festival on Thursday night at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center in Portland, could not have been in starker contrast. The first, the Boccherini Quintet in D Major, G.448, with noted guitarist David Leisner, was light and lively, ending in a rousing fandango. The second […]
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Review: Concert is a study in contrasts
The two opening works of the Portland Chamber Music Festival on Thursday night at the University of Southern Maine’s Abromson Center in Portland, could not have been in starker contrast. The first, the Boccherini Quintet in D Major, G.448, with noted guitarist David Leisner, was light and lively, ending in a rousing fandango. The second […]
Posted inSouthern Forecaster
Bogaerts makes splash in Sea Dogs debut
Xander Bogaerts, a 19-year-old who tore up the Carolina League, homers in Double-A with Portland.
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Bogaerts makes splash in Sea Dogs debut
Xander Bogaerts, a 19-year-old who tore up the Carolina League, homers in Double-A with Portland.
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Cuts strain teen after-school programs in Maine
Officials scramble to save services at 17 sites that lost $28,000 to $41,000, including in Portland and Westbrook.