There are some interesting variations in news reports about the recently concluded U.N. climate conference at Doha, Qatar. The Associated Press version, printed here Dec. 9, was headlined, “Kyoto’s extension clears way for new climate treaty,” but the Reuters account on its website the same day carried the label, “Despair after climate conference, but U.N. […]
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Maine Voices: Small businesses – our nation’s job creators – shouldn’t be handcuffed
The writer says Sen. Collins’ plan to impose an additional tax on the wealthy helps to protect small businesses.
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Letters to the editor: Let our children breathe freely
As a father and youth team coach, I constantly encourage kids to get outside and play. As a kid, what could be better than running around and enjoying the fresh air? Kids stay happy and healthy with this combination of fun and exercise. I am also a Leadership Board Member of the American Lung Association, […]
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Founder reportedly nears Best Buy offer
Richard Schulze has the financing lined up and has a Sunday deadline for submitting a purchase proposal.
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Co-inventor of bar code dies, 60 years after patent issued
His bar code had to wait two decades for laser technology to develop to scan it.
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Investors still pulling out of stock funds
BOSTON – Mutual fund shareholders continued to take a conservative approach to investing last month, possibly reacting to the threat of going over the “fiscal cliff.” Investors pulled cash out of stock funds in November for the ninth consecutive month, fund industry consultant Strategic Insight said on Thursday. Bond funds attracted new cash for the […]
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Chinese companies risk ouster from exchanges
BEIJING – A mounting dispute between Washington and Beijing over access to records of Chinese companies with U.S.-traded shares might force major corporate names such as oil giant PetroChina and search engine Baidu to withdraw from U.S. stock exchanges. The dispute highlights the clash between heightened U.S. anti-fraud efforts and official Chinese secrecy despite Beijing’s […]
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Status of ‘fiscal cliff’ talks keeps the markets guessing NEW YORK – Stocks sank most of the day Thursday after more signs of tension emerged in federal budget talks. They recovered some of the loss after a late report that President Obama and the House speaker would meet. The Dow Jones industrial average finished down […]
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Computing reversal: Google Maps app returns to iPhones
It’s much better than Apple’s maps software and also better than Google’s previous version.
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Casella Waste decides to buy ‘# 2 business’ – Blow Bros.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH – Casella Waste Systems Inc., a solid waste and recycling services company, said it has acquired 60-year-old Blow Bros. for $20 million in cash, plus additional stock. Blow Bros., which operates in Maine and New Hampshire, generated about $20 million in revenue over the past 12 months. Blow Bros. operates out of seven locations […]