NEW YORK – The recession and its hangover may have turned bill-paying habits upside down. Cash-strapped Americans are paying off their car loans before they pay credit card bills and make mortgage payments, a study finds. It used to be that Americans would pay their home loans first, then their credit card and car loans. […]
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Apple workers in China often top 60 hours
NEW YORK – Workers who assemble iPhones and iPads often put in more than 60 hours per week – and sometimes work for a week straight – in violation of Chinese law, according to the first independent labor audit of the Chinese factories where Apple products are made. The report released Thursday by the Washington-based […]
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PetroChina bumps ExxonMobil out as No. 1
Mostly owned by the government, the upstart is outbidding major competitors as it expands.
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State to fall short of wind power goal, studies say
The two studies also urge reconsideration of the Wind Energy Act of 2008.
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Lottery has states anticipating tax jackpot
Taxes on a lump-sum payment option to a single winner could amount to tens of millions of dollars.
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Gun toting teen forces police to shut down Main Street in Cornish
Police respond after a neighbor reports someone pointing a rifle at her home
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Confession thrown out in murder trial
A judge rules that police should have stopped questioning Arnold Diana when he asked them to do so.
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BlackBerry maker to cede most consumer markets
RIM has been struggling as Americans are abandoning their BlackBerrys for flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple’s iPhone and models that run Google’s Android software.
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Apple to improve Chinese factories after probe
An investigation into the Chinese factories that produce Apple products finds “significant issues with working conditions,” according to a report released by a labor watchdog group.
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Couple in Vt. teacher’s death ‘weren’t horrible’
Waterford Town Clerk Joanne Jurentkuff says that Allen and Patricia Prue “had hard times, but they weren’t a family of bad news.”