But their last-minute deal hunting could hurt profits among retailers.
2012
Posted inBusiness
Leaders may yet avoid the fiscal cliff
President Obama and Congress have various routes to avert tax increases and spending cuts.
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Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Squeezed by high demand, hunger relief agencies need your help
Rising housing, heating and medical costs force more and more Mainers to cut back on food.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: Readers weigh ways to stop violence
As a mother, grandmother and teacher, I have experienced with great sorrow and empathy the tragedy at Sandy Hook school. It is the worst possibility for a teacher to lose the ability to protect the children in his or her care. I am grateful that our leaders are discussing the need to regulate semi-automatic weapons […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Don’t equate raising taxes on wealthy with cuts for the needy
People who can afford to pay a little more are different from those who are struggling already.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Dickens’ Christmas message still rings out
What Scrooge learns about giving is a powerful lesson in any century.
Posted inBusiness
Analysis: Americans miss out on billions by quitting stocks
NEW YORK – Americans have missed out on almost $200 billion of stock gains as they drained money from the market in the past four years, haunted by the financial crisis. Assets in equity mutual, exchange-traded and closed-end funds increased about 85 percent to $5.6 trillion since the bull market began in March 2009, trailing […]
Posted inNation & World
Frank Beardsley, ‘Yours, Mine and Ours’ patriarch, dies at 97
When the delivery truck pulled up at the base of their steep driveway, the Beardsley children knew what to do. The crew, clad in hand-me-down clothes, poured out of their eight-bedroom Carmel, Calif., home and down the hill. They helped unload 50-pound bags of flour and huge tubs of jam. Grocery shopping for 22 was […]
Posted inNew England Patriots, Sports
Bad starts could finish Pats
New England has little time to turn those starts around with the playoffs rapidly approaching.
Posted inBusiness, News
Eco-friendly Maine bank displaying its green roots
The new building which opened in Farmingdale last week blends business with the environment.