Tesco supermarkets take 10 million burgers off the shelves after learning that some contained horsemeat.
2013
Posted inBusiness
Employee makes outsourcing work for him
It’s a worst-case scenario for most employees: There’s someone in China who can do your job quickly, efficiently and for about one-fifth of your salary, and your boss absolutely loves his work. But one U.S. software developer turned this nightmare on its head and actually benefited from outsourcing, a report says. Without his bosses’ knowledge, […]
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Posted inNews
New England Dispatches
International travel helps Logan airport set record / Former school principal arrested for shoplifting / Deer-hunt harvest in 2012 rose 14 percent … and more news from around the region.
Posted inOpinion
Charles Krauthammer: Republicans could use debt ceiling to bargain for a budget
It has become conventional wisdom that Republicans are suffering an internal split that President Obama is successfully exploiting to neuter the Republican House. In fact, the split is tactical, not philosophical; short-term, not fundamental. And therefore quite solvable. How do we know? Simple thought experiment: Imagine that we had a Republican president. Would the party […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Republicans are the party with the right ideas in Congress
Stopping Democrats from doing the wrong thing is not an example of being unreasonable.
Posted inOpinion
M.D. Harmon: Global warming forecasts suffer from conflicts over facts
Basing public policies on ‘cherry-picked’ data that are open to interpretation can cause costly mistakes.
Posted inNation & World
Energy drink emergency cases double
SAN FRANCISCO – The young man stumbled into the emergency room late one night after a house party, saying his heart wouldn’t stop pounding and he could barely breathe after downing liquor mixed with energy drinks. Emergency physician Steve Sun soon found the patient was so dehydrated that he was going into kidney failure — […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: ‘Instant runoff’ right for governor’s race
Maine’s governor should have the support of a majority of voters, and the best way to ensure that support is to provide for “ranked-choice voting” (also known as “instant runoff voting”). Portland’s 2011 mayoral election demonstrated that this system works well and does not add significant expense or delay. Since more Maine voters are independents […]
Posted inLife & Culture
Ono, Lennon oppose fracking
MONTROSE, Pa. – Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Susan Sarandon spoke out against fracking Thursday during a tour of natural-gas drilling sites in northeastern Pennsylvania, warning about what they view as the danger to air, water and human health. The celebrities boarded a tour bus in New York City and headed to rural Susquehanna County […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: LePage budget makes the case for new taxes
Either higher property taxes or revenues from other sources will be required to fund government.