Stocks dip but bond prices surge and yields plummet Stocks edged lower for the first time in five days Wednesday, but the real action was in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to its lowest in 11 months as investors continued to put money into the bond market, extending a […]
May 2014
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Thornton Academy jumpers inspired at home and on the track
Twins Andrew and Dylan Smith are ready for the league meet Saturday
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Posted inNation & World, News
Former Patriots star pleads not guilty in fatal shooting
Prosecutors say a spilled drink led Aaron Hernandez to kill two men in a drive-by shooting in 2012.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Google to build fleet of self-driving cars
A General Motors executive admits that the tech titan could become a real competitor.
Posted inBusiness
Apple buying music streamer Beats Electronics for $3 billion
Beats co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine will move to Apple as part of the deal to offset a threat to iTunes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Downtown Portland’s hotel boom to elevate competition
With hundreds of rooms added to the market, guests may find better options for service and price – but not right away.
Posted inBusiness
Blood thinner maker to pay $650 million
The German drugmaker is settling thousands of U.S. claims questioning the safety and marketing of Pradaxa.
Posted inNation & World, News
First-time heroin users older, whiter than in ’60s
Most are also non-urbanites, according to a new study that also confirms a connection with opioid use.
Posted inNation & World
Snowden claims he was ‘trained as a spy’
In a television interview, he says he was given false names and undercover assignments abroad that made him more than a low-level computer analyst.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World
New laws restricting access to abortion in the Bible Belt
The laws, requiring abortion doctors to have privileges to admit patients to local hospitals, could have a profound impact on women in poor and rural areas.