Low gas prices, the strongest job growth since 1999 and record stock prices fuel the optimism.
2014
Posted inBusiness
Briefcase
Time Warner at the bottom of customer satisfaction list Time Warner Cable holds the bottom two spots on the latest list of companies in the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Time Warner Cable-Internet Service Provider is the lowest-rated in the index, which regularly tracks customer satisfaction for 229 companies in a range of industries, from banking […]
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Posted inNation & World
Petitioner leaves Supreme Court in the dark about his whereabouts
Bobby Chen has not responded to messages about his case involving a building that was razed in Baltimore.
Posted inNation & World
More monarch butterflies make it to Mexico
But experts fear unusual cold temperatures in the winter nesting ground may threaten the insects.
Posted inNation & World
Republican leader from Louisiana regrets giving talk to supremacist group
House Republicans defend Whip Steve Scalise, who admits his mistake and condemns hate groups.
Posted inBusiness
Income inequality doesn’t ‘play well’ with siblings
Envy and disappointment can vex brothers and sisters of very different financial circumstances.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: FDA’s blood donation policy still unfair to gay men
Mandating celibacy on the part of these donors falls short of a sensible, behavior-based approach.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Ruling opens door to full settlement on Goose Rocks Beach access
Six years ago, a lawsuit was filed by one-third of the shorefront property owners at Goose Rocks Beach with the intent of affirming ownership of the beach. Over $2 million in collective legal fees later, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court has now sent the issue of ownership – and the issue of beach use – […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: If a school’s efforts to stop bullying fail, it should try harder
Re: “Brunswick schools hope to resolve bullying case out of court” (Dec. 23): It is good that school administrators in Brunswick tried disparate responses in their effort to punish and/or prevent the bullying of a Brunswick Junior High student over a 2½-year period. Yet their position, in the end, seems to be that they were […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Show balance in reporting on racial matters
Some liberal journalists with short memories and axes to grind get their jollies from stoking the fires of racism. On Tuesday, the Portland Press Herald posted online an Associated Press story headlined “House GOP leader once addressed white supremacists.” The Republican leader in question is House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, who, in 2002, […]