As the Canadian contract talks were coming down to the wire, CSX broke with the U.S. freight rail industry’s longstanding practice of negotiating jointly for years with the unions.
August 2024
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Nvidia eyes return to record as AI spending bonanza continues
Concerns about the returns from AI investments recently contributed to a tech selloff, although that dip was readily bought amid signs that economic growth remains resilient and rising confidence that the spending on AI itself will stay strong.
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Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, News, Politics
In the biggest speech of her career Thursday night, Harris hopes to tell her story first
The vice president’s rapid ascent means few Americans know her life story. She wants to tell it before the Republicans do.
Posted inMaine
Maine DEP downplays Brunswick chemical spill risk to private drinking wells
The Department of Environmental Protection plans to ask nearby residents for permission to test their private drinking water wells, but it will not be sampling every one.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Schemengees Bar & Grille co-owner David Lebel dies at 57
The Lebels bought Schemengees more than a quarter century ago because, they once said, they both loved pool so much.
Posted inScarborough Leader
Scarborough entering next phase in push for school project
A new School Building Advisory Committee will be appointed to whittle recommendations down to one plan.
Posted inSouth Portland Sentry
South Portland revaluation prompts outcry
The majority of residents’ property taxes will be going up with the projected revaluation.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
New ‘great game’ unfolds in Pacific as U.S., China vie for maritime routes
The ‘Great Game’ reference harks back to 19th-century competition for influence in Central Asia between the British Empire and Russia’s tsarist rulers.
Posted inBusiness, Election 2024, Nation & World, News
Inflation is falling, but the next president could bring it back
Both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are pushing economic ideas that – whatever their merits – could raise prices on many goods and services, some economists said.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
West Nile virus detected in bird in Portland
Maine officials have reported finding the mosquito-borne virus in a number of animals around the state this summer.