Business
It runs in the business section on Thursdays.
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Neither candidate has meaningfully stressed budget deficit reduction in their pitch to voters.
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The issue is whether a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
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They'll have to work 45 hours per week to earn the same salary they got for 40 as the company addresses a labor shortage.
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The new state authority wants to create business space and housing in empty properties that private and municipal developers won't take on.
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Communities are pushing back against data centers and the noise and power consumption that come with them.
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A new 'Rail Link' between North and South stations would ease passenger rail between Maine and the rest of America.
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A delegation will meet with leaders in government and energy and boost Maine as a prime location for the offshore wind industry.
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More than a half-dozen venues have closed in Portland and Yarmouth in the last month, many citing staffing challenges and rising expenses.
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As record numbers of South Americans come to the U.S. seeking better economic opportunities, many are landing in communities that are unprepared for them — and sometimes outright hostile.
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The global supply of oil has been altered radically since the 1970s, with the U.S. becoming the world's largest oil producer.
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The chief of the Shawnee Tribe grew up playing video games, including hundreds of hours colonizing a distant planet in the 1999 title Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.
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The agreement provides collective if temporary relief to skittish Democrats from the White House to Capitol Hill, while buoying Vice President Kamala Harris, along with Friday’s strong jobs report.
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Last month’s gain was far more than economists had expected, and it was up sharply from the 159,000 jobs that were added in August.
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Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-9 voted Sept. 20 to authorize a strike and are a planning a rally for Tuesday, a news release said.
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The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, representing 45,000 U.S. dockworkers, went on strike early Tuesday after its contract expired in a dispute over pay and the automation of tasks at 36 ports stretching from Maine to Texas.
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The restaurant, which opened in 1976, is located on Route 1 along the Cousins River and can be seen from I-295. It is listed for sale for $1.4 million.
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The United States’ crumbling flood insurance system faces a new test after Hurricane Helene.
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A taxpayer-backed loan could give Microsoft and Three Mile Island owner Constellation Energy a major boost in their unprecedented bid to steer all the power from a U.S. nuclear plant to a single company.
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The decision delivers a small victory in the Biden administration’s ongoing fight to alleviate federal student loan debt.
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U.S. authorities and Microsoft say hackers linked to Russian intelligence targeted dozens of former military and intelligence officials, journalists and civil society groups with a sophisticated campaign designed to steal information.
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The new approach marked a shift in the U.S. trade relationship with China to increasingly take into account national security and human rights.
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Customers should not eat the products, which were sold from Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 in the deli and produce departments.
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After an agreement fell through with developer LS Power last year, state regulators are seeking new proposals to connect wind energy generated in Aroostook County to the New England grid.
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More restaurant options are making locals hope the town can become its own food destination.
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The memecoin was meant to be a joke, but an increasing number of businesses accept it because of fast, low-cost payments.
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Workplace AI tools can do tasks by themselves. Getting them to stop is the problem.
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Medicare Advantage quality ratings for the company dropped, meaning a big drop in revenue from bonus payments.
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The $1.3 billion fleet of Pegasus air refueling tankers would replace the aging Stratotankers operated by the Maine Air National Guard's 101st Air Refueling Wing, also known as the MAINEiacs.
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Daron Acemoglu points to reliability issues and a lack of human-level wisdom or judgment, which will make people unlikely to outsource many white-collar jobs to AI anytime soon.
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Maine business group criticizes latest paid family leave rules, saying 30 days’ notice is not enoughBusinesses with just a few workers would not easily adjust if a worker takes paid leave with little notice, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce said.
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The massive port workers’ strike is highlighting a fear held by many workers that they will be replaced by machines.
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As the nearby Nolichucky River swelled from rainfall, employees in the Impact Plastics factory kept working. Several asserted that they weren’t allowed to leave in time.
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Chef-owner Christian Hayes detailed extensive financial hardships that made the closures necessary, and said he will now focus his efforts on his 16-year-old catering business.
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Workers began walking picket lines early Tuesday, picketing near ports all along the East Coast.
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Also, keep an eye out for 2 upcoming Maine fall food festivals this month.
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Pratt & Whitney has also won a multimillion-dollar contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, for work in North Berwick.
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Eimskip, Portland's sole shipper, employs 50 members of the longshoremen's union but is not involved with the national labor agreement being negotiated.
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The company filed a WARN notice with Maine JobLink Sep. 23, the same day it announced its national closure.
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Opponents say the operation would be devastating for marine and coastal habitats.
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The facilities in Spruce Pine are a vital node in the supply chain of smartphones and computers.
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But the number of Americans quitting their jobs – a sign of confidence in their job prospects – slid to the lowest level since August 2020.
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The strike affecting 36 ports is the first by the union since 1977.
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His comments disappointed the hopes of many investors that the Fed would implement another steep half-point reduction in its key rate before the end of the year.
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The former owners of SeaMade Seaweed Company donated the business to the University of New England, where students will take over the production, marketing and distribution of the nutrition bars.
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In Maine, the port of Portland is unlikely to be impacted by the strike, officials from the port and labor union say. Only one company, Eimskip of Reykjavík, Iceland, operates at the port of Portland and is not a party to the agreement between the union and the alliance.
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The Augusta-based utility sent line workers and damage assessment teams to areas hard hit by Hurricane Helene.
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More than 2 decades ago, the companies almost merged, but the deal was blocked by federal authorities. Since then, the pay-for-TV market has changed significantly.
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The new ClimateTech Incubator houses 12 startups focused on the environment to help boost the state's clean energy workforce.
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The Downeast Nursing Track will allow students to earn a bachelor's in nursing from the Augusta college while going to school in Machias.