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Customers again have trouble with CMP website during, after storm
A company spokeswoman said a program running Thursday morning caused the reporting portal to fail. Customers reported difficulty reaching the site, and some listings said power wouldn't be restored for nearly 5 decades.
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Americans now need at least $500,000 a year to enter top 1%
The income needed to exit the bottom 99% of U.S. taxpayers hit $515,371 in 2017, according to Internal Revenue Service data.
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Getting listed on Amazon’s holiday toy list can cost brands up to $2 million
Amazon sells Holiday Toy List sponsorships for as much as $2 million, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg.
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Sweetser will step down in May 2020 as the leader of the organization that champions Maine's Alpine and Nordic ski industries.
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Maine's share of the multistate settlement is a little more than $1.5 million, according to Attorney General Aaron M. Frey.
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Producers of premium agricultural items such as French wine, Italian Parmesan and Spanish olives face a 25 percent tariff increase Friday.
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The House speaker is proceeding with legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription prices with drugmakers.
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Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.
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Juul, the best-selling e-cigarette brand in the U.S., has been besieged by scrutiny, including multiple investigations by Congress, the Food and Drug Administration and several state attorneys general.
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Roast magazine, which covers the specialty coffee industry, recognized the Maine coffee company.
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The streaming service has picked up a four-part docuseries that will chronicle “landmark events and forgotten heroes of LGBTQ+ movement.”
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Job growth in the sector has been 14% over the past 5 years, compared with only 4% for all industries combined, says the Bioscience Association of Maine.
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Several ships are either taking shelter in Portland Harbor or avoiding the Maine coast this week.
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The federal agency says city officials knew about its testing and enforcement actions long before it filed a lawsuit against Global Partners LP in March.
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Ethan Strimling said in a fundraising email that business leaders ‘heckled’ him for saying he'd propose a $15 minimum wage, but the chamber of commerce calls it a ‘flat-out misrepresentation.’
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Huawei deploys its facial recognition surveillance cameras in hundreds of cities around the world amid protests by rights groups.
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The federal grant will help advance a plan to boost Maine's forest economy with new products and technology.
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Maine's 2nd District representative is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to open up its process to public input.
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The turnover comes months after infighting escalated at the union, prompting accusations and finger-pointing among officials.
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Only 1,200 of Maine's 5,000 licensed lobstermen have permits to fish in federal waters, where the state's proposal would require them to add traps on each buoy line to help right whales avoid entanglement.
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The problem disrupted service for about 3,000 customers
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The four-year agreement would end a monthlong strike that brought the automaker's U.S. factories to a standstill.
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This week, we welcome back The Purple House and drool in anticipation of Chad Conley's next restaurant project.
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A proposed scoring system for the city's 20 licenses would favor women- and minority-owned businesses, Maine residents, those willing to share profits with the city and those with a business track record.
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The cost of this year's crisis is likely to be between $171 billion and $214 billion.
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations cites racist statements allegedly posted on the Facebook page of Hal Pierce, chairman of the Combat Sports Authority of Maine.
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The company said it was working Tuesday night to repair a damaged fiber-optic cable in Portland after thousands lost service.
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Tongass, which lies in southeast Alaska, is home to massive old growth stands and provides habitat for a range of wildlife.
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The walkout has cost the company about $2 billion worth of earnings.
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Independent analysis of the economic impact from the college's investments, both on campus and in the city, shows that from 2014 to 2018, the output was $1.1 billion in greater Waterville.
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The Portland financial services firm has purchased Compliance Advisory Services, a regulatory compliance consulting firm.
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The economics of the service industry has shifted to make it the direct responsibility of the customers to subsidize the salary of the workers.
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The Office of the State Fire Marshal is looking into the cause of the blaze.
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Close inspection of the deal announced Friday suggests there isn't much substance to it as the two nations wrapped up their 13th round of trade talks.
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Dennis Muilenburg needs fourth-quarter progress toward recertification of the battered brand to keep his job, observers say.
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City policies have boosted the amount of new housing in the city, but rents and home prices remain unaffordable for about half the city's residents.
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A Raymond couple who also raise chickens are prepared to serve 200 people daily outside NU Brewery.
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The new rules say any individual or institution can donate garbage to a swine producer for use as feed even if they're unaware of the producer's licensure status.
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A complaint filed in federal court describes a company that was deeply in debt at launch and unable to manage its global inventory.
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The system, the largest of its kind in North America, was installed at a CMP electrical substation that's now valued at $153 million.
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Women flock to validate presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's explanation of being forced out of a teaching job in 1971.
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It's U.S. regulators' latest move to unwind the stricter financial rules that were put in place after the 2008 crisis.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the pair of bills Saturday.
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Affected locations are in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio and elsewhere.
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The two sides begin a weekend of negotiations to end a strike that began nearly a month ago.
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Victims have likely had their Amazon account data hacked, the Better Business Bureau says.
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The workers' compensation insurer MEMIC has now secured a full block of property in the heart of Portland.
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P.J. McCusker was late paying a bill, but said her power is supposed to be left on because she requires equipment to treat bronchitis.
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Investors welcome a thaw in the punishing trade war between the U.S. and China.
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Waterstone Properties, which owns the Westbrook concert venue, says it's committed to addressing the noise complaints that have persisted since the space opened.
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A panel of international aviation regulators finds that the manufacturer withheld key information about the airplane and the federal agency lacked expertise.
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A lawmaker says the Maine Attorney General's Office has received complaints from 140 people who say they are owed a total of $1.6 million.
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The Coast Guard plans to reopen bidding for a contract to build 21 cutters because a hurricane last year damaged the winning shipyard in Florida.
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Impeachment inquiry ensnares Trump’s inner circle, Bolton and Mulvaney
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CMP says storm damage could leave some coastal customers without power for days
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Strong nor’easter bearing down on Maine
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Fourth man accused in probe of Giuliani associates is freed on bail
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Prepare for a nor'easter roaring into Thursday
