Bud Light’s partnership with a transgender influencer angered some customers and hurt sales.
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U.K. blocks Microsoft-Activision gaming deal, biggest in tech
Regulators worry the $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market.
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U.S. economy loses $26.6 billion a year from not accommodating menopause, report says
The total is from productivity and health expenses resulting from employees who are managing menopause symptoms, according to a new report.
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Maine home foreclosures plummet while sales drop, prices inch up
New data on foreclosure filings and on recent home sales create a mixed outlook for the state’s residential real estate market. But it appears stronger than those in many other states.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Commercial transfer station approved in Gardiner business park
Gardiner Transfer Co., which already has a maintenance facility in the Libby Hill Business Park, has received approval to add a commercial transfer facility to the site to support its trash hauling business in central Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Two more years for 207: Maine’s sole area code will last to 2029, officials say
The Maine Public Utilities Commission has been trying to preserve the use of 207 phone numbers to avoid adding a second area code in Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
For the Murdochs, Tucker Carlson became more trouble than he was worth
Precise reasons for why Fox News dismissed top-rated Tucker Carlson are clouded, but it was a reversal for the exasperated Murdochs who once favored him.
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Disney sues DeSantis, calling park takeover ‘retaliation’
Disney is alleging the governor waged a ‘targeted campaign of government retaliation’ after the company opposed a law critics call ‘Don’t Say Gay.’
Posted inBusiness, Food
The Wrap: Brazilian street food comes to Gorham; Hodgman’s Frozen Custard closes
Also, a new restaurant will replace Louie’s Grille in Cumberland and 7 Maine-based businesses win national Good Food Awards.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Proposal would provide $4 million in state aid to owner of Union Wharf
The money would offset the value lost when the owner, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, adopts an easement to restrict future development.