NEW HIRES Water and environment consulting firm Woodard & Curran has hired Chaly Jo Moyen into a newly created position, chief strategy officer. Moyen will oversee the Portland-based company’s strategic planning, business development, research and other functions. She comes to the firm from a similar role at Conagra Brands, and previously was a senior vice […]
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Future of CMP power line corridor now rests in jury’s hands
Closing arguments in a civil trial focused on whether developers of the stalled 145-mile line sped up construction simply to gain legal rights to continue building.
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Credit Suisse faulted over probe of Nazi-linked accounts
U.S. lawmakers have accused the embattled Swiss bank of limiting the scope of an internal investigation.
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DeSantis appointees begin reshaping Disney World’s district
New supervisors warned that ‘nothing is off the table’ regarding further decisions.
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Secondhand fashion has a looming PFAS problem
Some states, Maine included, have banned ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products, including apparel; but the bans focus on new products, at a time when buying used is only getting more popular.
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Have you used Facebook in the past 16 years? You may qualify for payment
Facebook users in the United States can file for compensation as part of a $725 million data privacy settlement.
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Biden blasts Republicans’ ‘wacko notions’ in debt limit standoff
Wednesday’s split-screen presentations vividly displayed how the president and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are talking to 2 very different Americas.
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Facebook parent company Meta begins fresh round of job cuts among highly skilled staff
In total, Meta expects to cut around 10,000 jobs.
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Credit Suisse faulted over probe of Nazi-linked accounts
U.S. lawmakers have accused the embattled Swiss bank of limiting the scope of an internal investigation.
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Fox News still faces $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic
Fox’s troubles are far from over after it settled on Tuesday with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million for amplifying what Fox News knew were false claims about election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.