Business news
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Five years after the state changed the October holiday from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, some businesses are giving workers the day off while others are trying to foster greater cultural awareness.
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While agencies told The Monitor they generally agree with the need for licensing, some worried certain requirements would be difficult to meet and could push costs up.
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About two dozen students have completed Southern Maine Community College's hybrid and electric vehicle course since it launched in 2021. Similar programs are emerging elsewhere in the state.
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The airlift service wouldn't be possible without the pilots who volunteer their time, planes and costs to help others.
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Over $135 million, and more is on the way. Gov. Janet Mills says the incentives are reducing the state's reliance on heating oil.
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It's another sign that inflation is returning to something close to normal after years of pressuring America’s households in the wake of COVID-19.
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Grieving families attend a Texas courtroom where their lawyers ask a judge to throw out a plea agreement they say is a sweetheart deal for the airplane manufacturer.
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The Dow and S&P 500 both hit new highs, while Nasdaq's more modest gain was kept in check by Tesla's slide.
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The recall affects several recreational cannabis products made by Nova Farms with the 'Frosted Cookies' strain.
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The Waterville Planning Board told PoPo's Food Truck Court developer PoPo Lu that she must replace the fence she installed around the property at 121 Kennedy Memorial Drive with a stockade fence and extend it to block headlights from shining in neighbors' windows.
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Some Halloween special events won’t be offered and they won’t necessarily be fully functioning Friday, but the public is welcome back, the parks said in statements.
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Ardent Adventures of Acton, Massachusetts, has a purchase and sale agreement with owner Melissa Ellis of Wilton.
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The eyewear company plans to move into a nearly 2,000-square-foot space at 184 Middle St. early next year.
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The Justice Department said the bank allowed money laundering networks to move $670 million through TD Bank accounts over a period of several years.
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A New Hampshire nuclear power station owned by NextEra must perform a safety upgrade critical to Avangrid's 145-mile NECEC transmission line through western Maine, a federal appeals court ruled this month.
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Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
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Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.
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Consumer prices rose just 2.4% in September from a year earlier, down from 2.5% in August, and the smallest annual rise since February 2021.
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The Department of Transportation is seeking to restore freight service and that could help the Amtrak Downeaster resume its effort to add passenger service from Brunswick to Rockland.
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John Godfrey of Marblehead, Massachusetts, hopes to begin construction in early in 2025.
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The closures tempered expectations for some tourists while the impending storm raised some anxiety in others.
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A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame – even when they don't.
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S&P Global Ratings warned it may cut the planemaker’s credit grade to junk.
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The technology projects a green circle on packages to be delivered at each stop and red Xs on those to be delivered later.
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U.S. stocks rose to records after the latest wild swerves for Chinese stocks left few ripples in markets worldwide.
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For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane's severity can be found at the local Waffle House.
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A court in Switzerland has ruled that a manufacturer was justified in telling workers: If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time.
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Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-9 recently voted to authorize a strike if needed amid ongoing contract negotiations, with forced overtime, health benefits and proposed changes to earned paid leave policies among their chief issues.
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The scam involves text messages that appear to be from the Maine Turnpike Authority claiming there is an unpaid E-ZPass toll and threatening an additional fee if not paid immediately.
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More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against the video platform.
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The Select Board decided Monday against putting the purchase of the property on a special town meeting warrant, after plans fell through for a methadone clinic there.
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Monday’s sharpest losses hit stocks of utility companies.
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The NSA has warned since 2022 that telecommunications infrastructure was vulnerable to Chinese hacking.
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Neither candidate has meaningfully stressed budget deficit reduction in their pitch to voters.