The number of Americans collecting unemployment checks remains 6% down from a year ago.
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Posted inBusiness
Dunkin’ takes revenue hit on store sales, but profit rises
The Canton, Massachusetts-based company earned $6.5 million more for the three months ending Sept. 24 than last year.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
USDA offers help to Maine farmers hurt by drought
Low-interest loans will be offered to help food producers.
Posted inNation & World, News
Among Syrians arriving in U.S. in the past year, 80 percent are kids
They face many of the same challenges as other young refugees – limited English, an interrupted education – but are distinct in the level of trauma many have experienced, school leaders and resettlement workers say.
Posted inPolitics
Debate analysis: A promising beginning, then more of the same
The final debate appears unlikely to improve Donald Trump’s presidential prospects.
Posted inElections, Nation & World
Why it matters: Broad power of IRS could be at stake
As long as there’s tax collection, some agency has to be in charge.
Posted inNation & World, News
Cyberattacks could inflict more real-world damage
For example, three power companies in Ukraine were knocked out last year, an official says.
Posted inNews, Politics
In final debate, Trump won’t say whether he would accept a loss on Election Day
‘I will keep you in suspense,’ says the Republican nominee, who trails in the polls and has maintained that the voting process is rigged.
Posted inNation & World
Oregon senator seeks IRS data on shell companies
Democrat Ron Wyden wants answers about a Corporate Fraud Task Force created in 2011.
Posted inPolitics
Checking the facts from the third presidential debate
What the candidates said, and how it squares with the facts.