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Local, state and national business news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Bath Iron Works starts building latest Arleigh Burke destroyer for Navy
The cutting of steel at the shipyard’s Brunswick fabrication facility Tuesday marked the start of construction on the USS Quentin Walsh.
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Company finalizing financial package to launch manufacturing operation at former Madison mill
Belfast-based GO Lab Inc. a building products manufacturer and closed on the former Madison Paper Industries mill in 2019 in a $1.9 million deal.
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Lobstermen’s group launches $10 million fundraising push to ‘save’ industry jobs
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association says it needs money to fight new federal restrictions intended to help protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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Coming off climate talks, U.S. to hold huge crude sale in Gulf
President Biden campaigned on vows to end drilling on public land and waters, but the leases mean production could go past 2030, when scientists say the world needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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Biden promotes infrastructure plan at an old, rusty bridge in New Hampshire
Many of the particulars of how the money is spent will be up to state governments.
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Yellen says U.S. Treasury’s cash won’t last long past Dec. 3
Leaders have yet to reveal their plan for how to address the debt ceiling.
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Rate increase will raise average Versant Power bills by $30 a month next year
The sharp increase likely foreshadows a similar change in the supply rate for Central Maine Power customers in 2022, to be determined Wednesday.
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Defying inflation, Americans increased their spending in October
The October gain the government reported Tuesday was solid enough for most economists to anticipate holiday shopping jumping by a record amount this year.
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EPA reaches settlement with Windham truck sales company for Clean Air Act violations
APlus Truck Sales will pay a $75,000 penalty for allegedly tampering with emissions controls on diesel vehicles.