What started as an amicable exchange of messages between State Farm insurance agent Michael Lee and Wendy’s has spread mirth throughout the region.
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Unity’s Common Ground Country Fair set for in-person return this year
The fair is scheduled for Sept. 24-26 at the Common Ground Country Fairgrounds in Unity.
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U.S. job growth slows sharply in sign of business hiring struggles
Employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, sharply lower than in March and far fewer than economists had expected.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Broadband companies paid for millions of fake net neutrality comments
The industry sued to stop the rules during the Obama administration but lost.
Posted inBusiness, Uncategorized
U.S. stocks close higher as banks, technology lead broad rally
The Dow hits another all-time high.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Dubai luxury home market soars as world’s rich flee pandemic
Sales of upscale properties, once slow, soared 230 percent in the first quarter of 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner Food Co-op charts path through pandemic
With the help of an anonymous gift and federal stimulus money, the community-owned cooperative seeks to rebuild toward long-term sustainability.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
BIW allowing close contacts of COVID-infected co-workers to remain on the job – with precautions
With more workers receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, the shipyard is reversing a policy that previously required employees to quarantine at home until they tested negative for the disease.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Maine restores pre-pandemic requirements for unemployment
Businesses are reopening and need help, especially with the summer tourism season approaching, the state’s labor commissioner says.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
In GOP stronghold, Biden pushes for his infrastructure plan
He’s proposing to pay for it by undoing the 2017 Trump tax cuts and raising the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent.