Samsung’s executives have long poked fun at rivals for ditching the headphone jack in smartphones.
2019
Posted inNation & World, New England
Panel probing motorcycle crash that killed 7 is frustrated with registry’s response
Massachusetts lawmakers are looking into the motor vehicle department’s failure to act on a notice that a truck driver had been charged with drunken driving weeks before he was involved in the deadly crash.
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Posted inBusiness, Uncategorized
U.S. stocks erase most of an early loss as volatility surges
But the market’s recovery left plenty of signs of worry among investors that the fallout from the trade war between the U.S. and China will spread.
Posted inMaine
Rumford man accused of cutting off opossum’s tail dies weeks after being hit by car
Erik Matthews, 32, was hit by a car in Windham on July 20, a few days after he received a summons for animal cruelty. He died Sunday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Photos: See Cirque du Soleil in practice – and on ice
The show, called ‘Crystal,’ runs through Sunday at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland.
Posted inBusiness
World economy edges closer to recession as trade woes spread
A former U.S. Treasury secretary still sees a less than 50/50 chance the U.S. will enter a recession in the next 12 months.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Gardiner welcomes new planning and economic development director
Tracey Steuber, who helped fill Lisbon’s empty storefronts, was drawn to the Gardiner job because of the city’s potential for growth.
Posted inBusiness, Uncategorized
Consumer credit up $14.6 billion, slowest in three months
A jump in auto loans and student loans was offset by a big drop in U.S. borrowing on credit cards.
Posted inNation & World, News
Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls white supremacy ‘a hoax’
On Tuesday, he dismissed the concept of white supremacy as a serious problem for the country.
Posted inBusiness
FedEx to end ground delivery business with Amazon
FedEx says the move is part of its plan to go after more e-commerce deliveries from other companies like Walmart and Target.