Hospital names rebranded to MaineHealth Franklin Hospital and MaineHealth Stephens Hospital.
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Bibles, cryptocurrency, Truth Social and gold bars: A look at Trump’s reported sources of income
The financial disclosures do not detail the former president’s business losses, making it impossible to determine how much of a profit any of his myriad holdings provides.
Biden administration hikes pay for Head Start teachers to address workforce shortage
The administration’s new rules, published Friday, will require large operators to put their employees on a path to earn what their counterparts in local school districts make by 2031.
Ocean State Job Lot to open new location in Augusta’s Turnpike Mall
The new location for the discount retailer fills the space of the former Christmas Tree Shops, which closed last year.
Critics want regulatory review of CMP’s corporate takeover
Maine’s public advocate and environmentalists say a deal to take the utility’s parent company private would shield financial decisions from the public.
U.S. drug price measure to cut costs by $7.5 billion in 2026
Senior citizens will fork out $1.5 billion less in out-of-pocket costs for ten medications.
How a small group of nuns vexes big companies with investment activism
Among corporate America’s most persistent shareholder activists are 80 nuns in a monastery outside Kansas City.
Potentially massive pay package for new Starbucks CEO, and he doesn’t even have to move to Seattle
Brian Niccol could make well in excess of $100 million in his first year with the company.
Wally Amos of cookie fame died at age 88
Amos created the Famous Amos cookie empire and eventually lost ownership of the company. In his later years, he became a proprietor of a cookie shop called Chip & Cookie in Hawaii, where he moved in 1977.
Meta kills off CrowdTangle despite pleas from researchers, journalists
Meta has released an alternative to CrowdTangle, called the Meta Content Library. But access to it is limited to academic researchers and nonprofits, which excludes most news organizations.