Other businesses around the United States have been offering workers bonuses and gift cards to offset the cost of gas.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Pharmacies must pay 2 Ohio counties $650 million in opioids lawsuit
A federal judge in Cleveland says in the ruling that the money will be used to abate a continuing opioid crisis in the counties outside Cleveland.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Independent Maine auto repair shops pursuing right-to-repair referendum
The small, privately run repair shops say the auto industry’s grip on newer, advanced technology threatens consumers’ right to choose where they get cars fixed, or to even do the work themselves.
Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
USDA awards MaineGeneral Community Care facilities in Augusta and Waterville $1 million to cover pandemic losses
The facilities, which provide services ranging from substance use disorder treatment to hospice care, lost more than $3.7 million during the first 15 months of the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Uncategorized
Stocks slip on Wall Street, erasing weekly gains for S&P 500
Target shares slumped after the retail chain reported a nearly 90% skid in quarterly profits.
Posted inBusiness, New England
Massachusetts art museum workers schedule one-day strike
About 100 full- and part-time employees of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art are frustrated with contract negotiations.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Workers at Starbucks on Middle Street in Portland announce intent to unionize
If the effort is successful, the shop would become the second Starbucks in Maine to form a union.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Airbnb is rolling out new screening tools to stop parties
Airbnb has been under growing pressure to clamp down on parties since 2019, when a Halloween house party in a San Francisco suburb ended with 5 people dead in a shooting.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Inflation Reduction Act may have little impact on inflation
Lower deficits usually lower inflation but the Congressional Budget Office determined this month that the changes would have a ‘negligible’ impact this year and next.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Russia’s economy gets boost from wartime grain shipments
The United Nations and Turkey brokered two deals last month: one protects ships carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea and the other keeps Russia’s food and fertilizer from being sanctioned.