Target, which operates roughly 2,000 stores, said decisions about where to stock Pride-themed products, including adult apparel, home goods, foods and beverages would be based on ‘guest insights and consumer research.’
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Your tax refund could be bigger this year. Here’s what to do with it.
Experts generally advise putting it toward debt and savings, but, for many people, that’s unrealistic.
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‘RoboCop’ security systems pop up in Maine as concerns over retail theft rise
The flashing blue lights atop poles in some Maine parking lots are designed to deter criminals, but some question the balance of safety vs. privacy.
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Man who wrote famous Marden’s jingle back in the 1980s dies
Ed Boucher was co-founder of the Pal Hop dances and recorded his first record in 1961, squeezing his bandmates from the Royal Knights into the back of Maurice’s Music Mart in downtown Lewiston.
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Technology crushing human creativity? Apple’s ‘disturbing’ new iPad ad has struck a nerve online
The ad, released Tuesday, shows a hydraulic press crushing creative instruments, including a piano, cameras and piles of paint.
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Turbine-hating Trump poses new threat to beleaguered offshore wind
The candidate’s vocal disdain for wind farms is another worry for developers, who’ve faced high costs and supply chain woes.
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TikTok to start labeling AI-generated content as technology becomes more universal
The shift in policy is part of a broader attempt in the technology industry to provide more safeguards for artificial intelligence usage.
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Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
A battle is underway in California between a unit of the Wonderful Co. and the country’s biggest farmworker union over how a group of workers organized under a recently enacted labor law.
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Despite numbers showing a healthy economy overall, lower-income spenders are showing the strain
Remarkably resilient spending by U.S. consumers overall has been one of the main reasons the economy has avoided a recession, at least so far.
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Skowhegan selectman’s company awarded contract for overseeing new athletic complex construction
Wentworth Partners & Associates, run by Selectman Steven Govoni, was the only company to submit a bid for the clerk of works contract.