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Chocolate prices are rising everywhere as cocoa rots in West Africa
Punishing rains and the relentless creep of black pod disease push futures to their highest since the 1970s.
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Wander Pizza to return to Augusta in the new year
Under new ownership, the popular pizza place returns to Augusta after an 18-month hiatus.
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Maine real estate industry braces for changes to home sales commissions
A federal judge last month ruled that the National Association of Realtors and major brokerage firms conspired to keep commissions artificially high. It’s still unclear what will change as a result, but Maine agents fear it could hurt them, and buyers, too.
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EU strikes deal to regulate ChatGPT, AI tech in landmark act
Negotiators agreed to allow live scanning of faces, but with safeguards and exemptions, and prohibit biometric scanning that categorizes people by sensitive characteristics.
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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals the groups that got some of her $2.1 billion in gifts in 2023
Her donations since November 2022 bring her total reported giving to more than $16 billion since 2019.
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A ‘soft landing’ or a recession? How each one might affect America’s households and businesses
The solid hiring revealed in Friday’s jobs report for November, along with a raft of other recent economic data, is boosting hopes that the U.S. economy will achieve a “soft landing” next year rather than a widely feared recession.
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With no supermarket for residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey and hospitals create mobile groceries
The program aims to bring high-quality food and fresh produce to economically deprived areas that lack meaningful access to healthy food.
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Unionized DHL Express workers strike at critical Cincinnati air cargo hub
More than 1,100 workers walked off the job at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport during the busiest time of the year.
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In a reversal, Starbucks proposes restarting union talks and reaching contract agreements in 2024
Saturday marks the second anniversary of a Starbucks store in Buffalo, New York, voting to unionize.