Wednesday’s deal between striking actors and studios and streaming services won’t immediately restore filming to its full swing. That will take months.
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Yellen stresses economic cooperation with China as she begins talks with her Chinese counterpart
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s talks with Vice Premier He Lifeng are designed to lay the groundwork for an expected meeting between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Board of Appeals upholds approval of Gardiner Green apartments
The city’s Planning Board did not err when it decided the developer had shown the financial and technical capacity to complete the Dresden Avenue project, the Board of Appeals ruled.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
State: Russian gang’s hack in Maine affected personal data of 1.3 million people
A cybersecurity breach 6 months ago may have exposed private information of people contacting state agencies.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Westbrook couple sues over firings involving Frontier Airlines and a flight services company
Lexus Rodriguez and Jaylyn Romero say they were wrongfully fired, via the same text message, from their jobs at the Portland International Jetport in violation of Maine’s human rights and whistleblower protection laws.
Posted inBusiness, Election 2023, Politics
Even though it’s passed, the future of Maine’s new Automotive Right to Repair law is still uncertain
Massachusetts’ own referendum, from 2020, points to a future where Maine’s right to repair law is still not a guarantee.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, News
Actors’ union approves deal with Hollywood studios ending historic strike
The hard-fought accord ends one of Hollywood’s most fraught periods of labor conflict and the longest ever actors’ strike.
Posted inBusiness, Election 2023, Maine, News, Politics
After voters reject public power, Maine’s path to utility reform is unclear
One lawmaker is proposing performance-based ratemaking as a possible way to address problems highlighted by the failed campaign to take over Maine’s investor-owned utilities.
Posted inBusiness
Photos: Seafood for the soul in Lewiston
Two women sell seafood in Lewiston to raise funds for victims and families of the recent mass shooting. Photos by Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal.
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BIW starts work on its 45th destroyer
The ship, which will be named for Korean War hero John E. Kilmer, is the fourth Flight III-class destroyer to start construction at Bath Iron Works.