The action focuses on what the president calls anticompetitive practices in tech, health care and other parts of the economy and also seeks to boost workers’ wages and consumer protections.
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Pandemic garbage boom in Maine and nation ignites debate over waste as energy
In Portland, residential waste was up 12% and commercial was up 2% in June, said ecomaine’s spokesman.
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Billionaire blastoff: Rich riding own rockets into space
The chase for space tourists will pit Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson against the world’s richest man, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos.
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Postal Service plans imperil community newspapers
Democrats criticize the proposal to raise rates and renew calls for the removal of the postmaster general.
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Town says CMP threatened to shut off power to fire station
After CMP denied receiving the check, interim Town Manager Bradley Plante said the check for payment, sent three weeks earlier, was returned because it lacked an account number.
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Abbott Labs cutting hundreds of jobs in Maine as testing demand drops
A company that makes COVID-19 testing kits is laying off as many as 400 workers at two locations in Maine.
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Pfizer to seek OK for 3rd vaccine dose
The highly contagious delta variant, which is spreading rapidly around the world, now accounts for most new U.S. infections.
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Stocks pull back from record highs as bond yields sink again
Investors will be turning their attentions to corporate earnings starting next week, when major banks report their results.
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Unity College to open environmental professions institute at Pineland Farms
The New Gloucester facility will focus on creating a skilled workforce for careers that are expected to be plentiful in the next few decades, such as solar technicians.
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North Carolina forester fined for crash in Maine that injured 14 foreign workers
Garcia Forest Service violated labor laws before a van crash in Harrington that hurt the workers in 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor says.