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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Posted inBusiness
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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
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.
Posted inBusiness, Noteworthy
Auburn health agency names new human resources director
AUBURN — Health Affiliates Maine has promoted Michelle Elwell to director of human resources. Elwell has been with the behavioral health organization for five years, first as HR manager and then as assistant director of human resources. Her breadth of HR experience across the labor, hospitality, and healthcare industries has been an asset to the […]
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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.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
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.
Posted inBusiness, Food
Is Freeport starved for more restaurants?
Although overhead, labor costs, staffing shortages and the lack of downtown housing make it challenging to launch new restaurants, many say the town of 8,784 (and millions of tourists) needs more choices.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, The Buzz
GoNetspeed fiber-optic internet service coming to Lisbon
Residents are expected to have access to service by the beginning of 2024.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Amtrak’s Downeaster to receive $27 million in federal funding for track improvements
The authority that oversees the Downeaster also will get a $500,000 grant to explore expanding service to Rockland and adding a station in Falmouth.