With borrowing rates high and inflation still relatively elevated, consumers are expected to spend more cautiously.
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Posted inBusiness, Election 2023, Maine, Politics
Question 4: What you need to know about the right-to-repair referendum
The technology to keep your vehicle on the road is changing. This referendum deals with who should have the right to repair it.
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Posted inBusiness, The Bethel Citizen
New restaurant to open in Bethel’s former water district building
With a nod to the past, Vicky Fimiani, of Hanover, and Kate Goldberg, of Bethel, have named their new restaurant, Watershed Wood-Fired Kitchen.
Posted inBusiness
Climate demonstrators call for L.L. Bean to discourage fossil fuel investment
Demonstrators have been stationed outside the Freeport flagship retail store for weeks, calling for the company to discourage Citibank from investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure or to divest entirely.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Climate destruction fuels growing sector of the U.S. economy
The overall price tag of global warming has long been the subject of debate. New data from Bloomberg Intelligence has put a number on the cost of burning fossil fuels.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News, Uncategorized
Uber rolls out package return service so you don’t have to go to the post office
The technology company announced Wednesday it is rolling out its package return option in dozens of major metropolitan areas across the country this week.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Prosecutors paint Sam Bankman-Fried as a liar; defense says he was ‘reasonable’
Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial begins in earnest Wednesday as a jury is finalized and prosecutors and the defense make their opening statements.
Posted inBusiness, Election 2023, Maine, News, Politics
Natural Resources Council of Maine backs public utility ballot measure
The state’s most well-known environmental advocacy group says that Pine Tree Power ‘offers our best chance to advance the clean energy transition with the accountability, creativity and collaboration necessary to keep costs as low as possible.’
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation / World, News
U.S. Supreme Court hears disability case involving Maine hotel
The former owner of Coast Village Inn and Cottages in Wells is challenging a civil rights tester, who sued the hotel for not publishing information about the accessibility of its facilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act.