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China restricts young people to playing video games three hours a week

by Shannon Liao The Washington Post August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

It is possible for children to get around the ban if they were to use the accounts of adults, a research firm notes.

Business, Lewiston-Auburn, The Buzz

Target delays opening of Auburn store until 2022

by Kathryn Skelton August 30, 2021April 11, 2022

• There are 10 days left to vote for Uplift LA’s Finest Under 40
• How Maine’s credit card debt, and average credit score, stack up

Business, Nation / World, Uncategorized

In Kabul, some fear economic collapse more than Taliban fist

by KATHY GANNON Associated Press August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

On the eve of the final U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, businesses in the city are seeing little traffic.

Business, Maine

Portland’s B&M Baked Beans factory to be replaced with Roux Institute campus

by Peter McGuire August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

Plans call for turning the 100-year-old waterfront factory site into an education and technology campus that can help drive Maine’s economy for the next century.

Business, Maine

B&M Baked Beans leaving Portland after more than 150 years

by Peter McGuire August 30, 2021August 31, 2021

The beloved local company got its start in 1867 as the Burnham & Morrill Co., specializing in canned meats, vegetables and fish.

Business, Nation / World

Rental car prices skyrocket as the pandemic causes supply shortages

by Scott Sturgis The Philadelphia Inquirer August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

Average daily car rental rates almost doubled, from $89 a day over Independence Day 2020 to $166 during that same time period in 2021.

Business, Maine

Maine scallop fishermen to have same limits in upcoming season

by Associated Press August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

The marine resources department said there would be restricted and closed areas along the coast, as happens every year, to help scallops grow.

Business, Maine

Most Maine health plans no longer waive patient costs for COVID-19 treatment

by Hannah LaClaire August 30, 2021August 29, 2021

Only one major insurer, Community Health Options, is bucking the national trend and waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 patients through the end of the year.