It’s hard to verify whether “self-cleaning” elevator buttons really work, but scientists say it would be difficult to catch the virus from such surfaces anyway
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Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Gripped by surging pandemic, U.S. employers cut back on hiring
November’s gain of 245,000 jobs was down drastically from a 610,000 increase in October.
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Posted inBusiness, Franklin, The Franklin Journal
Farmington Center for Entrepreneurial Studies envisioning boys and girls club
Vision is to reduce poverty and homelessness and increase diversity and inclusion.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
System crash shuts down state business grant program on its first day
A state official says the application website for a $40 million aid program to tourism and hospitality businesses was closed Thursday and applicants can reapply Friday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Thousands more Mainers apply for unemployment
Job losses remain high as a December deadline on federal benefits looms and Maine’s labor commissioner asks Congress to extend aid.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
U.S. unemployment claims remain high at 712,000 as virus escalates
The chronically elevated pace of applications shows that nearly nine months after the pandemic struck, many employers are still slashing jobs.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Cyberespionage effort to get WHO vaccine distribution information detected
The cyberespionage effort used targeted phishing emails to try to collect vital information associated with a U.N. initiative for distributing coronavirus vaccine to developing countries.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Fed reports virus surge is slowing U.S. economic activity
The latest Federal Reserve survey of business conditions around the country shows the recovery continues to be uneven across many sectors of the economy.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
L.L. Bean sees delays in UPS package pickups as online shopping surges
UPS says it is working with its largest customers to ‘ensure they are aware of how much capacity is available to them’ so it can handle the flood of packages triggered by online holiday shopping during the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Work & COVID-19: Leave policies up to date? To require a vaccine or not?
Auburn employment lawyers offer advice on what they’re hearing and the critical issues they’re keeping eyes on.