Business Archives - Lewiston Sun Journal

Maine home sales jump 23% as out-of-state buyers increase

The median price of a Maine home sold in September was $273,500 – a whopping 19.6 percent higher than during the same month a year earlier.

Steve Hewins will step down as the organization’s leader at the end of the year.

Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of Mainers are still filing new jobless claims each week.

by CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

But the unemployment rate remains high at 7.9 percent.

The average, statewide cash price for heating oil earlier this week was $1.89 a gallon, down 31% from January.

by Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim The Washington Post October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledges that final passage might have to wait until after Nov. 3.

by MATT O'BRIEN Associated Press October 21, 2020

The company controls about 90 percent of global web searches and dominates search-based advertising.

by LISA MARIE PANE, CARLA K. JOHNSON and DANIELLA PETERS Associated Press October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

Several states set records for the number of people hospitalized and leaders are scrambling to find extra beds and staff.

by COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

A federal judge threatens to suspend the agency from rejecting further requests, saying its approach ‘hangs borrowers out to dry.’

by Rodrigo Orihuela, William Mathis and Laura Millan Lombrana Bloomberg October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

The purchase would be Iberdrola’s eighth acquisition since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.