Business
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Maine has a workforce shortage problem that it hopes to resolve with recently arrived immigrants
Maine Gov. Janet Mills and a state lawmaker who immigrated from Somalia unveiled a proposal on Friday to try to resolve the state's serious worker...
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South African government says it wants to prevent an auction of historic Mandela artifacts
South Africa's government announced Friday it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artifacts belonging to the nation's anti-apartheid...
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Tata Steel announces plans to cut 2,800 jobs in a blow to Welsh town built on steelmaking
Indian firm Tata Steel announced Friday it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales, eliminating 2,800 jobs, as part of...
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Prince Harry drops libel case against Daily Mail after damaging pretrial ruling
Prince Harry dropped his libel lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid following a ruling in which a judge cast doubt on his...
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2023 was slowest year for U.S. home sales in nearly 30 years
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank in 2023 to a nearly 30-year low, as sharply higher mortgage rates, rising prices and a persistently...
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Spirit Air stock bounces back a bit, airline says holiday travel boosted revenue
Spirit Airlines jumped in morning trading Friday after the struggling discount carrier said a strong holiday travel season boosted its...
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EU official praises efforts by Poland's government to restore the rule of law
European Union Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders on Friday praised efforts by Poland's new pro-EU government to restore the rule of law and...
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WATCH: Cargo plane makes emergency landing in Miami, flames seen coming from Boeing 747
A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff.
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Baby-boomer empty nesters now own twice as many large homes as millennials with kids are edged out
Owning a home with three or more bedrooms is a lot more difficult for young families these days than it used to be.
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JetBlue, Spirit Airlines to appeal judge’s ruling that blocked $3.8B merger
The appeal continues the court fight to keep the merger alive, a deal Spirit needs as it faces financial difficulties.
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Google employees blast ‘profoundly boring’ management which lacks ‘visionary leader’ amid layoffs
"From the C-suite to the SVPs to the VPs, they are all profoundly boring and glassy-eyed," a Google staffers wrote on her LinkedIn page on Wednesday.
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S&P 500 hits a record high after two years of high inflation, recession worries
The index erased the last of its losses since setting its prior record of 4,796.56 at the start of 2022. During that time, it dropped as much as 25%.