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January 31, 2023
A worker collects parts at SMC, a Japanese pneumatic engineering company factory in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023. China's trade surplus swelled to a record $877.6 billion in 2022 as exports rose 7% despite weakening U.S. and European demand and anti-virus controls that temporarily shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers.
China's Trade Surplus Swells to $877.6B as Exports Grow
January 13, 2023
Shoppers carry shopping bags down Fifth Avenue, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in New York. After a two-year hiatus, holiday procrastinators are back this year, during a holiday season when retailers need them even more. Shoppers have been pulling back on buying and waiting for the best deals as inflation weighs on their shopping habits.
Holiday Procrastinators Are Back in Force. Blame Inflation.
December 23, 2022
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Mini Booze Bottle Ban Falls Short
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New England Battles Messy Mining Legacy
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Mining is technically legal in Maine, but J.D. Irving and other companies claim it's impossible to mine in Maine because of strict regulations.
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Pot Lights Harm Ham Radios
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In this June 2012 photo, Linda Bean speaks to reporters outside the Cabinet Room after a meeting with Maine Gov. Paul LePage at the State House in Augusta, Maine. President-elect Donald Trump urged Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, for people to buy L.L. Bean products as the company faces calls for a boycott because of Linda Bean's donations to his candidacy. Bean called the backlash against her 'bullying' and 'un-American' during morning television interviews and vowed that she would not step down from the company's board of directors.
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Trump Says Buy LL Bean, But Much is China-Made
Company heiress Linda Bean donated to the pro-Trump Making Maine Great Again PAC, and he's since tweeted an endorsement.
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