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More than 600 stocks on NYSE, Nasdaq combined hit 52- week highs. *Google shares hit an all-time high of $776.60. NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. stocks rose to five-year highs on Friday, with the Dow closing above 14,000 for the first time since October 2007, after jobs and manufacturing data showed the economy's recovery remains on track.
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AUGUSTA, Maine-- A jury has awarded a northern Maine woman $525,000 in her lawsuit against State Farm Insurance Co., which disputed her claims that she injured her back in a car accident. Berman and Simmons law firm says a Kennebec County Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded the money to 56- year-old Lynne Porter, of Patten.
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NEW YORK, Feb 1- Major world stockmarkets rose to their highest levels in nearly two years on Friday helped by manufacturing and employment data indicating the global economic recovery is on track.
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*Dow hits 14,000 for first time since Oct 2007. NEW YORK, Feb 1- U.S. stocks climbed to five-year highs on Friday in the wake of jobs and manufacturing data that showed the economy's sluggish recovery is still on track.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 1- Only 11 of the 50 U.S. states have moved to implement new consumer safeguards under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, raising questions about how major health insurance reforms will be enforced, a report released on Friday says.
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A US pension fund with nearly $2 billion in assets is considering selling its holdings in some of the world's biggest oil and gas companies because of the threat posed by climate change. The FT reports.
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WESTBROOK, Maine-- Idexx Laboratories Inc. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter net income rose 14 percent on higher demand for supplies used with its medical testing equipment for pets. The company, based in Westbrook, Maine, earned $43.4 million, or 78 cents per share, up from $38 million, or 67 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago.
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GARDINER, Maine-- Maine insurance regulators say they helped consumers in the state to recover more than $3 million owed to them during the past year. Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa says nearly $2.2 million was recovered by the Bureau's Consumer Health Care Division, and almost $950,000 was recovered by the Property and Casualty Division.
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PORTLAND, Maine-- The Maine Turnpike Authority says the toll road's bond rating reflects confidence in the turnpike's oversight and management of costs.. Turnpike Executive Director Peter Mills said Monday that the operating budget for 2013 was cut by 11% and will be reduced by 4% more for 2014..
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AUGUSTA, Maine-- A pair of labor bills in Maine that have been rejected in past legislative sessions, so-called right-to-work and fair share, are being introduced again this session. Lawrence Lockman of Amherst acknowledges that his bills will face an uphill battle in a Legislature, with Democratic majorities in both chambers.
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Paul LePage has declared a limited emergency to allow heating oil truck drivers to work extra hours to ensure timely deliveries during a period of extreme cold. The governor issued the declaration Thursday after receiving reports from oil companies that they were falling behind in meeting the many requests for fuel deliveries.
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AUGUSTA, Maine-- Maine's legislative Democrats on Wednesday sought to put the best face on a rating agency's downgrading of state bonds, saying it targets the very issues they are focused on this session.
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AUGUSTA, Maine-- Maine energy officials say the pattern of frigid temperatures in the state is translating into higher home heating costs. The Governor's Energy Office price survey Tuesday found the current statewide average cash price for No. 2 heating oil was $3.72 per gallon, up 1 cent from last week's price survey.
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Reports from two separate December assessments of cod stocks in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank are providing more evidence of their poor condition. In a press statement Tuesday, the New England Fishery Management Council said the assessments showed cod in the Gulf of Maine at among its lowest recent abundance.
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"We're seeing some life-threatening temperatures in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin," said meteorologist Mike Sowko of the National Weather Service. Winds blasting across the Great Lakes over the past few days into Tuesday also resulted in up to 18 inches of snow dumped over northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and upstate New York.
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"We're seeing some life-threatening temperatures in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin," said meteorologist Mike Sowko of the National Weather Service. Winds blasting across the Great Lakes over the past few days into Tuesday also resulted in up to 18 inches of snow dumped over northeast Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania and upstate New York.
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FREEPORT, Maine-- Maine's L.L. Bean is distributing $1.5 million in community grants that were approved by the board for distribution before the company's fiscal year ends next month. That's above and beyond a $2.5 million donation to get kids interested in the outdoors and another $1 million given to the National Parks Foundation this year.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 15- The natural gas boom has brought fortune to Wyoming over the last year and lifted its revenues beyond expectations, but in his state of the state address last week, Governor Matt Mead pressed legislators to cut spending by 6 percent.
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Paychecks across the country have shrunk over the last week due to higher federal tax rates, and workers are already cutting back on spending, which will drag on the economy this year.
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*Payroll tax hike could suck $125 billion from households. WASHINGTON, Jan 12- Americans are beginning to feel the pinch from Washington's decision to embrace austerity measures aimed at bringing down the nation's budget deficit.