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Business

Employers pull back on hiring

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers slowed their hiring in October, adding a modest but still decent 150,000 jobs, a sign that the labor market may be cooling but remains resilient despite high interest rates that have made borrowing much costlier for companies and consumers. Last ...

Toyota recalls RAV4 SUVs after reports of engine fires

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota isn't telling owners of 1.9 million recalled RAV4 SUVs to park them outdoors even though U.S. safety investigators have four complaints about engine fires that can start with the vehicles' ignitions turned off. The recall, announced Wednesday by the company, came as ...

Big 10 Sports Bar joins chamber

QUINNESEC — Big 10 Sports Bar & Grill has joined the Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce, which celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Quinnesec business. Brent Hostettler marked his one-year anniversary as owner June 4. Big 10 is open daily from 11 a.m. to midnight, with the ...

Stephens’ Margoni achieves several real estate credentials

IRON MOUNTAIN — Troy Margoni, a Realtor with Stephens Real Estate in Iron Mountain, recently earned several professional credentials through the National Association of Realtors. Margoni was awarded Seller Representative Specialist and Accredited Buyer Representative designations and a ...

First Ford plant to go on strike approves contract

DETROIT (AP) — Autoworkers at the first Ford factory to go on strike have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tentative contract agreement reached with the company. Members of Local 900 at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, west of Detroit voted 82% in favor of the four ...

Holiday sales expected to slow

NEW YORK (AP) — The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, expects shoppers will spend more this year than last year, but their spending pace will slow given the economic uncertainty. The group forecast Thursday that U.S. holiday sales will rise 3% to 4% for ...