Maine offering courses in workplace safety this month

Maine is offering free classes on workplace safety for business owners and employees this month.

The various courses being taught throughout September include scaffolding and fall protection, forklift operator training and construction safety.

Most of the courses are being held in Augusta at the Maine Department of Labor’s SafetyWorks! Training institute.

To view the classes, visit: 1.usa.gov/1puh1eG

Family Dollar bucks latest acquisition bid by discounter

Family Dollar is rejecting Dollar General’s latest acquisition offer, and Dollar Tree says it will now divest as many stores as needed to get antitrust clearance for its deal to buy Family Dollar.

Family Dollar rejected an earlier offer of nearly $9 billion from Dollar General, with the Goodlettsville, Tennessee, discounter then boosting its bid to $9.1 billion. Dollar General – the nation’s biggest dollar-store chain – had also revised its proposal to increase the number of stores it would be willing to divest and to include a $500 million reverse break-up fee to Family Dollar if the deal hit antitrust roadblocks.

Apple counters recent hack with plans to tighten security

Apple plans to tighten its online security measures to reduce the chances of its users being victimized by intrusions like the ones that stole nude photos from actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities.

CEO Tim Cook told The Wall Street Journal that Apple Inc. will use email and push notifications to alert the hundreds of millions of people using its services when there has been unusual iCloud activity on their accounts.

– From news service reports