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December 15, 2008

Dec. 15 issue of Mainebiz | Table of contents for the Dec. 15, 2008, issue of Mainebiz

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Cover stories

A heavy reliance on sales tax and jobs means Maine's economy will take a hit from an ailing retail sector, in Drop 'til you shop.

A fight over ownership of land under Portland's Maine State Pier could affect development around the city, in Submerged.

An overcrowded nonprofit sector in Maine faces the added challenge of fundraising in a recession, in Raising pain.

Newsworthy

Electrician David Collins secures his biggest gig yet as the bearded one, in Hiring Claus.

Focus: Banking & Finance

A tight lending market means finance challenges for Maine's small businesses, in Credit check.

Androscoggin Bank's Steve Closson talks about the bank's recent success and its relationship with the community, in Money man.

The first merger of a Maine bank and credit union gets some flak, in To merge, or not to merge?

Facts and statistics from Maine's finance market, in Ledgers.

New Ventures

A conversation with Rand Ardell, principal of Simmons Ardell Design in Portland.

Columns

John O'Dea, executive director of the Associated General Contractors of Maine, opines on Maine's dismal infrastricture report, in his column From the Ground Up.

Matt Jacobson, president of Maine & Co. in Portland, reflects on Tennessee-based NotifyMD's choice of Winthrop for an expansion, in his column Inside Out.

John McDonald, a Maine humorist and storyteller, remembers when a beater car in the lawn actually meant something, in his column There and Back.

Plus...

Mainebiz's back-of-the-book section includes company and personnel news, business incorporations from September 2008, recent commercial real estate transactions, and a list of Maine's largest law firms.

*Mainebiz currently runs three stories and all columns from its current issue online. The rest of the articles can be found in the print edition, which hits streets today, and will enter our free online archives in three weeks.

 

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