April 4, 2005 Edition

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Doing the numbers | Excerpts from the Bureau of Financial Institutions’ annual report to the Legislature

Maine's financial institutions remain in sound financial condition. Capital levels are strong, earnings are sufficient to support...

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COMMENTARY: Winds of change | An overview of the bankruptcy reform legislation currently under consideration in Congress

Executive director, Institute for Financial Literacy, Portland After eight years of debate and compromise, Congress is poised to...

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Taking stock | An update on the performance of Maine’s publicly traded companies

By the looks of things during the past few months, it seems that Wall Street has its...

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Investing in sync | Northeast Bank’s Jim Delamater on the need for improved relationships in the financial world

Jim Delamater says he didn't set out to write a book. Instead, says the CEO of Auburn-based...

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Banking on women | New efforts at KeyBank and beyond aim to better serve women business owners

When the formal program ended, no one left the room. Women business owners from throughout southern Maine...

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COMMENTARY: Are the kids alright? | Why Maine businesses should care about comprehensive youth financial education

President, Maine Council on Economic Education and Maine Jumpstart Coalition; Governmental and public affairs manager, Maine Credit...

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Hands on | A chat with Deborah Moran, owner of Being One Institute of Holistic Healing in Lewiston.

Founded: May 2004 Employees: One Startup costs: $10,000 Revenues, 2004: $5,000 Projected revenues, 2005: $43,000 Contact: 783-4161 157 Main St., Lewiston So you...

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Making a match | Portland firm launches online biotech market

Most members of Maine's biotechnology community have a tried-and-true method for buying the chemicals, antibodies and other...

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Bean encounter | Meet Peter Golbitz, whose Bar Harbor business provides information to the booming soy industry

When NASA goes looking for information about eating soy snacks in space, where does the giant space...

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Showboats | Maine’s boat builders launch a new effort to market themselves collectively

Four years ago, maritime journalist Nigel Calder received an assignment to profile the New Zealand boat-building industry...

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A better biscuit | Michael Gagné hopes a line of specialty foods will supplement the seasonal nature of his Georgetown restaurant

Whether it's pasta, sausages, salad dressing or ice cream, nearly everything Chef Michael Gagné serves at the...

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Contract and expand | How companies finance expansion, relocation and a host of other complicated scenarios

It wasn't long ago that Wahlco Engineered Products Inc. was going under. The Lewiston heavy-duty metal manufacturer...

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