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April 7, 2008 EditionEdition

Dealing with stealing | Taking steps to minimize the risk of employee theft at Maine companies and organizations

Over the past few years, many Maine companies, municipalities and nonprofit organizations have had something in common:...

Cash on the table | A down economy may have commercial borrowers worried, but Maine banks still have money to lend

In January, the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders asked its 700 members how the turmoil in...

Piece of cake | Peggy Kovensky readies a big expansion of her nationally recognized cake company, New England Couture Cakes

Peggy Kovensky is ready to get out of her kitchen. Since launching New England Couture...

Money matters | Leslie Linfield, executive director of the Institute for Financial Literacy, pushes fiscal responsibility

Leslie Linfield knows that her business puts her in a unique position: Rather than face hard times...
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On the bright side | Maine banks, largely unscathed by the subprime fallout, reclaim the mortgage market

Maine bankers are taking a rueful view of the subprime lending crisis. The crash of high-flying investment...

Life without MBNA | Midcoast nonprofits have struggled post-MBNA, but a new capacity building program aims to boost fundraising

The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland had a good working relationship with its former corporate neighbor, credit...

The education of USM | Maine’s second largest university grapples with a widening budget gap, shrinking enrollment and anxious staff. What’s next?

As Marie Follayttar walks through the gleaming lobby of the Abromson Center on the University of Southern...

Lending a hand | A conversation with Chet Randall, a staff attorney with Pine Tree Legal Assistance and head of the Foreclosure Prevention Project

In early March, Pine Tree Legal Assistance in Portland received a three-year, $300,000 grant to launch its...
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Bank statement | Highlights from the Bureau of Financial Institutions’ annual report to the Legislature

MAINE BANKS As the numbers suggest, 2006 was clearly a down year for Maine banks, but it was...

Press on | In a slowing economy, Maine’s weeklies prove not all newspapers are alike

In late February, Sample News Group of Pennsylvania finalized its acquisition of the daily newspaper The Times...
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