December 15, 2014 Edition

Health care

🔒Round 2 for the ACA Health insurance options still a challenge for small businesses

As the federal health insurance marketplace in Maine enters its second year of enrollment for individuals and businesses, many small businesses are still on the fence about whether the Affordable […]

Banking & Finance

🔒Maine Venture Fund fills an important niche

With both returning and home-grown management talent, Maine's high-growth companies are catching the eye of investors.“In the...

In Short

🔒Newsworthy people and performances

New hiresSebago Technics, an engineering consulting firm in South Portland, hired Jessica Jamison as marketing coordinator and...

Retail & Food Service

🔒Retail footwork: Lamey-Wellehan, battling competition, remains ‘fast on our feet’

While many brick-and-mortar retailers were hurt by the recession and by competition from online sellers, Maine's largest...

News

🔒UMaine turns the tables in Chinese economy course

Tackling new markets means thinking in different ways. When James Breece, associate professor of economics at the...

News

🔒Business community should focus on USM’s potential

The University of Southern Maine has, understandably, been in the news a lot lately. Budget cuts, layoffs,...

News

🔒A tweet providing food for thought

Until about two months ago I was an unapologetic Luddite when it came to social media like...

News

🔒This year’s most popular Mainebiz stories

Holiday parties. Half-empty offices. Yup, it must be the end of the year, so let’s take a...

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🔒Trade winds: Maine companies look to Asian growth markets

Business between Maine and the Far East, particularly China, is heating up. Among the examples: one Portland-based...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒John Holden takes helm of Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council

John Holden will take over as president of the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council on Jan. 1, succeeding...

Arts & Culture

🔒The business of craft: Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers profits from hands-on, Maine-based production

When Thomas Moser began creating furniture in the 1970s, he did so from an overwhelming desire to...

News

🔒Another thing about Maine: It doesn’t shut down after Labor Day

If you're a summer visitor to Maine, as well as you think you know the state, there...

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