January 19, 2009 EditionEdition

Retail & Food Service

Mall locale works for wandering gift shop | Trial and error has finally led Percy’s Burrow to a stable location and bottom line

After hop scotching locations in Lewiston-Auburn for five years, Laurie St. Pierre in April moved her gift...
Energy & Utilities

Getting it right | Smart spending suggestions for the Obama bailout plan

The United States is about to go on a spending spree. Our new president is proposing a...
Small Business

Business incorporations from September 2008 | A selection of Maine business limited liability companies registered in September 2008, supplied by the Office of the...

Gilpatrick Cove LLC, Philip Worden, PO Box 1009, Northeast Harbor 04662 ...
Higher education

New partnership pairs businesses with schools | A new collaboration between schools and workplaces links students with prospective employers

There is a high school and a vocational school in Waterville. There are 16 public and private...
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Banking & Finance

Banks cash in on fed funds | Maine banks take advantage of a $250 billion federal stimulus package

Last October, in the face of a freezing credit market, the federal government made an unprecedented move....
Higher education

Education watch | A roundup of recent education-related news

As the recession deepens and the unemployment rate in Maine continues to edge up, more people are...
Professional services

In Short from Jan. 19, 2009 | A roundup of new hires, promotions, accolades and appointments from Maine’s business community

New Hires Frank Martin Sons Inc., a forestry and construction equipment dealer in Fort Kent, recently...
Real Estate & Construction

Rehab projects rolling along Kennebec | Historic restorations along the Kennebec in Augusta and Waterville keep the development flowing

Paul Boghossian peers through the windows of the MaineGeneral office on the third floor of the old...
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Small Business

Paring two businesses into one prompts growth | A conversation with Fortunat Meuller, principal of ReVision Energy in Portland

Founded: April 2008 Employees: 32Startup costs: $200,000Projected revenue, year one: $4.8 millionProjected revenue, year two: $6.5 millionContact:...
Banking & Finance

Five Maine economists forecast 2009 | Five Maine economists give an initial public offering of their predictions for 2009, and take stock of the...

Watch out Maine Street. After a year of housing market tumbles, blunders on Wall Street, mounting consumer...
Government & Politics

Budgets, Barack, bans

Placeholder budget Guv reveals his proposed cuts Lawmakers predict changes Gov. John Baldacci is proposing a...
Manufacturing

Fish farming heads for deeper waters

SEARSMONT — A submersible cage for cultivating fish made by Ocean Farm Technologies here is drawing interest...
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Real Estate & Construction

Real estate data from Jan. 19, 2009 | Building permits, sales and leases from the Jan. 19, 2009, issue of Mainebiz

Building Permits South Portland (November 2008) $416,902, 179 John W. Roberts Road, Sedgewick CMS, commercial...
Small Business

TV and chowder | Worldly talk at the Mainely Eatable Diner dissects conspiracies and suspicious-looking soup

With the recent holidays and all the resulting cards and packages, it always takes them longer to...
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