July 12, 2010 Edition

Health care

Formula for success | Sound business principles underlie national health care reform

Do your homework. Deliver a quality product or service. Control costs. Do well by your employees and...

Energy & Utilities

Energy mogul | Trendsetting Mt. Abram intends to supply all its own power

When Matt Hancock and Rob Lally bought the 50-year-old Mt. Abram Resort in 2008, the farthest things...

News

Bicycle builder | A conversation with Jim Barry, founder of Valkyrie in Freeport

Founded: January 2009Employees: 0Startup costs: $10,000Revenue, year one: $24,000Projected revenue, year two: $32,000Contact: 208-6667www.valkyrie-cycles.com What is...

Government & Politics

Tariff tactics | Maine paper makers see survival in proposed ‘dumping’ rule

A U.S. Department of Commerce proposal to impose stiff tariffs on coated free sheet paper imported from...

Economic development

Charging ahead | Four factors to consider before you raise prices

âAdvice Squadâ is written by members of the Maine chapter of the Association for Consulting Expertise, a...

Economic development

How her garden grows | The newest offering at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens focuses on sprouts

Perhaps it was a literary foreshadowing, but one of Maureen Heffernan’s favorite books from childhood was “One...

Economic development

All in | Why the business pros behind Black Bear Entertainment are betting on a casino in Oxford

Along Route 26 in Oxford, where signs advertising local farmers’ native peas and strawberries scatter the roadside,...

Energy & Utilities

Creating an edge | Maine should fire up its own renewable fuels

By Les Otten and Henry "Dutch" Dresser Directors, Maine Energy Systems LLC, Bethel Major changes...

Economic development

Cutting back

State faces $100M hole Medicaid funding falls through Education, human services cuts expected The state’s...

Banking & Finance

Retailers, banks battle over card fees

Andy Charles, owner of Haven’s Candies in Westbrook, says he pays as much as $20,000 a year...

Retail & Food Service

Shep Lee, 1926-2010 | Maine’s business community loses an auto industry icon

Shepard Lee, a storied car dealership mogul and Democratic Party activist, died in late June at the...

Economic development

All together now | Maine takes a regional approach toward a new breed of business incubation

By the time this article is published, the Regional Cluster Alliance, a multi-state consortium of technology and...

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