March 29, 2004 EditionEdition

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Forward progress | Can a new plan for the workers’ comp board break a cycle of chronic deadlock?

When it comes to workers' compensation issues, it appears that labor and management groups have finally found...
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Doing the right thing | A little-known federal requirement prompts banks to fund community development around Maine

In February, Saco & Biddeford Savings made a $100,000 investment in the Genesis Community Loan Fund, a...
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The (fiscal) year in review | Excerpts from Superintendent Howard Gray’s annual report to the Legislature on the Bureau of Financial Institutions

Maine's financial institutions remain in sound financial condition, generating record profits in calendar year 2002. However, despite...
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Called to account | USM’s Jeff Gramlich, an expert in tax fraud, talks about corporate malfeasance, the frustration of regulators and the role of...

Jeff Gramlich arrived at the University of Southern Maine School of Business last August, just as some...
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In the wake of disaster | Floods, fires, employee deaths: Could your business withstand any of these potentially crippling events? Are you sure?

In 18 short minutes last fall, the business Michael Levandowski spent years building came perilously close to...
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Send me an angel | Angel investors hold the promise of a new source of capital for Maine’s growing small businesses

When Brian Rigney founded BlueTarp, a Portland company that was developing a purchasing-card system for the building-supply...
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Private practice | Once the domain of large banks, private banking services are increasingly being offered by Maine’s smaller community banks

Phil Jackson saw a need at Northeast Bank. Auburn-based Northeast, in business for 130 years, had all...
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Talking bank board blues | Eight signs that your community bank’s board is ineffective — and what to do about it

Vice president and relationship manager for northern New England Bankers' Bank Northeast, Glastonbury, Conn. The corporate scandals of...
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Academic accounting | Richard Pattenaude, president of the University of Southern Maine, joins a national panel designed to measure the effectiveness of higher education

As traditional jobs disappear from the economic landscape, business leaders and policy makers across the country are...
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‘Net gain | A chat with Debbie Kasper, owner of ElderConnection in Yarmouth.

Founded: March 2003 Revenues, year one:$12,000 Projected revenues, year two: $20,000 Address: 289 E. Main St., Yarmouth Phone: 837-1590 Describe what your...
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Patient capital | Advocates of royalty-based investment say it can work for a lot of small businesses. But can it get the attention of...

From their office overlooking Monument Square in Portland, Peter Moore and his business partner, Peter Ventre, share...
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