November 26, 2018 EditionEdition

🔒Bankruptcy filings at post-recession low, but trouble’s seen on the horizon

This year is shaping up to have the lowest number of bankruptcies since before the recession. Through Oct. 31, there were 1,289 bankruptcy filings in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in […]

🔒As banks scramble for market share, businesses scramble for loans

I was assigned the banking beat way back in the Savings & Loan crisis of the early...

🔒More banks enter Portland market — each having bold growth ambitions

Commercial banking in Portland is revved up for its next act with two industry stalwarts — one...

🔒Local Wood Works finding innovative ways to expand economic clout of Maine’s vast forests

At the third annual Maine Wood + Sustainabilty Tour, woodlot owners, but architects, engineers and builders, as well as consumers. Advance economic development initiatives center around the region's forests.
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🔒Westbrook accounting startup finds niche in advising small to mid-sized Maine businesses

Tabitha Swanson, founder and CEO of The Swanson Group LLC, a full-service tax, accounting and consulting firm based in Westbrook, finds her niche in serving primarily small to mid-sized Maine businesses and individuals.

🔒Tips on helping someone choose to change their unproductive work behavior

Managers don't have to accept unproductive work behavior by employees as "unchangeable." Here are some tips on ways you can help that unproductive employee choose to change and begin improving their work performance.

🔒Community development institutions step in where traditional lenders are reluctant to go

Community Concepts Finance Corp., Coastal Enterprises Inc. and Eastern Maine Development Corp. are Community Development Financial Institutions, private sector financial institutions that may receive federal funding from the U.S. Treasury. CDFIs like to say they offer personal attention, quick action and flexibility, stepping in where conventional lenders won't.

🔒A Buxton dentist’s office could double as Airbnb

It's not every day that you hear about a dentist's office being cited for design excellence. But...
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🔒IN SHORT

New hiresStevens & Day LLP, a law firm in Augusta, hired Laura Pioch as an associate. Pioch...
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