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CommentaryMaine's wake-up call on trade: Why we can't take our relationship with Canada for granted
February 6, 2025Now is the time for policymakers to ensure Maine’s economy remains strong and competitive in an interconnected world, the head of the state's largest business group writes in this guest commentary.
February 6, 2025
CommentaryRetirement vs. realignment: What does it mean to retire in 2025?
Updated: January 27, 2025Now is the time to see a financial planner and start looking at your retirement, writes guest columnist Felicia Knight.
Updated: January 27, 2025
Commentary4 bills in the Maine Legislature could affect employers and investors
Updated: January 24, 2025Guest columnist Kristin Hebert-Grande of the law firm Murray Plumb & Murray warns employers that regulations are brewing over surveillance practices, flexible work schedules and pay range disclosures.
Updated: January 24, 2025
From the Editor2025 Book of Lists reflects a new wave of leaders
Updated: December 30, 2024One of the defining trends of the past year has been the widespread turnover of top leaders in Maine, at businesses, professional services firms, health care institutions, universities and nonprofits.
Updated: December 30, 2024- From the Editor
From the Editor: Maine law firms are making a practice of staying active
Updated: November 18, 2024Between changes in managing partners and new office spaces, it's been a particularly active year for law firms in Maine.
Updated: November 18, 2024 -
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From the Editor: ‘Family-owned’ has a lot of dimensions when it comes to business
Updated: November 4, 2024It’s a story we seem to be hearing a lot recently: A successful niche business, run by passionate owner-operators, is looking for a buyer.
Updated: November 4, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Go East, young startup!
Updated: October 21, 2024While Maine’s midcoast and Downeast regions are often defined by the fishing and tourism industries, they are also notable for a broader range of small businesses and startups.
Updated: October 21, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: ‘40 Under 40’ honorees offer interesting stories, unexpected responses
Updated: October 7, 2024Among favorite quotations, the honorees cited Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson and Winston Churchill, as well as living sources, from author Alice Walker to hockey legend Wayne Gretzky to poet Amanda Gorman.
Updated: October 7, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: From Main Street to solar farms, central Maine is heating up
Updated: September 16, 2024For our focus on Augusta, Waterville and central Maine, there was an abundance of topics to tackle.
Updated: September 16, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: It’s ‘step-up day’ for some Maine startups
Updated: September 2, 2024Some Maine fashion designers are making their first foray into retail spaces. There are coffee purveyors and food makers moving into pop-up shops.
Updated: September 2, 2024 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Tackling housing, aquaculture and potatoes in northern Maine
Updated: August 19, 2024Photographer Fred Field has been a road warrior for Mainebiz.
Updated: August 19, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Women to Watch started with a simple premise
Updated: August 5, 2024The Mainebiz Women to Watch program started with a basic question from longtime Publisher Donna Brassard and then-Editor Carol Coultas.
Updated: August 5, 2024 - From the Editor
From the Editor: Maine is trying to create affordable housing, get young people into homes
Updated: July 22, 2024In the Mainebiz print edition of July 22, story topics include affordable housing, younger home buyers and how the Aroma Joe's chain of coffee shops picks locations.
Updated: July 22, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Hospitals are investing in Maine, but challenges remain
Updated: July 8, 2024Despite the wave of hospital expansion, the gap between rural and more urban hospitals continues to pose challenges.
Updated: July 8, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Investments reflect Maine’s commitment to higher ed
Updated: June 24, 2024Any parent with kids at or near college age can’t help but have some anxiety about the high cost of higher education. Yet when we see the kind of investment going into new buildings, campuses and fields of study, parents can’t help but have a twinge
Updated: June 24, 2024 - From the Editor
Editor's Note: Maine’s economy depends on growth — and, yes, selling Maine
Updated: June 10, 2024It's been said before: Maine may be beautiful, but you can't eat scenery. We need to promote the state as a place to do business as well.
Updated: June 10, 2024
