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From the EditorFrom the Editor: Adapting to change, testing leadership
Updated: March 23, 2020As we honor the Business Leaders of the Year in the following pages, we face a challenge that’s testing everyone’s leadership skills.
Updated: March 23, 2020- Letters
Letters to the Editor: Overtime rule reaction; 'we need jobs'
Updated: February 24, 2020Readers respond to a Feb. 12 Mainebiz Daily Report story on a bill, now in the Legislature, which would increase the earnings cap that determines whether salaried workers are eligible for overtime pay.
Updated: February 24, 2020 - From the Editor
From precision manufacturing to podcasting, technology is changing the workplace
Updated: February 24, 2020Nearly any job done today relies on technology that’s ever changing, requiring ongoing training and resources.
Our focus on workplace technology offers a glimpse of the broad range of changes.
Updated: February 24, 2020 - Letters to the Editor
Letters: Outdated advice in the #MeToo era; reaction to Hydro-Quebec column
Updated: February 10, 2020Readers respond to two recent columns: advice from "Ask ACE" on dealing with an arrogant boss, and a "Politics & Co." look at Hydro-Quebec's support of the proposed Central Maine Power Co. transmission corridor.
Updated: February 10, 2020 - From the Editor
Southern Maine’s ever-evolving business climate
Updated: February 10, 2020While this issue focuses on southern Maine, there’s a recurring theme in some of these stories.
Updated: February 10, 2020 - From the Editor
Maine’s real estate and development industry keeps chugging along
Updated: January 27, 2020Listening to the speakers at the recent MEREDA event, the outlook conference that's annually among Maine's most significant business events, there seemed to be more optimism than last year.
Updated: January 27, 2020 
CommentaryHere is what you can expect from Maine’s housing market this year
Updated: January 13, 2020As we start a new decade, housing markets have undergone a significant transition from both 20 and 10 years ago. The new normal that has emerged will have a profound effect on Mainers.
Updated: January 13, 2020- From the Editor
A year for optimism, but also some uncertainty
Updated: January 13, 2020Each year Mainebiz asks as many business people as we can just what’s in store for the coming year.
Updated: January 13, 2020 - From the Editor
Workforce development efforts are no joke in a state that needs workers
Updated: December 9, 2019Everywhere we go in the state, we hear the cry of, “We need workers.”
Updated: December 9, 2019 - From the Editor
Finance industry’s new frontiers
Updated: November 25, 2019This issue’s focus on banking and finance looks at two trends with different directions but significant potential.
Updated: November 25, 2019 - Letters
To the Editor: Correcting details of FAME programs
Updated: November 25, 2019A reader clarifies a recent Mainebiz article about tax-smart ways of obtaining tuition assistance.
Updated: November 25, 2019 - From the Editor
Focus on law highlights a range of issues
Updated: November 11, 2019Small businesses face a range of issues as they get established. For many entrepreneurs, dealing with branding and trademark issues probably doesn’t rank near the top of their priorities.
Updated: November 11, 2019 - From the Editor
Building a better bridge — UMaine’s latest big idea can fit in a backpack
Updated: October 28, 2019The state’s network of infrastructure and transportation is extensive, with three deep-water ports, a network of rail lines and a vast highway system, and is the focus of our Transportation & Logistics issue.
Updated: October 28, 2019 - From the Editor
Coastal pockets of prosperity
Updated: October 14, 2019Maine’s coastline is one of its biggest tourist draws and one of its most complex areas.
This issue focuses on areas Downeast and on the Midcoast that have seen good times and bad times, but are seeing positive growth of late.
Updated: October 14, 2019 
CommentaryMaine’s economy needs nonprofits
Updated: September 23, 2019When talking about a strong Maine economy, industries like marine resources, tourism and biotech justifiably top the list. Yet, the pursuit of a prosperous Maine requires deeper understanding of how communities thrive, including the wide variety of
Updated: September 23, 2019
CommentaryWho will step up? Maine nonprofits need leaders
Updated: September 23, 2019Nonprofits are on the verge of losing large numbers of leaders. Almost half of our members at the Maine Association of Nonprofits (MANP) report they anticipate a leadership change in the next five years, and other estimates are even more dramatic.
Updated: September 23, 2019
