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April 1, 2013 Edition
Focus on Banking & Finance

CEI loan fund seeks 'socially conscious' investors

James McCarthy

For 11 years, Saeed Saeed and his wife, Anaam Jabbir, ran a flourishing take-out restaurant in a suburb of Baghdad. They sold falafel, shawarma and other Iraqi fast foods.

  • Other
    Other

    March madness

    Carol Coultas

    It's one of those unhappy coincidences that I am inevitably trying to pull together my taxes at the same time I'm trying to update our family's FAFSA form.

  • Blease's new call center eyeing government clients

    Darren Fishell

    Technology was radically different when Heather Blease launched EnvisioNet's Brunswick call center in 1995. So was the business model.

  • Other
    Other

    Budget hearings progress, PL90 under fire

    Darren Fishell

    Legislators are scheduled to meet through April 5 to hear public testimony on Gov.

  • Focus on Banking & Finance
    Focus on Banking & Finance

    Financial industry wrestles with compliance costs

    Matt Dodge

    Terry Bishop says you know an industry is clamping down when your regulatory burden falls just short of that placed on sustained nuclear fission.

Today's Poll

How are you keeping your event calendar manageable?
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Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

In this post-pandemic world, people are feeling stretched thin with overbooked calendars and a never-ending list of events to attend.

In the past couple of years, new events have been added to the must-attend list, including Northeastern University's Roux Institute, which teamed up with the Maine Technology Institute for a new event series, "Breakthrough Maine."

Other upcoming business events in Portland include "Eggs & Issues: Seriously, Another Hotel?!" on Oct. 16, hosted by the Portland Regional Chamber, Maine Community Bank's 2025 LaunchPad Live Event on Oct. 21 and the "13th Annual Gateway Cities Innovation Summit" on Oct. 28.

And don't forget the 2025 Mainebiz 40 Under 40 celebration on Nov. 6. 

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