New east-west highway proposal renews an old debate with refocused financing
It seems simple: The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. But over the years, creating a line connecting Down East Maine/Canadian Maritimes to lucrative markets in...
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Efforts are under way to put a global spin on future papermakersContrary to common belief, Maine's pulp and paper industry is healthy, according to Jack Healy, executive director of the Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation, which recently hosted its 62nd... |
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Federal tax changes and a volatile natural gas market buffet wind development
Douglas Rooks |
Is Maine's wind power industry thriving or dying? While the question might seem hyperbolic, there's plenty of evidence for either proposition in what has been an unusually turbulent... |
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Textiles drive new Sappi marketsTwenty years ago, Sappi Fine Paper in Westbrook did absolutely no business in China, according to Sappi Supply Chain Manager Alan Blanchard. |
Gains and losses among Maine's major export partners and commodities
CommoditiesMaine is seeing a continued increase in aerospace exports, mostly for plane parts, although the new...
Nearly $25 million in upgrades position Maine's ports for more business
With nearly 3,500 miles of coastline, deep coastal waters and an eastern prominence, Maine has always looked to its ports to measure the...
It’s a crime
BY Mal Leary
Maine ranks 50th in income growth |
The behavior employees see from you is the behavior you will get in return
BY Doug Packard
Do you lead your business according to your values? Hopefully the answer is yes, because what employees see in the values you project as... |
Maine's largest nonprofit organizations
Ranked by 2011 assets (1)
| Rank | Nonprofit, location | Assets/Liabilities |
| 1 | Bowdoin College, Brunswick | $1,294,173,000/$203,029,000 |
| 2 | Maine Medical Center, Portland | $1,098,704,079/$515,082,782 |
| 3 | Colby College, Waterville | $1,050,624,000/$131,831,000 |
| 4 | Eastern Maine Medical Center (2), Bangor | $459,472,780/$220,225,914 |
Source: Guidestar, a 501(3)c that collects and presents 990 forms for IRS-registered nonprofits./Compiled by Roger Magnus. (1) Given the various timing of organizations' fiscal years, 2011 figures are the most recent available for comparison. (2) Although Eastern Maine Medical Center and Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems are related, they each have separate employer identification numbers and file individual tax returns
New trade official to visit Maine New Balance plant
Medicaid expansion vetoed; hospital payback signed
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CES acquires Summit Environmental Consulting
Portland health informatics co. raises $10.9M
Revival of seed tax credit program in jeopardy
Workers' comp reform bill clears Legislature
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