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Former CEO James Page is all business in his new role as UMS chancellor

James McCarthy | July 9, 2012 06:00 am

Appointed as chancellor of the University of Maine System in March, James Page comfortably wears two hats — one labeled "business" and the other "academia." As the top administrator...

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Providers worry over transit model

James McCarthy | July 9, 2012 06:00 am

Sandra Buchanan, general manager of Western Maine Transportation Services, knows her agency from top to bottom. She began her 24-year career there as a dispatcher, steadily working her...

John Karp, an innovation engineer with Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership, brings his expertise in product development to Bourgeois Guitars where he's CEO

Innovation engineer John Karp helps companies zero in on what works

Carol Coultas | July 9, 2012 06:00 am

Here's an opening line that John Karp uses when meeting Maine manufacturers:

Focus on Western Maine

Attorney Tom Carey dreams of making Rumford a zip-lining destination

A local lawyer launches a crusade to revive the town with 14,000 feet of steel cable

Sara Anne Donnelly | July 9, 2012 06:00 am

For more than a century, Rumford's downtown has been bookended by two powerful residents: the paper mill to the east and Pennacook Falls...

Three Oxford-area companies anticipate more business thanks to casino

Matt Dodge | July 9, 2012 06:00 am

When completed, the new Oxford Casino is expected to create over 900 new jobs, carry a $32 million payroll and generate $69 million in...

Former Franklin County Chamber director opens a trio of food-related businesses in New Sharon

BOB MENTZINGER | July 9, 2012 06:00 am

With business acumen, cooking ability and a deep fondness for barbecue, Lorna Dee Nichols has a taste for sizzle.

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Making strides

BY Mal Leary

Budget expected to be $70-$80 million smaller

Consider investing in facilitated team building

Workplace teams are not just collections of individuals doing parallel activity. As work becomes more complex and competition stiffer,...

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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

Maine's largest hotels

Ranked by number of guest rooms as of May 2013

Rank	Hotel, location	Guest rooms/Conference rooms
1	Westin Portland Harborview Hotel (1), Portland	289/8
2	Harborside Hotel, Spa & Marina, Bar Harbor	285/5
3	Bar Harbor Regency Holiday Inn, Bar Harbor	280/4
4	The Anchorage by the Sea, Ogunquit	241/1

(1) Formerly Eastland Park Hotel, re-opening December 2013. Source: Each hotel/Compiled by Roger Magnus and Heide Martin.

Maine's highest-paid public company executives

Ranked by total annual compensation, 2012

Rank	Executive, location	Total annual compensation (1)/Organization's revenue (in millions)
1	Jonathan Ayers, president/CEO Idexx Laboratories Inc., Westbrook	$3,824,198/$1,293.3
2	Michael Dubyak, president/CEO WEX Inc.(2), South Portland	$1,945,545/$623.2
3	Jay Mazelsky, executive vice president Idexx Laboratories Inc, Westbrook	$1,333,386/$1,293.3
4	Michael Williams, executive vice president Idexx Laboratories Inc., Westbrook	$1,134,498/$1,293.3

(1) Total annual compensation includes salary, bonus and other annual compensation, but not long-term compensation. (2) Formerly Wright Express Corp. On May 1, 2013, Melissa Smith assumed the position of president as part of a leadership succession plan that will culminate in her taking on the additional role of CEO of WEX Inc. on Jan. 1, 2014. Michael Dubyak will remain chairman and CEO of WEX Inc. during the transition period, and will assume the newly created role of executive chairman of the board on Jan. 1, 2014.

Source: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission company Proxy Statements (14A); each company's financial statements./Compiled by Roger Magnus.

Maine's largest commercial property sales

Ranked by sale price, 2012

Rank	Property, location	Sale Price/Square footage
1	56 Milliken St., Portland	$6,457,000/200,625
2	125 Industrial Way, Portland	$5,800,000/100,000
3	1 Wallace Ave., South Portland	$5,500,000/100,000
4	638 Congress St., Portland	$4,509,000/133,424