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Inside the Portland Fish Exchange's cavernous warehouse on a hot summer's morning it's unseasonably cold, 38 degrees Fahrenheit according to a wall thermometer.
When Lois Skillings talks about the future of health care in Maine, she likes to use the phrase “collaboration, not competition.”
At quick glance, the aerial view of Maine's forest products industry looks pretty much the same now as it did 20 years ago.
When natural gas installations went on a tear last year, potential industrial and residential users looked forward to saving lots of money on what was perceived to be a less expensive, cleaner fuel to replace oil or propane.
I am still relatively new to Maine, but I have been struck by the stalwarts the Pine State has elected to the U.S. Senate.
If you need a storied perspective of Maine's manufacturing industry over the last few decades — with all the ups and downs included — just speak to someone like Alan Dorval.
Laurie Lachance admits that, until recently, she never expected to end up serving as a college president — though her background provides a unique perspective on what Maine higher education was, is, and could be in the years to come.
Nowadays, if your office Internet connection fails, even briefly, all work grinds to a halt. But only 20 years ago, that wasn't the case.
New hiresThe Institute for Family-Owned Business in Portland hired Catherine Wygant Fossett as executive director.
One thing Bill Ryan learned during his long career in banking is that there is opportunity in every situation — even a major banking crisis.
For our 20th anniversary issue, Mainebiz wanted to look at two decades of business through the eyes of business leaders. Throughout the issue, we have highlighted key Maine industries and asked at least one longtime leader to tell the sto
While this issue is devoted to the 20th anniversary of Mainebiz, we asked founders or leaders at other area businesses celebrating 20 years to put together some thoughts. Here's what they had to say:
On any December day in 1994, a lone figure could be seen urging a hand truck stacked with Maine's first dedicated business publication, then called BIZ, over the cobbled streets of downtown Portland, handing his fledgling newspaper to pot
Shipbuilders at Bath Iron Works began the new year of 1994 with 12 reasons for optimism. That's the number of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers awarded to the shipyard but not yet delivered to the U.S. Navy at that time.
Over the past several months, banks and other businesses have been looking for the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates, but the waiting game continues.
Basing its decision on new economic reports, the Fed on May 1 said it doesn’t plan to cut rates until it has “greater confidence” that inflation is slowing toward the central bank's 2% target. Three rate reductions have been projected for 2024, likely starting in June.
But for now, it appears the key borrowing rate in the U.S. will stay at a two-decade high of roughly 5.3%.
Keeping the rate so high for so long may tame inflation, but can also discourage new investment and business growth.
“The Fed is really stressing the banking industry,” said Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Augusta-based Kennebec Savings Bank, in a Mainebiz story last month. “The economic environment is really quite difficult, but I haven’t quite figured out whether we’re through the storm or in the eye of the storm.”
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Learn moreThe Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
This special publication examines the innovation infrastructure in Maine and the resources available to help entrepreneurs at the various stages of their journey.
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