Fospher RSS by ForeSite Technologies, Inc. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:02:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46057.html Representatives of Bangor's business community will meet with the owner of American Cruise Lines in Augusta Monday to see if they can get the cruise ship company to restore trips that will be lost to Portland this summer. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46057.html Robert M. Cook Daily Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:37:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46056.html A Bangor-based consortium investigating the possibility of making environmentally safe and sustainable plastics from potatoes and wood chips is asking Maine's congressional delegation to find $1.25 million in federal appropriations that could help commercialize the burgeoning new technology by next year. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46056.html Tom Weber Daily Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:05:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46058.html Miller Drug, which has operated from State Street in Bangor for more than 50 years, is expanding its brand by merging with Affiliated Pharmacy Services. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46058.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:22:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46055.html Organizers of three separate gambling proposals have agreed to put their measures before voters in a single ballot question in November. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46055.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:20:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46054.html The receiver in charge of managing the Knox Mill and other former MBNA properties in Camden and Lincolnville has requested $13 million in tax abatement, saying the properties are overvalued. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46054.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:18:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46053.html Additional charges could be filed against Rent-a-Husband founder Kaile Warren of Windham, who was indicted in December for fraud. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46053.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:16:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46052.html Lawmakers on the Health and Human Services Committee voted unanimously yesterday in favor of a $7 million bond to support a four-year dental program at the University of New England. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46052.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:15:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46051.html Retail sales so far in 2010 have continued their downward trend, falling nearly 4% compared with last year. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46051.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:26:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46030.html Mercy Hospital in Portland announced it will lay off 58 employees as part of an effort to shift its health care model. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46030.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:22:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46031.html A research center in Calais owned by a Canadian firm has shuttered, affecting as many as 45 employees. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news46031.html The Mainebiz News Staff Daily Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44816.html http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44816.html Web Only Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44822.html Table of contents from the June 29, 2009, issue of Mainebiz http://www.mainebiz.biz/news44822.html Web Only Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:41:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43946.html The University of Southern Maine has shed its last remaining dormitory in Portland and a local developer stands ready to breathe new life into the building. Bayside Maine LLC recently purchased the former Portland Hall at 645 Congress St. for $2.2 million, with plans to convert the main six-story facility to about 60 market-rate apartments, according to Greg Shinberg, a Bayside Maine LLC owner. The property, owned by the University of Maine System since 1989, went on the market in April with an original asking price of $3 million, according to Charles Day of CBRE / The Boulos Co., which brokered the deal. The system closed the 280-bed dorm in July and consolidated all student housing to its Gorham campus, including a 296-bed dorm that opened there last year. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43946.html Jackie Farwell Web Only Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:40:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43930.html The forecast is calling for mixed precipitation Christmas Day, but not the 6 inches of snow needed to trigger $1 million in refunds to customers who bought jewelry from Springer's Jewelers during its "Let it Snow" campaign. No one is more disappointed than Rick Beaulieu, Springer's owner and manager. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43930.html Carol Coultas Web Only Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:19:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43929.html A UK-based Internet job board company has opened its first North American office in Portland and hired Matt Hoffner, founder and former CEO of Westbrook-based JobsInTheUS.com, to lead the company's foray into the U.S. market. The company, Jobg8 (pronounced "Job Gate"), has developed backend software that will connect the tens of thousands of Internet job boards in this country and allow them to share job postings and qualified candidates. Hoffner says the Portland office has already generated a lot of business in its first two and a half months and estimates there could be as many as 65 employees in Portland within three years. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news43929.html Whit Richardson Web Only Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45976.html Thank your customers, if you want to keep them http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45976.html Tari Conley Paper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45973.html A new law and increased enforcement has independent contractors searching for answers http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45973.html WHIT RICHARDSON Paper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45975.html Rushing through due diligence can doom a commercial real estate deal http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45975.html Justin Lamontagne Paper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45974.html A Cumberland businessman takes on counties’ claim to registry records http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45974.html ROBERT M. COOK Paper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45989.html Table of contents for the March 8, 2010, issue of Mainebiz http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45989.html Paper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45971.html Software developers in Maine cash in on the smart phone app phenomenon http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45971.html JACKIE FARWELL Paper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45978.html The drama and dreariness of town meeting season is upon us http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45978.html John McDonald Paper Mon, 08 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45970.html A new coalition that would collaboratively market the greater Portland area to attract new business and investment is readying bylaws and a pitch for funds as it prepares to launch next year. http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45970.html ROBERT M. COOK Paper Mon, 22 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45905.html The CAT’s departure ushers in new possibilities for the Ocean Gateway terminal http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45905.html ROBERT M. COOK Paper Mon, 22 Feb 2010 0:00:00 EST http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45912.html An enterprising nonprofit puts the disadvantaged to work while competing in a global market http://www.mainebiz.biz/news45912.html ELIZABETH BANWELL Paper