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December 1, 2008

Dec. 1 issue of Mainebiz | Table of contents for the Dec. 1, 2008, issue of Mainebiz

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Cover stories

On the cover of the new issue of Mainebiz, Managing Editor Sara Donnelly turns an inquisitve eye on how the John Duncan scandal at Verrill Dana has affected Maine's legal community one year later, in After the fall.

A new report says investment in the Northern Forest is needed to unlock its economic bounty, in Tapping the trees.

Tough times may mean layoffs. Some tips for before you issue a pink slip, in Better to be prepared

Newsworthy

Signal Insight develops a veterinary product that could have human applications in the future, in Horse sense.

Focus: Law

How new and proposed changes to labor and employment law could affect Maine businesses, in In the pipeline.

The state's business court wins supporters, but could lose funding, in Bench marks.

Figure out whether an LLC is for you, in Ten myths about LLCs.

New Ventures

A conversation with Milva Smith of Giacomo's Groceria in Bangor.

Columns

Michael Gurau, managing general partner of Clear Venture Partners in Portland, talks to serial entreprenuer Jean Hoffman, in his column Venture Builder.

Maggie Drummond, GrowSmart Maine's policy director, discusses the need to invest in the downtown, in Charting the Course.

Elizabeth Banwell, director of external affairs for the Maine Association of Nonprofits in Portland, writes about how nonprofits are collaborating to succeed in their missions, in The Third Sector.

Plus...

Mainebiz's back-of-the-book section includes company and personnel news, business incorporations from August 2008, recent commercial real estate transactions, and a list of Maine's largest law firms.

*Mainebiz currently runs three stories and all columns from its current issue online. The rest of the articles can be found in the print edition, which hits streets today, and will enter our free online archives in three weeks.

 

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