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Newsworthy people and performances for Jan. 22, 2024
Updated: January 22, 2024A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements from businesses, professional services firms, health care providers and nonprofits around Maine.
Updated: January 22, 2024
Strategies to help you take the first step to retirement planning — in your 20s
Updated: January 22, 2024Mainebiz spoke with experts in the finance industry on how to start saving in your 20s. Here are their tips to feeling less overwhelmed as you start to plan for the future.
Updated: January 22, 2024
Maine is starting 2024 in 'good shape,' state economist says
Updated: January 18, 2024“2023 ended on solid footing," Amanda Rector said at a Mainebiz forum on Wednesday. She cited the state's growing diversity as a sign of "new thoughts, new innovations coming into the workplace."
Updated: January 18, 2024
From med tech to skin care: Top Gun names 41 startups to 2024 lineup
Updated: January 16, 2024Program director Laurie Johnson said this is the first year that female entrepreneurs will outnumber their male participants in the business accelerator program.
Updated: January 16, 2024
Waldoboro eel grower American Unagi receives $1.5M investment
Updated: January 10, 2024American Unagi’s recirculating aquaculture systems facility is the first in the U.S. to grow Maine eels to market size.
Updated: January 10, 2024
Katahdin Trust parent announces $2M share buyback
Updated: January 10, 2024The Houston-based financial institution, owned by Katahdin Banskshares Corp., has more than $1 billion in assets.
Updated: January 10, 2024
Bangor Savings CEO: Interest rates expected to 'normalize,' and other 2024 predictions
January 8, 2024After 2023's wild ride for interest rate hikes, Bangor Savings Bank President and CEO Bob Montgomery-Rice expects rates to be more stable this year.
January 8, 2024
Lewiston company turns ownership over to employees, joining dozens of ESOPs in Maine
January 8, 2024Company stock ownership is seen as a way for employees to “benefit from the company’s prosperity.” More than 60 Maine companies are owned as ESOPs.
January 8, 2024
How small businesses can navigate a successful digital transformation
Updated: January 8, 2024A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics study showed 57% of Maine businesses reported having no telework arrangements before or early in the pandemic. Businesses continue to adapt to the change, writes guest columnist Jason Lundy, a business banker.
Updated: January 8, 2024
How to find and work with a lender for ESOP financing
Updated: January 5, 2024Studies show ESOP participants have higher retirement account savings than non-ESOP counterparts and also have better job security, writes guest columnist Jay Hood, chief lending officer at Machias Savings Bank.
Updated: January 5, 2024
2024 Forecast: Liquidity ‘top of mind’ at Maine credit unions
Updated: January 8, 2024Cris Wescott, interim president and CEO of the Maine Credit Union League, believes the recession fears of a year ago have receded but does not expect significant economic growth in Maine in 2024.
Updated: January 8, 2024
Newsworthy people and performances for Jan. 8, 2024
Updated: January 8, 2024New hires, promotions and achievements at Maine businesses, nonprofits and health care organizations.
Updated: January 8, 2024
Bar Harbor Bank names relationship manager for Rockland branch
January 3, 2024Bar Harbor Bank & Trust has appointed Hazel Young as assistant vice president and branch relationship manager for the bank’s location in Rockland.
January 3, 2024
Norway Savings Bank adds trust officer to asset management group
January 2, 2024Rachael Billings has been named as a vice president and senior trust officer of its asset management group.
January 2, 2024
$5M investment to help Penobscot County firm produce sustainable ‘biochar’
December 28, 2023Biochar, a charcoal-like material, is produced by heating organic matter to an extremely high temperature in a low-oxygen environment. The biochar can then store carbon for thousands of years. By putting biochar back into the earth, the carbon is
December 28, 2023
Norway Savings donates $1M to nonprofits in 2023
December 27, 2023Out of the total, $750,000 was paid out this year, while the remaining $305,500 will be distributed in the form of multi-year grants, according to the bank.
December 27, 2023
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