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Banking & Finance

  • More Mainers turning to payday and other costly loans

    June 23, 2014

    A growing number of Mainers are relying on alternative credit programs that can leave low-income households with more debt.

    June 23, 2014
  • Manage and protect your school’s endowment and related spending

    Jason Leblanc June 16, 2014

    Many private schools, colleges and universities face an increasingly complicated challenge: How to effectively manage endowment spending.

    Jason Leblanc June 16, 2014
  • Two Maine startups selected as semifinalists in regional cleantech competition

    Dylan Martin June 10, 2014

    Two Maine companies are among 38 semifinalists chosen to compete in a regional clean technology business incubator program that will help give the startups an extra leg up.

    Dylan Martin June 10, 2014
  • Lewiston firm bought out from bank ownership

    May 23, 2014

    FISC Solutions, a Lewiston-based payment processing and business support firm, has been acquired by its senior management team from two regional banks.

    May 23, 2014
  • Houlton-based bank one of first to join marketplace

    May 23, 2014

    Katahdin Bankshares Corp., a Houlton-based bank holding company, has joined the QTCQX marketplace among seven other publicly traded banks across the country.

    May 23, 2014
  • The First Bancorp CEO retiring in 2015

    May 21, 2014

    Daniel R. Daigneault, president and CEO of The First Bancorp, the holding company for Damariscotta-based community bank The First, N.A., will retire in early 2015.

    May 21, 2014
  • Protect your commercial real estate investment

    Justin Lamontagne May 19, 2014

    My father always said, “If it's worthwhile doing, it's worthwhile doing right.” As a teenager, it was one of those absolutely grating sayings that usually accompanied some menial assignment or chore like moving a pile of rocks from one side of the

    Justin Lamontagne May 19, 2014
  • Secure a business loan

    Sterling Kozlowski May 19, 2014

    When it comes to running a successful business, if you really want to succeed you need to have a plan for managing every aspect of your operations, especially your finances.

    Sterling Kozlowski May 19, 2014
  • Sale of MMA railway expected next week

    May 9, 2014

    The sale of Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the bankrupt railway company involved in last year’s deadly train derailment in a small Quebec town, is expected to close next week.

    May 9, 2014
  • Bar Harbor firm sees record earnings

    May 5, 2014

    Bar Harbor Bankshares, the parent company of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust, posted a record 17.8% increase in net income to $3.8 million for the first quarter of 2014, compared to last year.

    May 5, 2014
  • WEX posts 10% total revenue gain in first quarter

    James McCarthy April 30, 2014

    WEX Inc., an international fleet card and corporate payment services company based in South Portland, posted a 10.1% gain in total revenue for the first quarter, reporting today that it increased to $182.1 million from $165.4 million for the

    James McCarthy April 30, 2014
  • Putney files $3M debt offering; more investment expected

    Lori Valigra April 25, 2014

    Putney Inc., a Portland-based veterinary product company, has filed a $3 million debt offering with the U.

    Lori Valigra April 25, 2014
  • Farm Credit East merger seen as beneficial to Maine farmers, loggers, commercial fishermen

    James McCarthy April 21, 2014

    Daniel Corey planted his first crop of potatoes on a 52-acre farm in Aroostook County in 1986. He was a first-generation farmer, eager to make his living off the land and about to be married.

    James McCarthy April 21, 2014
  • FAME's new CEO Bruce Wagner sees room for more financing programs in improving economy

    Darren Fishell April 21, 2014

    Four weeks in as the Finance Authority of Maine's new CEO, Bruce Wagner says conversations are starting about how the state education and business financing agency will adapt to a changing — and improving — economy.

    Darren Fishell April 21, 2014
  • LePage signs law to improve foreclosure process

    April 14, 2014

    Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill into law last week that will strengthen the role of mediators in Maine’s foreclosure process and expedite procedures to deal with abandoned properties.

    April 14, 2014
  • Here’s why high net worth people leave Maine

    Bryan M. Dench March 24, 2014

    Mainers with high net worth or substantial income are finding more and more that they can significantly lower their tax burdens — in life and death — by becoming residents of other states.

    Bryan M. Dench March 24, 2014

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Summer in New England – or anywhere else for that matter – is an ideal time for pleasure reading, and tastes can vary widely as we recently wrote about in a seasonal feature story.

With Maine's abundance of independent bookstores, including a new vendor on wheels making the rounds in the midcoast region, we're keen to know what you're paging through.