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Top Gun names 38 startups to 'Maine 2017 class'
February 1, 2017The Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, the University of Maine, The Lewiston/Auburn Economic Growth Council and MaineStream Finance announced today the members of the Top Gun Maine 2017 Class.
February 1, 2017Oak Ridge National Laboratory signs partnership with UMaine
January 30, 2017The University of Maine has signed a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to partner in the development of forest-based biomaterials for use in manufacturing as well as in bio-refineries, bioenergy and
January 30, 2017
Hiring slower than expected for SaviLinx, Wayfair
January 27, 2017Last winter's announcements that Boston-based home furnishing store Wayfair would be bringing 500 jobs to Brunswick Landing and the call center company SaviLinx would be hiring an additional 200 employees have fallen far short of those projections.
January 27, 2017Seven companies land grants from MTI
January 26, 2017The Maine Technology Institute approved seven grants totaling $95,213 to entrepreneurs from across Maine to support innovative technology projects in four sectors and four counties.
January 26, 2017Proposed Portland cold storage needs height allowance
January 23, 2017The Port Authority of Maine's plans for a 120,000-square-foot cold storage facility on the western waterfront will be presented in a workshop with the Portland Planning Board Tuesday.
January 23, 2017
First chapter in comeback story for rural Maine?
January 19, 2017Maine's struggling forest products industry, which has been hit hard by the closure of six pulp and paper mills in the past three years, is getting a $1 million boost from the federal government to implement a strategic plan for capitalizing on
January 19, 2017Wilton gets nod to apply for $150K development grant
January 18, 2017The town of Wilton will get another chance to apply for a Community Development Block Grant to improve the facades of downtown businesses.
January 18, 2017
Fed policy adviser: Three rate hikes possible in 2017
January 17, 2017Jeffrey Fuhrer, executive vice president and senior policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, says the median view of the Fed's policymakers is that there will be three 0.25 percentage point interest rate hikes in 2017 to ensure the U.S
January 17, 2017
Report: Maine has more sci-tech companies and workers, but lags in other areas
January 16, 2017A new report finds that the number of science and technology companies and jobs in Maine is rising at the same time investment in innovation by both companies and universities has remained low.
January 16, 2017
Five on the Future
January 9, 2017Every year Mainebiz surveys five experts on what's ahead for the coming year. We've seen major changes in Washington, with President-elect Donald Trump taking office later this month.
January 9, 2017L/A growth council names Holden’s interim successor
January 6, 2017Nearly two months after the resignation of John Holden, the Lewiston Auburn Economic Growth Council has named an interim leader.
January 6, 2017
Top Gun, African style: A chat with Don Gooding
January 4, 2017Don Gooding has been anything but idle since he left the helm of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development last March. One of his latest ventures will use elements of MCED's Top Gun entrepreneurship acceleration program in several Sub-Saharan
January 4, 2017Maine population growing but seeing more deaths than births
January 3, 2017Maine's population grew by 2,026 last year to just over 1.3 million. But there were 1,300 more deaths than births.
January 3, 2017
Maine: the way work should be
January 3, 2017Shawn Moody, founder of Moody's Auto Body, unveiled a plan for an incubator space on the former racetrack site in Gorham.
January 3, 2017
Martha Stewart donates $1M to Acadia
January 3, 2017Martha Stewart, who has a house in Seal Harbor, pledged $1 million for the benefit of Acadia National Park.
January 3, 2017Firms buy shuttered Madison paper mill, plan to 're-purpose' the site
January 3, 2017A joint venture involving companies that specialize in re-purposing shuttered mills has purchased the mill assets of Madison Paper Industries for an undisclosed price.
January 3, 2017
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