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  • Find a business mentor

    Nancy Strojny April 21, 2014

    Whether you are starting or growing a business, it pays to have a mentor on your side. What is a real business mentor? Someone with more experience than you; someone who offers not only knowledge and support, but also perspective and insight.

    Nancy Strojny April 21, 2014

  • NEA awards $827K to Maine arts groups

    April 17, 2014

    Rep. Chellie Pingree announced Wednesday that the Maine Arts Commission would receive a $720,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant and that several Portland-area arts groups would receive a total of $107,500 in NEA grants.

    April 17, 2014

  • Franklin Community Health lands $2M grant

    April 17, 2014

    An affiliate of the Franklin Community Health Network announced Wednesday that it will receive a $2 million grant over three years from the U.S.

    April 17, 2014

  • Report warns of serious health care worker shortage

    April 16, 2014

    A report released Tuesday by the Maine Department of Labor concludes that the state could face a serious shortage of health care professionals in dentistry and psychology in the coming decades due to an aging workforce in those sectors.

    April 16, 2014

  • For textbooks, SMCC entrepreneur aims to buck 'the book racket'

    Tina Fischer April 7, 2014

    SoPoBooks.com allows students to buy and sell used books to each other, with no service charge, at better prices than other retailers offer.

    Tina Fischer April 7, 2014

  • University of Maine to cut $9.7M

    March 28, 2014

    The University of Maine plans to tap $5.3 million in reserves and eliminate vacant faculty positions in order to make up its portion of $36 million in cuts across the state university system.

    March 28, 2014

  • Maine students score lower in standardized tests

    March 25, 2014

    Standardized test scores for Maine elementary and middle school students dropped in most areas of the state, according to results of the latest New England Common Assessment Program.

    March 25, 2014

  • Multinational co. to support Maine's first virtual school

    March 17, 2014

    A multinational publishing giant will provide key resources to Maine’s first virtual public school, a plan that some educators called worrisome because it could lessen local control of the public education system.

    March 17, 2014

  • UMaine System faces steep cuts, layoffs

    March 11, 2014

    The University of Maine System faces a $36 million budget gap that Chancellor James Page said could prompt elimination of up to 165 positions.

    March 11, 2014

  • SMCC composites lab benefits manufacturers

    James McCarthy March 10, 2014

    Andy Schoenberg, director of the new composites lab at Brunswick Landing, recalls the day a visiting Amtrak representative casually mentioned a problem that literally has been a pain in the back for its conductors: They have to lug and position he

    James McCarthy March 10, 2014

  • Details emerge for plan to replenish rainy day fund

    March 6, 2014

    Gov. Paul LePage plans to use unspent education funds and savings in an account for state employees’ health insurance to restore the state’s rainy day fund, according to Democratic leaders briefed on the proposal.

    March 6, 2014

  • Q&A: Art Boulay on his award-winning work with veterans

    James McCarthy February 10, 2014

    Art Boulay has been a stalwart of the Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce since the mid '90s, but it was his recent outreach to returning veterans that brought him to the dais Jan.

    James McCarthy February 10, 2014

  • Community college adjuncts strike union deal

    January 23, 2014

    The new union representing adjunct faculty at the seven-campus Maine Community College system inked its first contract Wednesday with college officials.

    January 23, 2014

  • UMPI, UMFK use tuition to lure out-of-state students

    January 22, 2014

    The University of Maine at Fort Kent and the University of Maine at Presque Isle unveiled on Tuesday a new tuition rate for out-of-state and international students that represents a 40% price reduction in those markets, decreasing the yearly tuiti

    January 22, 2014

  • Beal College launching entrepreneurship program

    December 9, 2013

    Bangor-based Beal College has announced plans to add three new concentrations to its business management associate degree program, which it says will target aspiring entrepreneurs.

    December 9, 2013

  • CEI gets $5M from Goldman Sachs for small business loans

    November 25, 2013

    Goldman Sachs has announced plans to give $5.5 million to Coastal Enterprises Inc. to support loans to small businesses in Maine.

    November 25, 2013

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Would you swap your staff members for AI?
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Sponsored by: Kennebunk Savings Bank

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into the workplace, it's no surprise that many workers are feeling uneasy — wondering whether their roles might eventually be handed over to machines.

Ultimately, it’s the managers who hold that power — the ones who decide whether a job stays with a human or is passed on to an algorithm.

A global software company, Trio.dev, surveyed 3,000 managers across the U.S. to determine if they would swap staff for AI.

Strikingly, 67% of managers in the Pine Tree State said they would replace staff with AI without hesitation — the highest percentage in the country.

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