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A guest writer explains some of the benefits of the 2018 tax reform law that small businesses and individuals may be overlooking.
Financial technology, or fintech, startups are turning Maine’s largest city into a fintech hotspot — enough to grab attention from investors, job seekers and big players looking for acquisitions.
This issue’s focus on banking and finance looks at two trends with different directions but significant potential.
The Wells Fargo Foundation’s Diverse Community Capital program awarded a $300,000 grant to Coastal Enterprises Inc., to provide financing, business coaching and other help.
A contributing expert advises how to make the most of programs that can help pay for college, while helping with your tax liability.
A contributing expert from ACE explains the difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant, and when you need each.
Baker Newman Noyes is adding its second office in Massachusetts, and plans to move into it by the end of the year.
Foreside Financial Group LLC, a Portland-based provider of compliance technology and services for the asset management industry, has acquired a consulting firm headquartered in Texas.
The state's housing authority has dropped its rate for first-time low and moderate-income home buyers to 3.25%. Other recent changes are also increasing options for buyers.
Morris, whose responsibilities include leading WEX’s “small but mighty" mergers and acquisitions team, sat down with Mainebiz for an interview that’s excerpted here.
Roughly 18,000 employers throughout Maine will receive a record-tying total of $22 million in dividends next month from the MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Portland.
In this weekly feature sponsored by Norway Savings Bank, we look back at stories that have appeared in Mainebiz during our first 25 years. In 2006, police unions across Maine were discovering the risks and rewards of the stock market — the hard way.
The group benefits provider will relocate its 500 Maine employees to a 100,000-square-foot office building planned for the former Portland Co. complex on the city's eastern waterfront.
Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, said Friday he has accepted an offer from the Trump administration to serve as chairman of the Securities Investor Protection Corp., in Washington, D.C.
A Portland developer of a free mobile banking app, Ourly, has raised $2.6 million in seed-round funding and is changing the name to Wallit.
Following the year-long restoration of a historic rail depot, Gorham Savings Bank on Monday opened its newest branch in Yarmouth.
The Portland City Council is weighing a controversial proposed hike to the city’s minimum wage.
The proposal would increase the minimum wage from $15.50 per hour to $20 per hour within four years. (The statewide hourly minimum wage is $14.65.)
The proposal does not include a wage hike for tipped workers who are currently paid an hourly wage of $7.75, but employers are required to ensure that wages and tips combined total $15.50 per hour.
While inflation pressures have made it hard to survive on the minimum wage, many business owners are concerned the hike would cut already thin margins.
The Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
Learn MoreWork for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
Learn MoreWhether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
Learn moreThe Giving Guide helps nonprofits have the opportunity to showcase and differentiate their organizations so that businesses better understand how they can contribute to a nonprofit’s mission and work.
Work for ME is a workforce development tool to help Maine’s employers target Maine’s emerging workforce. Work for ME highlights each industry, its impact on Maine’s economy, the jobs available to entry-level workers, the training and education needed to get a career started.
Whether you’re a developer, financer, architect, or industry enthusiast, Groundbreaking Maine is crafted to be your go-to source for valuable insights in Maine’s real estate and construction community.
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