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  • Bangor mapping firm joins Massachusetts-based energy service company

    Staff June 19, 2017

    Kappa Mapping Inc. in Bangor and Cornerstone Energy Services, based in Worcester, Mass., have reached an agreement to consolidate their companies.

    Staff June 19, 2017
  • NYC accounting firm grows Maine footprint with acquisition

    Patricia Daddona, Hartford Business Journal May 3, 2017

    Regional accounting firm Marcum LLP, which has a Hartford office, said Monday it has acquired a New Haven CPA firm that will add to its Maine presence.

    Patricia Daddona, Hartford Business Journal May 3, 2017
  • Boots2Roots: Helping returning veterans find meaningful employment

    Renee Cordes May 1, 2017

    Boots2Roots, a Maine-based nonprofit since May 2016, connects military personnel planning to leave the armed services and settle in Maine with training and education opportunities and with potential employers.

    Renee Cordes May 1, 2017
  • Baker Newman Noyes sees opportunity in health care niche

    Renee Cordes April 6, 2017

    Portland-based accounting firm Baker Newman Noyes is looking beyond its home turf to add to its health care consulting team.

    Renee Cordes April 6, 2017
  • Systems Engineering expands into New Hampshire

    Staff April 5, 2017

    Systems Engineering, a Portland-based managed IT services provider, has opened an office in Manchester, N.H., to meet regional demand for its services.

    Staff April 5, 2017
  • National property restoration company plans Portland presence

    Lori Valigra March 23, 2017

    PuroClean Systems LLC, a Tamarac, Fla.-based franchise company that cleans and restores property damaged by fire, water or other disasters, plans to expand to Portland by mid-summer.

    Lori Valigra March 23, 2017
  • How To: Diversify your investment portfolio

    Michael R. Walp March 20, 2017

    Many of us today can expect to live many years in retirement.

    Michael R. Walp March 20, 2017
  • U.S. Department of Labor extends fiduciary rule implementation date

    James McCarthy March 20, 2017

    The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing an extension of the applicability dates of the fiduciary rule and related exemptions implemented by the Obama administration, including the “best interest contract exemption,” from April 10 to June 9.

    James McCarthy March 20, 2017
  • Spinnaker Trust the latest to expand its ESOP practice

    Peter Van Allen March 20, 2017

    Maine's pace of Employee Stock Ownership Plan deals has been dizzying in the past year.

    Peter Van Allen March 20, 2017
  • BerryDunn eyes further expansion, $80M in revenue by 2021

    Renee Cordes March 7, 2017

    After opening a Phoenix office this January, Portland-based accounting and consulting firm BerryDunn is eyeing further expansion.

    Renee Cordes March 7, 2017
  • U.S. Labor Department extends fiduciary rule implementation date

    James McCarthy March 2, 2017

    The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing an extension of the applicability dates of the fiduciary rule and related exemptions implemented by the Obama administration, including the “best interest contract exemption,” from April 10 to June 9.

    James McCarthy March 2, 2017
  • Financial services account for 7.2% of Maine jobs

    Lori Valigra February 1, 2017

    Maine ranks fourth among New England states in the financial services industry's employment impact, with the sector accounting for 9.2% of total wages and 8.9% of the state's gross domestic product in 2015, a new report found.

    Lori Valigra February 1, 2017
  • Business advice that's free and anonymous

    Lori Valigra November 28, 2016

    They come to be judged without being pre-judged. That's the premise of the House of Genius, where 10 panelists from firemen to financiers share business advice based on a single question presented by each of two entrepreneurial companies.

    Lori Valigra November 28, 2016
  • Thompson-Hamel acquires Bangor financial services firm

    November 11, 2016

    The 54-year-old, Presque Isle-based financial services firm Thompson-Hamel LLC said it has reached an agreement to purchase Farrington Financial Group of Bangor, as Farrington's founder and well-known city businessman Frank Farrington retires.

    November 11, 2016
  • Two Maine firms make INSIDE Public Accounting’s ‘Top 100’ list

    Staff September 20, 2016

    Two Portland-based accounting firms, BerryDunn and Baker Newman Noyes, represented Maine in the annual list of the “Top 100 Public Accounting Firms” by industry publication INSIDE Public Accounting.

    Staff September 20, 2016
  • Five fire departments get $551K federal boost

    Staff July 12, 2016

    U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins have announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $551,431 in grant funding to five fire departments in the state.

    Staff July 12, 2016

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Today's Poll

What's your summer hours office policy?
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Poll Description

With the start of the summer tourism season, many businesses offer their employees summer hours as a benefit.

A 2023 Forbes column defined summer hours as a typical work week, Monday through Thursday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

While many companies may offer summer hours, other Maine businesses are geared towards the summer tourism season — that is when they work the longest hours.