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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.
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.
Maine's pace of Employee Stock Ownership Plan deals has been dizzying in the past year.
Many of us today can expect to live many years in retirement.
After opening a Phoenix office this January, Portland-based accounting and consulting firm BerryDunn is eyeing further expansion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Greenlight Maine, an entrepreneurial pitch contest with a $200,000 purse, wasted no time in whittling down its Season 2 entrants to 26 semifinalists this past Saturday at Husson University's Westbrook campus.
SACO — Saco River Dyehouse recently completed its move into larger quarters at 34 Spring Hill Road in Saco from its old space in the Pepperell Mill Complex across the river in Biddeford.
An increase in employers looking to hire at job fairs around the state has led to the Maine Department of Labor setting an all-time record in the number of openings posted on its job listing website this month.
A new program has secured funding that aims to provide entrepreneurial advising and training for those who have been affected by the December 2014 closing of the Verso Paper Mill in Bucksport.
A subsidiary of South Portland-based WEX Inc. has been fined $1.75 million by financial regulators and ordered to pay restitution to customers for its role in deceiving college students about financial aid disbursements.
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 $19 per hour by 2028. (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.
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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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