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Technology

  • FairPoint loses $282M in 2010

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 11, 2011

    While operating under bankruptcy last year, FairPoint Communications lost millions, according to a financial report filed last week with federal regulators.

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 11, 2011

  • National Semiconductor to be acquired

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 5, 2011

    Texas Instruments Inc. is buying National Semiconductor, one of the largest employers in South Portland, for $6.5 billion.

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 5, 2011

  • Layoffs coming for Sykes workers

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 1, 2011

    An unknown number of workers at Sykes Enterprises Inc. in Wilton will lose their jobs by the end of May.

    The Mainebiz News Staff April 1, 2011

  • UMS, companies aim to boost IT grads

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 31, 2011

    The University of Maine System is planning a new partnership with private businesses to boost the number of students graduating with computer and information sciences degrees.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 31, 2011

  • App development industry small, but strengthening

    March 29, 2011

    For the past eight years, George Dooley has designed hundreds of web pages for small businesses from his home office in Cumberland.

    March 29, 2011

  • Fairchild moves HQ to Silicon Valley

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 28, 2011

    Fairchild Semiconductor has moved its corporate headquarters from South Portland to Silicon Valley to better align itself with other leading technology companies.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 28, 2011

  • Hack targets state park pass holders

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 25, 2011

    The state's Department of Conservation is warning that a security breach could have exposed the credit card information of state park pass buyers.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 25, 2011

  • Fiber driver | Fletcher Kittredge pushes high-speed Internet connection as a means of economic survival for Maine

    Carol Coultas March 21, 2011

    Fletcher Kittredge didn't need to read a front-page story in the New York Times in December of 1993 to know that the Internet was going to be big.

    Carol Coultas March 21, 2011

  • DeLorme lays off 15 workers

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 14, 2011

    Mapmaker DeLorme has cut 15 employees in its first round of layoffs in nearly a decade.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 14, 2011

  • MTI grant to help manufacturing R&D

    March 8, 2011

    The Maine Technology Institute has given the University of Southern Maine and University of Maine a $493,577 grant to boost their partnerships with private-sector manufacturers.

    March 8, 2011

  • Report: Industry R&D investment needed

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 8, 2011

    Maine should do more to fund R&D for private industry and help startups grow, according to a new report from the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development's Office of Innovation.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 8, 2011

  • Booting up | UMaine constructs a high-powered supercomputer with private sector customers in mind

    Jackie Farwell March 7, 2011

    A cluster of 700 computers hums away inside a classroom building at the University of Maine in Orono. Students pass by, oblivious to the machines’ presence or to what, together, the computers can accomplish.

    Jackie Farwell March 7, 2011

  • Speaking the same language | A Portland tech company grows along with its ability to get machinery to communicate

    Whit Richardson March 7, 2011

    On the fourth floor of 400 Congress St., across the street from Portland’s City Hall, is a room of software developers, each tucked into his or her gray cubicle. They work elbow to elbow, their company having outgrown its office space.

    Whit Richardson March 7, 2011

  • Staying in touch | New VOIP options put a greater emphasis on knowing what you need from a phone system

    Thomas Wales March 7, 2011

    Vice president, Utility & Telemanagement, New Harbor  

    Thomas Wales March 7, 2011

  • Exports rebound in 2010

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 4, 2011

    Maine exporters made more than $3.1 billion in foreign sales in 2010, setting a new record, the Maine International Trade Center announced.

    The Mainebiz News Staff March 4, 2011

  • Game plan | A Brunswick entrepreneur is on a roll with his dice game, Cabin Fever

    February 21, 2011

    While this winter’s snowy conditions have hindered businesses across a good chunk of the country, they’ve been a boon for Brunswick game maker Mark Leaman and his apropos dice game called Cabin Fever: The Game from Maine.

    February 21, 2011

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Does cruise ship season help your business?
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Maine's cruise ship season is in full swing, running from late September through early November. Thousands of passengers are expected to visit Portland, Bar Harbor, Eastport or Rockland.

This week alone, Portland is set to welcome around 16,000 cruise ship passengers.

But as the season ramps up, it's bringing mixed reviews. Some locals brace for the crowds and many business owners say cruise ship visitors don't spend much while in the port. Other business owners argue that, even if cruise ships don't benefit their own coffers, they still benefit the overall economy.

When we asked this question in 2023, Mainebiz respondents, 21% said the visits bring customers and revenue, while only 18% said the visits don't help their business.

More than half of the respondents, 53%, said cruise ships benefit the overall economy.

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