Plus, a solar array helps preserve Maine’s history.
Carol Coultas
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Portfolio: As Chinese dump products into her market, Maine CEO fights back
Meanwhile, a telecom company founded in the state 117 years ago gives up its venerated name.
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Twin Rivers in Madawaska to acquire paper division of New York company
The Maine company expects to maintain the four Burrows mills, which employ about 200 people.
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Portfolio: A taste for lobster; Bean boots and call centers
Asia is gobbling up Maine lobster and the demand for Bean’s fabled boots is making a holiday backlog look likely.
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Xerox closing customer service center in Lewiston
About 140 people will be out of work when the operation closes by the end of October.
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Portland ocean power company gets $5.3 million research grant
The U.S. Department of Energy made the award to Ocean Renewable Power Co. to test a new tidal demonstration project near the Bay of Fundy.
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Fairchild’s pending sale to Phoenix-based company creates uncertainty for Maine
The $2.4 billion deal, announced last winter, gets federal approval but still needs Chinese approval to close.
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Portfolio: Progress for chipmaker, hiring at call centers, silence on predicted layoffs
Fairchild upgrades controllers as regulators review a merger plan, and LePage’s 1,500 lost jobs haven’t materialized.
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Healthy Maine Magazine: For June, it’s eating, feeding, being well
Here’s what you need to know about this month’s biggest stories.
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Portfolio: More hotels in Portland, guitar glory in Lewiston, stars power at Hannaford
We had a lively conversation Wednesday morning about commercial development, part of the business breakfast forums the Press Herald has been hosting for two years now. One of the more surprising revelations from our panelists: expect more hotel development on Portland’s peninsula. Both developer Jim Brady and Boulos broker Craig Young said more hotels are […]