The IPO could value Facebook at nearly $100 billion, making it worth more than iconic companies like Disney, Ford and Kraft Foods.
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Downeaster platforms ready in Freeport, Brunswick
The Downeaster is scheduled to expand service beyond Portland to Freeport and Brunswick in November.
Israeli officials visit Maine Humvee facility
Sen. Susan Collins says Israeli Defense Force officials will visit the Maine Military Authority in Limestone at her request today.
Maine toddler still missing as 5-month mark nears
Ayla Reynolds was 20 months old when she disappeared from the home of her father, Justin DiPietro, in Waterville on the night of Dec. 16.
UPDATE: Continual revving may have doomed trio found in Jeep
WINDSOR — Although carbon monoxide is suspected by police, it could take weeks to determine what killed three people found over the weekend inside a Jeep off Crosby Road in Windsor.
SNAPSHOT: Raise a glass for Mom
Lois Kenney, right, serves up a glass of wine while her partner at Two Hogs Winery, Ann Dube, second from right, pours a glass Sunday during a Mother’s Day wine tasting at the Vassalboro shop. The vintners bottle and sell nine different types of wine made from Maine berries, according to Kenney. The name derives […]
Reaching out to the ‘unbanked’ in Maine
To attract a new batch of customers, KeyBank didn’t turn to the mega-rich, but instead it wooed the poor.
Search for Fairfield crash victim ended
FAIRFIELD — The active search for a Skowhegan woman presumed killed Saturday night when her vehicle launched into Martin Stream ended late Sunday afternoon.
TENNIS NOTEBOOK: Duo push each other to Round of 48
Maranacook’s top two singles players, Jason Laporte and Matt Surette, each advanced to the Round of 48 of the state singles tournament with wins on Saturday. Coach Mike Morin sees their success as the result of the competition they have with each other every day in practice.
Bad news evolves from good
We first met him in this space on the day before Thanksgiving way back in 1998 — a shy, smiling 9-year-old refugee from Maine’s foster-care circuit whose wildest dreams had just come true: He had a new mom and dad. He had a new home, a new neighborhood, a new school. He had, for the first time in his anything-but-easy young life, an anything-is-possible future.