Overall volume is flat, but revenues are up 7 percent so far, as buyers favor new over used and go with pricier models.

Newly clarified federal guidelines would have prevented Maine from handing over millions in taxpayer dollars to out-of-state financiers.

The group is heading overseas to build ties that will bring students and vacationers to the state and find more buyers for seafood and other products.

The South Portland-based payment technology company intends to acquire Benaissance, a Nebraska-based health care software company, by year’s end.

A federal bankruptcy judge OKs the purchase agreement and reapproves a loan allowing the mill to continue operating during bankruptcy proceedings.