For all the talk about rising U.S. home values in cities and suburbs, they have nothing on the skyrocketing price of farmland
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Central Maine customers among those experiencing Redzone Wireless networkwide outage
The company wrote that the service interruption is due to a fiber issue.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Giant crane assembled to help build state’s tallest building in downtown Portland
The 250-foot-tall crane will spend the next 11 months or so behind the Congress Street post office.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Market for single-family homes may slow in Maine, but interest in multi-units is growing
Industry leaders made their predictions for 2022 at the Maine Real Estate and Development Association’s annual real estate forecast conference Thursday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine real estate market continues trend of slower sales, higher prices
Sales eked out a small gain in 2021 while median prices rose more than 16%.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Security scanners across Europe tied to Chinese government, military
Nuctech has been frozen out of the U.S. for years due to national security concerns, but it has made deep inroads across Europe, installing its devices in 26 of 27 EU member states.
Posted inBusiness
U.S. home sales fall, with available properties at a record low
The demand for homes remains healthy, the group said, with median prices jumping nearly 16% from a year ago to $358,000.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Uncategorized
Ceremony marks manufacturing’s return to former mill in Madison
Gov. Janet Mills joined executives from Belfast-based GO Lab Inc. and town officials for an event celebrating the imminent launch of wood products manufacturing at the former Madison Paper Industries mill.
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Amazon heads to the mall with prototype clothing store
It’s the latest foray into brick-and-mortar for Amazon, which already sells more than 10 percent of all clothes in the U.S.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Rising inflation tightens squeeze on consumers
Consumers paid more for everything from groceries to cars in 2021 as companies passed along the costs of pricier raw materials and supply chain delays.