On the eve of the final U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, businesses in the city are seeing little traffic.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Portland’s B&M Baked Beans factory to be replaced with Roux Institute campus
Plans call for turning the 100-year-old waterfront factory site into an education and technology campus that can help drive Maine’s economy for the next century.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
B&M Baked Beans leaving Portland after more than 150 years
The beloved local company got its start in 1867 as the Burnham & Morrill Co., specializing in canned meats, vegetables and fish.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Rental car prices skyrocket as the pandemic causes supply shortages
Average daily car rental rates almost doubled, from $89 a day over Independence Day 2020 to $166 during that same time period in 2021.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine scallop fishermen to have same limits in upcoming season
The marine resources department said there would be restricted and closed areas along the coast, as happens every year, to help scallops grow.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report
Canadian cannabis companies getting creative with cross-border deals
U.S. companies have overshadowed their Canadian peers as more states legalize cannabis, but that may be changing.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
Cannabis company to pay $300,000 over payroll violations
Theory Wellness failed to properly pay Massachusetts employees who worked Sunday and holiday shifts.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Most Maine health plans no longer waive patient costs for COVID-19 treatment
Only one major insurer, Community Health Options, is bucking the national trend and waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 patients through the end of the year.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
More than 125 boats participate in protest on Frenchman Bay
Sunday’s ‘Save the Bay’ flotilla was a demonstration against plans by American Aquafarms to place an industrial salmon farm off the coast of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park.
Posted inBusiness, News
Central Maine business briefs: Gardiner club hires new sports director
People & Places: Maine State Credit Union helps send kids to summer camp.