The Department of Labor’s report predicts a net gain of fewer than 100 jobs in the decade from 2016 to 2026.
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Idexx reports double-digit earnings growth in second quarter
The Westbrook veterinary diagnostics firm says sales of premium instruments were ‘unprecedented’ for the quarter and net income rose 29 percent from a year earlier.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Wex reports strong earnings growth, plans to hire 175 workers in Maine
The company says it needs the additional staff by the end of the year to help with new contracts from fuel producers Shell Oil Co. and Chevron Corp.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Macpage in South Portland to merge with much larger Milwaukee-based company
The combination with Wipfli means more resources will be available to clients of the Maine accounting and consulting business.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine
PETA has an uncommon message for people arriving at Portland airport: Don’t eat lobster
Ads that went up just as the Maine Lobster Festival was getting underway will remain in the airport through August, the organization said.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Grant to finance infrastructure, strawberry greenhouse in Madison
The structure will take up two lots in the Madison Business gateway and include a new natural gas pipe, water systems and electrical transformers.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Before it sells State Street site, Mercy Hospital wants to know how the buyer would use it
The hospital wants to be sensitive about the impact of its exit from Portland’s West End, winning neighbors’ praise as it prepares to move to a new campus on Fore River Parkway.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Despite subsidy, two wood-fired power plants offline for months
That’s bad for the forest products industry and jobs as Maine’s biomass power sector continues its struggle to become profitable.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Hearst media company wants WPXT
The media giant, which already owns WMTW, wants to buy the station that carries programming under the MeTV banner.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
KeyBank promotes executive to president of its Maine division
‘Chip’ Kelley, a Colby grad who lives in Cape Elizabeth, takes on a new role in addition to his commercial sales duties.