Chamber officials say they expect to distribute more than $500,000 in grants.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Portland-based Wex reports strong growth in 2023
CEO Melissa Smith says the company is positioned to ride market cycles in part by investing in technology, including AI.
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Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Sam’s Italian Foods to reopen Main Street shop as a bakery store
The new concept will start with limited operating hours next week.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Bates College to turn former convent into a new dorm
Work on the former home for the Society of the Sisters of Charity is slated for completion before the fall semester.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Mexico overtakes China as the leading source of goods imported by U.S.
The last time Mexican goods imported by the United States exceeded the value of China’s imports was in 2002.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
As DEI policies come under legal attack, philanthropic donors consider how to adapt
One battleground will be the lawsuit challenging grants from the Fearless Fund, which awarded $20,000 to businesses that are at least 51% owned by Black women, among other requirements.
Posted inBusiness, The Bethel Citizen
A place to unwind: Mountain Glow Skincare opens in Bethel
The business uses organic, botanical herb products in facials.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
DEA reverses decision stripping drug distributor of licenses for fueling opioid crisis
An investigation by the Associated Press found the nation’s fourth-largest drug distributor kept shipping drugs for nearly 4 years after a federal judge recommended the harshest penalty for its ‘cavalier disregard’ of rules aimed at preventing opioid abuse.
Posted inBusiness
DoorDash aims to expand overseas, while delivery rivals struggle
Europe’s biggest food delivery companies, including Deliveroo, Germany’s Delivery Hero SE and Turkish startup Getir, have yet to prove to investors that they can turn a profit.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine, 8 other states sign agreement to boost production of heat pumps
The states have pledged to increase their targets of heat pump installations to meet at least 65% of residential-scale heating, air conditioning and water heating shipments by 2030 and 90% by 2040.