The new website, coverme.gov, replaces healthcare.gov for purchasing insurance under the Affordable Care Act.
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Posted inBusiness, Giving Back
Northeast Bank donates to Junior Achievement of Maine
LEWISTON — Northeast Bank has donated $20,000 to support Junior Achievement of Maine. Junior Achievement of Maine partners with local schools and businesses to provide financial education for all students, from elementary to high school. The donation will help support JA virtual programming throughout the state, as well as several key programs. These include: the […]
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Jackson Laboratory announces leadership change
Lon Cardon, a pioneer in human genetics and drug discovery, will succeed current President and CEO Dr. Edison Liu in late November.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, Politics
The Pandora Papers: Foreign money secretly floods U.S. tax havens. Some of it is tainted.
New Hampshire is among the states that passed legislation to allow creation of trusts that attract ultra-wealthy individuals.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage
Facebook blames ‘a faulty configuration change’ and says there is ‘no evidence that user data was compromised’ because of the outage.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
Cruises are back, but they may not see prepandemic passenger numbers until 2023
The industry saw 28.5 million passengers worldwide in 2018 and 29.7 million in 2019, but dropped off to just 5.8 million in 2020, an 81% decrease.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Homeownership not among pandemic’s major economic casualties in Maine
Foreclosures are creeping back up since a pandemic-related federal moratorium ended, but experts say a drastic spike is unlikely.
Posted inBusiness
Ex-Facebook employee revealed as ‘whistleblower’ behind leak that plunged company into scandal
The revelations amount to perhaps the most significant crisis in the company’s 17-year history and may have an impact for regulators.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn
Working: Lewiston’s Legends Sports Bar & Grill doubles staffing, sales during COVID-19 pandemic
“I would never want to go through this pandemic again — I can’t wait to get out of it. However, it taught us so many things about being adaptable.” — Melinda Small, owner of Legends Sports Bar & Grill.
Posted inBusiness, Franklin
New lodge, new A-frames, new staff housing to come: Portland company expands to Rangeley to take on Saddleback Mountain builds
“I think their intent is to develop it in the spirit of the mountain and try to make it about the experience of being uniquely at Saddleback.” — Matthew Ahlberg, vice president and director of design services, Barrett Made Architecture + Construction