Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The Everything Costs More edition of MaineBusiness.com: 05/13/2008

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Today's Business Headlines

Funeral businesses feel economic pain [Portland Press Herald]
Rising demand boosts Verso position [The Associated Press]
Bangor-area heating oil prices top $4 a gallon [Bangor Daily News]
Fuel prices hit another record high in Maine [The Associated Press]
Schoodic ecoresort plans aired [Bangor Daily News]
Snowfall windfall helps ski resorts break record [The Associated Press]
Irving , Couche-Tard strike deal [Bangor Daily News]
Steel-Pro eyes $1M expansion in Rockland [Maine Coast Now]
Condo-hotel proposed for Ft. McKinley [Portland Press Herald]
Jackson Lab announces microscope technology breakthrough [Maine Coast Now]
Unionization rally targets medical staff [Kennbec Journal]
Biofuel maker gets more suppliers UMF [Morning Sentinel]
Dam removal, eminent domain issues will be focus of nonbinding resolution [Morning Sentinel]
No more handbags for sale [Kennbec Journal]
Eastport: Two Down East businesses earn Yankee Editors' Choice designation [Bangor Daily News]
CEO gets Pike award [Sun Journal]
Camden to award contract for Apollo cleanup [Bangor Daily News]
Traynor joins CMMC staff [Sun Journal]
Nursing group for elderly gets boost [Bangor Daily News]
Employee hiring topic of business breakfast meeting [Morning Sentinel]
Business After Hours date set [Sun Journal]
Peer review says Walgreens road plan to improve traffic [Maine Coast Now]
Edward D. Murphy: Maine banks rolling with the punches [Portland Press Herald]

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Events

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Ecotoasters Meeting 12:05 pm - 1:05 pm, Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, Tyson Bldg., (East Side State Government Campus) Lisa Higgins 207-287-7023.
Starting your own business SCORE, 6- 9 p.m., SCORE
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Business Evolution 2008 All Day, Hilton Garden Inn Freeport
Leadership in Maine Angus King, 7:15 - 9 a.m., University of Southern Maine (Woodbury Campus Center)
YPLAA Networking Lunch Young People of the Lewiston-Auburn Area, Noon - 1:30 p.m., Andrscoggin County Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Giving A Winning Presentation ... Or, Stand Out By Standing Up Bruce MacMillan / Maine Center for Economic Development, Noon - 2 p.m., University of Southern Maine, Abromson Center, Portland Campus
Friday, May 16, 2008
Local Prosperity in a Global Economy Keynotes Governor Angus King & Peter Vigue, Cianbro, 8:00am - 5:30pm, USM Abromson Center Membership: 338-8908 Conferen.

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