Scarborough resident Susan Alfond and her brothers amassed their wealth from the shoe company started by their father and bought by investor Warren Buffett.
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Dunbar recognized by Forbes
PORTLAND — Adam Dunbar, first vice president investments of Wells Fargo Advisors in Portland, has been recognized as a 2018 Top Next-Generation Advisor by Forbes. The 2018 Top Next-Generation Wealth Advisors list includes 1,000 advisers. Each adviser was nominated by their respective firm, then vetted and ranked by SHOOK Research. Dunbar has 14 years of […]
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Forbes names Maine College of Health Professions among best 2-year schools
LEWISTON — Forbes has ranked the Maine College of Health Professions 15th in its Top 30 Two-Year Trade Schools list. This is the first time Forbes has created a list looking at two-year trade schools. It considered just over 440 schools and ranked them based on graduates’ earnings, the schools’ affordability and the quality of […]
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Forbes says Maine is 2nd worst state for business
PORTLAND — Forbes magazine says Maine is the second-worst state in which to do business. The magazine’s annual ranking, issued Wednesday, put Maine behind only West Virginia. The report cited Maine’s high cost of doing business, strict regulatory environment, weak labor supply, and poor growth prospects. Maine has historically done poor in the ranking, ranking […]
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E. Field: Maine must find a balance
Every year, newspapers print Forbes’ “Best States for Business” and this year Maine is No. 49. Forbes is only one of many groups evaluating states. State rankings are determined by the point of view of the evaluators, the specific criteria they have chosen to evaluate, and how much weight is given to each category. For […]
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Maine moves up to 49th on Forbes list of best states for business
After four years stuck at the bottom of the Forbes’ state business rankings, Maine is finally on the move — all the way up to 49th. Forbes released its “Best States for Business” list Wednesday, and the Pine Tree State ticked up one position after Mississippi dropped down to 50th. The rankings consider 36 data […]
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Looking Back on September 30
100 years ago, 1914This is the day that the Bates girls have a celebration all to themselves, no boys asked or expected. The annual Hare and Hound chase, which has been held for years and years by the girls of the college, was Wednesday afternoon. The girls were busy all day getting enough food ready to […]
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West Paris requests state opinion on traffic sign placement
WEST PARIS — Selectmen will seek the state’s opinion on where to place traffic signs on several town-controlled rural roads. Selectmen on Thursday night directed Town Manager John White to ask the Maine Department of Transportation for advice on whether it should place stop signs at an intersection one resident described as “dangerous.” Selectmen mulled […]
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And the survey says …
Mainers are more likely to open a bank account than just about anyone else in the country. There are more doctors here per capita than elsewhere. We have the best hospitals and the best schools. We say we’re healthier eaters than other Americans. We live in the safest state in the country and we have […]
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Forbes ranks Maine last for doing business — again
BANGOR — For the fourth year in a row, Forbes has ranked Maine the worst state in the nation for business. “Not much has changed,” Forbes said Friday. “It is still burdened with an aging population and a weak economic forecast. Job growth projections are the worst in the U.S and only Vermont is expected to have […]