Friday Dec 18 | via Bangor Daily News
In Maine and throughout the nation, food stamp use is soaring as unemployment and home mortgage foreclosures continue to mount. Comment?
Thursday Dec 17 | via Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke Remarks Announcing $25.4 Million Investment to Increase High-speed Internet Access in Maine Oron, Maine Ita TMs wonderful to be up in Mainea 'and I want to begin by thanking you for rolling out the welcome mat for us today. Comment?
Sunday Dec 13 | via MaineToday
ON THE MOVE runs on Tuesdays and Sundays. Submit items of interest regarding new employees, promotions and professional honors to: Business Editor, Portland Press Herald, P.O. Box 1460, Portland, ME 04104, or e-mail to business@pressherald.com. ITEMS GENERALLY will run seven to 14 days after they are received. Comment?
Saturday Dec 12 | via Village Soup
"The Aerie" a Quintessential Maine Estate Cottage sited atop a Rockport hilltop with breathtaking 360 degree views of Penobscot Bay, Islands, hills, the White Mountains & Sunsets to West. Comment?
One Step Closer to Reforming Wall Street
Friday Dec 11 | via The Exception Magazine
Recklessness on Wall Street brought our economy to the brink of collapse last fall. Comment?
U.S. consumer spending rises, new home sales slump
5 min ago | via WNED.org
U.S. consumer spending rose in November as incomes recorded their biggest gain in six months, but a surprise drop in new home sales to a seven-month low was a reminder that the economic recovery would be bumpy. Comment?
Las Vegas Home Sales Up From Year Ago
6 min ago | via TheStreet.com
Las Vegas-area home sales dipped last month from October but rose sharply from a year earlier as new-home deals spiked. Comment?
Stocks rise slightly for fourth consecutive gain
7 min ago | via MarketWatch
Energy and materials companies help push U.S. stocks back into the black Wednesday afternoon as commodity prices surge. Comment?
Financial Winners & Losers: AIG, Citigroup
8 min ago | via TheStreet.com
American International Group and Citigroup were among the biggest financial losers on Wednesday, when a worse-than-expected decline in new-home sales set off new market jitters. Comment?
Home Sales Falll; Homebuilders Shrug
9 min ago | via TheStreet.com
Sales of new one-family houses dropped 11.3% in November to an annual rate of 355,000, down from 400,000 in October, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday. Comment?