Architects from all over will spend three days in Portland, talking to people about East Bayside.
March 2010
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Managing uncertainty: Oncology nursing has lesson for USM changes
A diagnosis of a serious disease creates shifts in outlook that are useful in many circumstances.
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Posted inOpinion
Harmon: Long-rejected VAT may be waiting for long-suffering taxpayers
Like rocket fuel for the shuttle, a value-added tax could boost government revenues into orbit.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: March 26, 2010
Stories on Israel flawed from any angle After many years of hearing and reading about a bias against Israel in the mainstream media, I thought I’d see how my hometown newspaper stacks up against this charge. With Israel in the news of late due to the tension between the Obama administration and the Israeli government […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Diocese well withinrights to pull funding
By not living up to the conditions of its grant, Preble Street paid the price of free speech.
Posted inBusiness
Default rate for modified home loans tops 50 percent
More than half of the borrowers who received loan modifications on delinquent mortgages defaulted again after nine months, according to a federal report. The re-default rate of loans modified in the first quarter of 2009 was 51.5 percent by the end of the year, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Office […]
Posted inBusiness
Another GOP senator stymies jobless aid bill that boosts debt
WASHINGTON — Once again, a stubborn Senate Republican is blocking speedy passage of a stopgap bill to extend jobless benefits, saying its $9 billion cost should not be added to the nation’s $12.7 trillion debt. This time it’s Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who’s insisting that the measure be “paid for” and not financed with borrowed […]
Posted inBusiness
Loss of tax break in health reform felt by businesses
The change will raise costs for hundreds of companies and may trim prescription drug coverage for retirees.
Posted inBusiness
Lawmakers fault Obama’s ‘ready, fire, aim’ loan relief
The program, rushed to the public and hindered by constant changes, has proven unpopular.
Posted inBusiness
Banks likely to cap borrower bailout
Not all homeowners who are underwater on their loans will get financial relief, analysts say.