A Bangor Daily News story profiles Rachel Hathaway, a UMaine student who will graduate in December with a degree in business and economics. The 36-year-old Millinocket native is in Bangladesh, working to help the poor by applying her business expertise through microfinancing. “Microloans,” often less than $500, provide Third World entrepreneurs with opportunities to escape […]
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The stocks and investment website Seeking Alpha mentioned UMaine finance professor Robert Strong in a post about the American Stock Exchange. The post cited a comment Strong made about picking economical puts, which are a type of stock option. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Comments from John Mahon, UMaine’s John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy, are included in an Associated Press story about the impact of the strong Canadian dollar on tourism in northern New England. Mahon points out that U.S. gasoline is significantly cheaper than Canadian fuel, as well. The story appears on the […]
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Paul Myer, executive in residence in the Maine Business School, is reporting daily on the UMaine MBA travel-study trip to Japan. Myer and students are visiting Tokyo and Kyoto. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy in UMaine’s business school, is leading a group of MBA students on a trip to Russia. Mahon’s blog, which features a number of photos, details the experience including visits to Russian businesses and cultural attractions. Angie Bohovich, one of the trip’s participants, […]
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Comments from Scott Laflamme, a UMaine public administration student who serves on the Old Town city council, were included in a BDN story about the sudden resignation of Old Town’s city manager. Laflamme voted against accepting Peggy Daigle’s resignation during a meeting Thursday Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Comments from UMaine business professor John Mahon were included in an MPBN report about the news that Maine’s tax climate for new business investment was ranked No. 1 in the nation in a report from Ernst & Young done for the Council on State Taxation, a trade group representing multi-state corporations. Mahon said the report […]
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The Bangor Daily News had an obituary for Malcolm E. Jones, a UMaine graduate who eventually became president of Bangor Savings Bank.
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A UMaine business student has won an award for his work in the area of options, according to the Kennebec Journal. Paul Brown, a financial economics major from Mount Vernon, received the Chicago Board Options Exchange Award of Excellence in the Study of Options. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Channel 5 (WABI) interviewed Len Kaye, director of the UMaine Center on Aging Monday for a report on the 6th Annual University of Maine Geriatric Colloquium held in Northport. The focus of the event was substance abuse among elders in Maine. Contact: George Manlove (207) 581-3756
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