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Editorial Comments: You Bet! by Tim McQuiston
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Celebrate Entrepreneurship Week by Sarah Phillips
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Under the Dome by Peter Freyne
Political commentary by Peter Freyne <more>
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News in Brief by Vermont Business Magazine
Roundup of news from last month <more>
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Profile: Richard Kalich and Vermed by Joyce Marcel
Vermed in Bellows Falls makes important sensors for the medical industry. It helps that its leader makes important friends. <more>
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Southern Company Newsline by Vermont Business Magazine
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Profile: Mark Vaughn by Joyce Marcel
Sante magazine is bringing cuisine to Bennington via a swell culinary magazine targeted to the business side of the restaurant world. While knowing only that about Mark Vaughan would suggest he's led an interesting life, it would hardly be even one sli <more>
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Profile: Molly Lambert by Joyce Marcel
You can be a tough businessman and a gentle woman at the same time. Such is the captive insurance industry's Molly Lambert. It's hard to imagine a more perfect fit for the rough and tumble world of risk management than the "soft power" of Molly Lambert <more>
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Profile in Business by Joe Schmidt
Vermont Frame in Hinesburg is one of those companies that's helping change the construction industry by making it more efficient, and that goes for the buildings too. <more>
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Short-Term Gains for Exporters by Evangelos Otto Simos
While there were some recent gains in exports, the overall outlook for the near future does not look good for Vermont exporters. <more>
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Vermont Exports by Evangelos Otto Simos
Exports from Vermont find some stability as the dollar weakens. <more>
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Digital Tuning Out Analog by Art Edelstein
Broadcast will quickly take over from analog in TV and radio broadcasting. Consequently, those using air signals for television reception will have to get a converter for their rabbit ears. <more>
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COVER STORY: Potholes of Trouble
by Art Edelstein
Never mind what they're doing to your tires and wheel bearings, the plethora of potholes in Vermont are draining money from state and local coffers that would otherwise be going to more productive roadway upgrades. <more>
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Banks Side-Step Sub-Prime Problems by Kevin Kelley
Vermont has avoided the catastrophic wave of mortgage problems and foreclosures that many states are suffering through. But the real estate sector has suffered, nonetheless. <more>
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Vermont Exports by Evangelos Otto Simos
Exports come in fits and starts, but Vermont looks a long way from boom times for now. <more>
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Construction Roundup by Ed Barna
The vital construction industry is fighting negative economic factors from many sources. The good news is that Vermont hasn't lost any of the big battles yet in regards to subprime mortgages and energy costs. <more>
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Captive Freedom by Kevin Kelley
At one point last fall, it looked like the IRS might change a key tax provision that would have negatively affected Vermonts captive insurance industry. But led by Molly Lambert, a national team of experts and Vermonts congressional delegation, the I <more>
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FairPoint Wins Vermont Approval by Art Edelstein
FairPoint Communications' desire to buy Verizon's landlines in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine took a giant step forward with Vermonts approval of the deal, following Maine. Now the North Carolina company must wait on New Hampshire, and hold its brea <more>
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Northern Company Newsline by Vermont Business Magazine
Business results, startups, new hires, promotions <more>
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The Circ and Exit 12B by Art Edelstein
Two Proposed access roads, one coming off I-89 south of Exit 12 and one north, could smooth out a lot of existing traffic problems and lead to more economic growth. But don't expect the Circ to bypass Williston to Essex to Colchester, or Exit 12B to th <more>
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COVER STORY: Newspapers in the Internet Age
by Art Edelstein
While the conventional wisdom might suggest that the Internet will prove the ultimate demise of the daily newspaper, the industry itself has been one of its chief beneficiaries by using its abundant content to drive readers and advertisers to newspaper <more>
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Vermont Company Newsline by Vermont Business Magazine
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COVER STORY: Vermont's Unsung Hospitality Heroes
by Vicky Tebbetts
The Vermont travel and tourism industry is a vital one for Vermont, but it would not be as successful without the people who keep it going. Profiled are four people who help put the hospitable in hospitality. <more>
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Construction and Real Estate Newsline by Vermont Business Magazine
Statewide news about the industry <more>
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Lamoille County Economic Report by Kevin Kelley
A good ski season has helped stave off some of the other repercussions of a falling economy. But there is concern about the future of Canadian visitors and whether penny pinching Americans might save there vacation money for another day. <more>
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Skiing's Cold Comfort by Art Edelstein
Last year the state's alpine and Nordic ski areas got too little snow and too much thaw. This year, the snow has been consistently good since the beginning of the season and the industry has rebounded. <more>
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Profile in Business by Joe Schmidt
Vermont Coffee, fair trade coffee for the discerning palate all the way from Bristol. <more>
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Manosh closes hardwood sawmill by Kevin Kelley
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One business hoping just for status quo by Kevin Kelley
As one indicator of the economic outlook for Lamoille County, a building materials supplier in Morrisville says he'll be satisfied if his company records a zero percent growth rate in 2008. <more>
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Statewide Stasis by Kevin Kelley
It could be worse. In fact commercial real estate across the state is doing decidedly OK. <more>
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Vermont Ski Burger by Claire Menegus
Helping to bolster the tourism industry in its entirety, as well as the subsets of agri-tourism and culinary tourism, is a $16 hamburger. You got that right. <more>
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Moran Plant by Kevin Kelley
The former Moran electric plant is an ugly hulk sitting on a very important piece of Burlington's waterfront. Now there's a plan to renovate it into an icon of the city. <more>
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H2B Trouble by Art Edelstein
The state counts on a lot of foreign workers in many different industries. But problems with getting visas is causing trouble in finding enough workers to serve the travel and tourism industry. <more>
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Putting It To BED by Kevin Kelley
The Burlington Electric Department is using a $39 million bond to make its energy sources even more renewable than they are now. <more>
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Chittenden County Real Estate by Kevin Kelley
Commercial and industrial sites are doing pretty well, but office space is still over built with no end in sight. <more>
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Q&A: Roger Allbee, Secretary of Agriculture by Robert Smith
Today we have 60 ongoing and growing farmers' markets, and about seven that are year round. What we're seeing is a real increase in people wanting to know where their food comes from. <more>
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Carving Studio by Ed Barna
West Rutland's Carving Studio is a rock solid example of Vermont's creative economy at work. It also comes in other media. <more>
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Addison County Perpective by Vermont Business Magazine
Articles from the business community about the state of the county's economy, what's growing, and what are the concerns and opportunities in workforce development. <more>
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Q&A: Rob Morgan, the EQUINOX by Robert Smith
The grand hotel of Manchester is getting a makeover. <more>
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Q&A: Brian Searles by Robert Smith
The headman at Burlington International Airport has great expansion plans for one of the state's leading economic engines. And the sooner the better for the airport and the economy. <more>
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VT-LEI by Evangelos Otto Simos
The Vermont economic indicator falls another four tenths as the national economy continues to struggle. <more>
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VT-LEI by Evangelos Otto Simos
The VT LEI continues to slog along in the latest monthly analysis. Vermont Business Magazine has teamed up with e-forecasting.com to present the Leading Economic Indicator for the State of Vermont, or the VT-LEI. <more>
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Conferences & Seminars by Vermont Business Magazine
Statewide news about the industry <more>
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