Maine News

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Wine Enthusiast has launched a new eGift Card service. Wine lovers across the United States looking for that perfect pairing can now easily send personalized eGift Cards directly to recipients for redemption at WineEnthusiast.com. Wine Enthusiast selected CashStar, ... read more

MedTech Media, publisher of the award-winning brands Healthcare IT News and Healthcare Finance News, announced today that it will launch PhysBizTech, a multi-platform, online publication for small and medium sized physician group practices on February 6, 2012. PhysBizTech will help physicians and practice managers leverage technology ... read more

Due to the overwhelming number of children with eye and vision problems across the United States, Maine optometrists are devoting appointments throughout the year to no-cost, comprehensive eye and vision assessments for infants between six and 12 months of age through InfantSEE®. To call attention to and emphasize the importance of this effort, U.S. Representative Mike Michaud (D-Maine) has declared the week of February 6 through February 11, 2012 InfantSEE®( )Week in Maine. InfantSEE®, a year-round public health program developed ... read more

CashStar, the digital gifting and incentives company, continues its momentum and record growth as the company powers into 2012. CashStar grew more than 400 percent during the past year, more than doubled its retail brand partners and now drives the majority of retailers’ digital gift card ... read more

Maine Manufacturing, LLC announced today that it has signed an extended agreement with GE Healthcare granting Maine Manufacturing the exclusive right to all commercial aspects of the FAST® Protein Array product line. Maine Manufacturing, which has been manufacturing the FAST line for several years, will sell and market the FAST Slides and accessories including FAST Quant, direct to end users as well as through a network of distributors and partners. The FAST product line is built around the nitrocellulose coated ... read more

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDXX), today reported that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 increased 8% to $307.2 million, from $283.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2010. Organic revenue growth, as defined below, was 7%. Earnings per diluted share ("EPS") for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 increased 8% to $0.67, compared to $0.62 for the same period in the prior year. Fourth quarter 2011 EPS includes a $3 million milestone payment earned related to the 2008 sale ... read more

OMG’s® Systems Assurance Task Force has issued a Request for Information as the first step in the process of creating a new standard for “Assuring Dependability of Consumer Devices.” Responses to the RFI are due by May 20, 2012. ... read more

IntertechPira is pleased to announce the agendas for the 7th Annual Photovoltaics Summit and 4th Annual Concentrating Solar Thermal Power, scheduled for April 17-19 at The Westin Hotel, in San Diego, Calif., US. These two forward-thinking solar events are co-locating in 2012 to delve more deeply ... read more

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDXX), has scheduled the release of its 2011 fourth quarter and full-year financial results for Friday, January 27, at approximately 7:00 a.m. (eastern). The Company will conduct an analyst conference call beginning at 9:00 a.m. (eastern) on that day. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110602/NE13041LOGO ) Individuals can access a live webcast of the conference call through a link on the IDEXX website, http://www.idexx.com. An archived edition of the call will be available after 1:00 p.m. (eastern) on that day ... read more

Wright Express Corporation (NYSE: WXS) announced today that it will report fourth-quarter 2011 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Michael Dubyak, chief executive officer, and Steve Elder, chief financial officer, will host a conference call ... read more

Goold Health Systems (GHS), a health care management company focusing on Medicaid services, recently promoted Jason Hargrove to Vice President of Administration. This move reflects GHS’s ongoing commitment to developing leadership, increasing operational efficiencies, and growing services. ... read more

Best Buy Canada and Future Shop today became the first major retailers in Canada to offer customers personalized eGift Cards through a partnership with CashStar, the digital gifting and incentives company. The service went live today and consumers can now easily purchase and send personalized eGift ... read more

Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services and Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH), announced today that the State’s Medicaid Management Information System received full federal certification from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The Maine Integrated Health Management Solution (MIHMS) was designed and implemented ... read more

The hectic holiday shopping season is coming to a close and retailers have come together to provide help for consumers with ClickIt!toGiftIt! Day on December 23. Previously, this date marked when retailers could no longer guarantee gifts bought online will arrive in time for Christmas and ... read more

This holiday season, CashStar’s annual holiday shopping trends survey found that consumers are going to fill eStockings and plan to leverage their smartphones. eGift Cards are an expected eCommerce bright spot for retailers this challenging economic holiday season as more than 70 percent of consumers prefer ... read more

The Center for Digital Government recently recognized the State of Maine with a Digital Government Achievement Award in the government-to-business category for the One Stop Online Background Check Service. The online service, sponsored by the Department of Public Safety and ... read more

This holiday season, CashStar, the digital gifting and incentives company, is enabling shoppers to fill eStockings with personalized eGift Cards. With the gift card market at $100 billion and growing, digital gifting is expected to be a bright spot for retailers this challenging holiday season with ... read more

CashStar, the digital gifting and incentives company, today announced that QVC®, the world's leading multimedia retailer, has selected the CashStar platform to power its new eGift Card program. Consumers will be able to easily purchase and send personalized eGift Cards anytime, anywhere that ... read more

Responding to a fast-growing need for specialized diagnostic collection and transport systems, Puritan Medical Products LLC has established a new diagnostic division to better serve its customers throughout the world. The company is now manufacturing and selling an expanded line of diagnostic products from its facility in Guilford, Maine -- a significant change from just a few years ago. Because of steadily increasing sales in the diagnostic arena, the company decided to create a new division: Puritan Diagnostics. Puritan ... read more

On Thursday, November 17, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works celebrated the keel laying of Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the first ship in the planned three-ship Zumwalt class of guided-missile destroyers. The keel unit is the 4,000-ton, heavily outfitted mid-forebody section of the ship, which was moved from the shipyard's Ultra Hall construction facility onto the building ways in late October. A photo of the keel unit is available at http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111027/PH95267. The ship is named for ADM Elmo Zumwalt (1920-2000), regarded as the ... read more