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JAB Holding to pay total of $13.9 billion, also controls Peet's and Caribou coffee companies
by Mike Smith In a recent commentary, Senator Joe Benning, R-Caledonia, advocated for the expulsion of Sen. Norm McAllister, R-Franklin, from the Vermont Senate. In May, near the end of the legislative session, McAllister was arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual assault and prohibited acts.
Vermont Business Magazine Addison County Economic Development Corporation (ACEDC) has announced the five winners of its Green Energy Grant program. Grants were awarded at today’s Annual Meeting. Each grant is valued at $500 and will be used for innovative green energy projects that will have an impact on businesses and residents of Addison County.
Vermont Business Magazine Just in time for the giving season, the Vermont Community Foundation has published Opportunity: 11 Critical Paths for Philanthropy in Vermont, a new resource to help guide potential donors as they consider which organizations or programs to support. Opportunity identifies 11 issue areas that present especially strong opportunities for
by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine This historically long and slow recovery is beginning to reveal real growth in the economy, with many of the downside risks theoretical and the upside risks looking pervasive, at least for now.
Vermont Business Magazine The Brattleboro Retreat has been notified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that the hospital has been restored to deemed status under The Joint Commission and has also been released from the Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) it has been under since October 2014.
Vermont Business Magazine The Northeast Kingdom Fund at the Vermont Community Foundation made $59,560 in grants to 24 organizations in Orleans, Essex, and Caledonia Counties this year. The Fund was established in 2011 by the Community Foundation and local partners as a permanent philanthropic resource to support the people and communities in the region.
Vermont Business Magazine Merchants Bancshares, Inc (NASDAQ: MBVT), has announced the completion of the merger of NUVO Bank & Trust Company (NUVO), located in Springfield, Massachusetts. NUVO's banking business will be operated as a division of Merchants Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merchants.
Vermont Business Magazine AIV's annual meeting is the premier forum for addressing critical manufacturing and economic issues facing Vermont, bringing together leaders from across business and public sectors, and we are holding our 95th Annual Meeting December 16 at the Capitol Plaza in Montpelier.
Vermont Business Magazine Representative Peter Welch (D-VT), Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are leading a bicameral, bipartisan coalition in Congress challenging a new US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standard that could ban many age-old recipes for raw milk cheese and severely harm artisan cheese producers in Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine Should Vermont reduce its reliance on incarceration as a response to criminal conduct? Attorney General Bill Sorrell invites the public to join him and others at one of three forums across Vermont to offer their thoughts and ideas.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont's weekly unemployment claims, which have been steadily increasing since the end of the summer, jumped to over 1,200 for the week, but remain below figures from the same time last year. For the week of November 28, there were 1,257 claims, an increase of 462 from the previous week's total and 171 fewer than they were a year ago.