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RECORD SCORE — Why local political leaders think the video game industry is more than just playing around.
GROWTH CHART — Two small communities are leveraging their assets to be some of the area’s fastest growing towns.
SALARY LEVELS — How local nonprofits find success with all-volunteer boards.
News & Analysis
PRICE LIST — Two Central Massachusetts hospitals react to being labeled by Blue Cross as “high cost.”.
EXPANSION PLANS — Rotmans Furniture in Worcester expands into TV sales and sees future growth opportunities.
EDUCATED EFFORTS — Local community colleges react to a new UMass Amherst deal that gives two-year college students a tuition break.
Special Focus: Doing Business In China
CHINESE ASSESSMENT — Everyone knows China is huge and growing by the day. But does that market spell opportunity or disaster for businesses in Central Massachusetts?
TAPPING IN — Those who’ve been there, done that review to dos and don’ts of breaking into the Chinese economy
FOLLOW THE MONEY — Increasingly, global businesses based in Central Massachusetts are getting more of their revenues from overseas than from America.
