SPECIAL FOCUS: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
GLOBAL VIEW– Meet four companies from Central Massachusetts that have discovered the potential value of worldwide markets.
BEYOND CHINA – Production delays, rising costs and increased quality in the U.S. have Central Massachusetts manufacturers rethinking their investments in the Asian economic powerhouse.
EYES ON EUROPE – With economic recessions and slow growth in several countries on the continent, businesses are paying close attention to events in Europe.
NEWS & ANALYSIS
REAL ESTATE FORECAST: SUNNY WITH RISING SALES – An unseasonably warmer winter has helped lead a surge in single-family home sales in Central Massachusetts and across the state, which real estate agents hope will carry well into spring.
FROM BETTER DISKS TO BETTER REST – A call for innovation from within propels Venmill Industries of Uxbridge into a new market.
HOW MUCH HAS MASS. ECONOMY GROWN, REALLY? – Revised numbers for 2011 throw cold water on the Bay State’s and Central Massachusetts’ employment pictures.
DIRECT AIR SHUTDOWN RENEWS QUESTIONS OVER AIRPORT’S FUTURE – The court-ordered liquidation of Direct Air leaves the future of commercial passenger flight at Worcester Regional Airport in doubt, and the airport possibly leaning more toward general aviation.
FEDERAL CUTS COULD HIT TECH ECONOMY HARD – A recent report by the UMass Donahue Institute’s MassBenchmarks publication argued that if belt-tightening by governments continues, public-sector workers won’t be the only ones out on the street.
THE LIST
Top Accounting Firms in Central Massachusetts
SHOP TALK
Q&A with Phong Le of semipro soccer club Worcester Hydra
OPINIONS
THE UNCERTAINTY OF ECONOMIC DATA – As though it’s not difficult enough to divine what the future holds when making policy or business decisions, it’s sometimes just as difficult to know what has happened in the past, wrtes Robert Nakosteen.
HOW HIGH COURT RULING ON HEALTH CARE MIGHT AFFECT MASS. FIRMS – Attorney Matthew R. Fisher outlines what could happen with the U.S. Supreme Court’s pending ruling on the national health law.
WORCESTER’S ECONOMIC FUTURE – A recent state-sponsored report that addressed priority development areas along Interstate 495 also included Worcester, a clear sign that the city’s economic future is tied to that of its neighbors to the east.
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If your company belongs on one of our lists or if you have content and story ideas, email WBJ Editor Rick Saia, rsaia@wbjournal.com.
