Associated Industries of Massachusetts

Bob Fichtel, who runs a one-person marketing and design studio out of Ashburnham, wasn't shocked when business dipped 10 percent this year. After all, times continue to be tough.

Employers throughout Central Massachusetts might find fewer workers on their health insurance rolls come 2014, while smaller...

Should Massachusetts buy electricity from large Canadian hydropower facilities? Ask Christophe Courchesne of the Conservation Law Foundation, a group dedicated to environmental causes, and he says “the devil is in the details.” Ask Robert Rio of the business group Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), and he uses the exact same phrase.

Massachusetts companies expressed slightly more confidence about the state's business climate in September, but responses are still not trending strongly in either direction.

The Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) late last week said it was “gravely disappointed” with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius's denial of Gov. Deval Patrick's request for a waiver on health insurance rating-factor limitations under federal health care reform.

A push to repeal the new sales tax on computer and software design services through a ballot initiative cleared its first hurdle on Wednesday as a summit between Beacon Hill officials and tech industry leaders broke apart with no agreement from lawmakers to readdress the controversial tax.

Finally, after a Great Recession that has been anything but great for businesses in the Bay State, the nation and beyond, important measures of economic health are starting to show change for the better.

A key measure of business confidence in Massachusetts rose in July, reaching its highest level since August 2012, according to the organization that publishes a monthly survey of state businesses.

Seven years ago, Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) and its 5,000 member employers supported the groundbreaking health...

Saying that it has heard business' concerns regarding the complexity of reporting requirements and the amount of time to implement changes, the Obama administration said it's delaying a key part of the Affordable Care Act for another year.