Associated Industries of Massachusetts

Optimism about the state economy -- bolstered by news that Boston has lured GE away from Connecticut -- helped get 2016 off to a positive start for business confidence despite uneasy financial markets, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

The proposed Millionaire's tax could impact business owners operating in Massachusetts.

Noting its history as the first state to pass a pay equity law more than 70 years ago, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed legislation Thursday that proponents say will strengthen that law in an attempt to close the gender pay gap.

Economists from universities around Massachusetts are endorsing a change in the state constitution to establish a 4 percent surtax on incomes over $1 million, a move estimated to generate close to $2 billion from nearly 20,000 filers.

Central Massachusetts business leaders say they would never stand in the way of equal wages for men and women, but they're not about to stick their necks out in support of a proposed state law that's meant to achieve that goal.

General Electric, one of the nation's largest companies, will move about 800 jobs to Massachusetts starting this summer when it begins to relocate its global headquarters from Connecticut to the South Boston waterfront, the company announced on Wednesday.

In its monthly Business Confidence Index, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) found that December shed 1.6 points to close out 2015 two points below the level at the end of 2014.

The federal government last week extended several health care reform-related reporting deadlines, which an industry group said...

The state Senate this week plans to renew its attempt to deliver social media privacy protections for students and employment candidates in Massachusetts.

For the third straight month, and the sixth month out of the last seven, business confidence in Massachusetts dipped slightly in October, Associated Industries of Massachusetts reported Tuesday morning.