Economy

Business confidence in Massachusetts continued to yo-yo in August, improving slightly yet remaining in pessimistic territory for the sixth consecutive month. 

Insulet has named two employees to new C-suite roles.

Three years ago, Joann Marsili stepped into her role at Fidelity Bank. Since then, she has led a marketing strategy designed to connect and support the 67,000 small businesses across Central Massachusetts.

Throughout the Aug. 25 edition of WBJ, you’ll read about the best of what humanity can be, personified through WBJ’s 40 Under Forty, Class of 2025. The winners are executives, entrepreneurs, and advocates who are making their marks on our lives and doing so in kind, generous ways.

This unprecedented intergenerational workforce comes with a wealth of different workforce norms and expectations that arguably make it the most ideologically and culturally heterogenous workforce to date.

While Greater Worcester’s unemployment fluctuates month over month, the region’s rate ticked slightly upward in July.

Fresh off announcing an upcoming merger with a Framingham-based credit union, St. Mary’s Credit Union in Marlborough has selected a new leader.

For the third consecutive month, Massachusetts’ unemployment rate held steady in July while remaining higher than the nation as a whole.

Shortly after Webster Five promoted its CFO Brian Westerlind to president and CEO, the Auburn-based bank has named his successor.

Lifeward had a second executive join its C-suite transition in two months as the Marlborough-based medical device has selected its new CFO.