April 14, 2008 - Worcester Business Journal

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Gardner Gunmaker To Close

City bemoans company's 'quick decision' to shutter plantThe parent company of Gardner gun maker H&R 1871 will...

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Incentives Lift Staples CEO Compensation To $30M

Sargent triples previous year's payBy Mark JewellAP Business Writer Staples Inc. Chairman and CEO Ronald Sargent was...

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Nichols & Stone Slashes Local Operations

Last Gardner furniture factory faces uncertain futureNichols & Stone, the only sizable furniture manufacturer still operating in...

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10 Things I Know About…

Negotiating A DownturnBy Joseph Deliso Deliso heads Blackstone Management & Consulting of Sutton and is a specialist...

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Know How: Corporate Ethics

How a little moral orienteering makes employees betterBy Meredith WiseSpecial to the Worcester Business JournalWhen we think...

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Editorial: A Global Giant With A Good Reputation

When a corporate giant comes in to buy a smaller, locally-based manufacturer, it's usually bad news for...

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Networking

TUESDAY, APRIL 15Women's Information NetworkSponsor: Worcester Regional Chamber of CommerceTime: 12 to 1:30 p.m.Place: Worcester Regional Chamber...

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Earth Day Every Day For New Group

MetroWest businesses undertake local sustainability effortsDebra Strick, marketing and public relations director at the New England Wild...

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FCHP, VNA Join Up To Buy Home Staff

Acquisition expands FCHP's home care holdingsWorcester-based Fallon Community Health Plan, in a joint venture with VNA Care...

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101 Successful Sales Plans

Five qualities for identifying whether your sales plan will prepare you for growth.By Dave MattsonSpecial to the...

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Labor Pool: Utility Union Sees More Than Dollar Signs

New contract focuses on future of call center jobsIt's not easy being a union that represents call...

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Regional Briefs

Initiative Targets Mass. Cos. Willing To ReinventA new program called the Next Generation Manufacturing Initiative wants to...

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Sturbridge Co. Brings Manufacturing From Germany

Weak dollar makes American production more affordableHarry Wotton, founder of Securos Inc. of Sturbridge.When Harry Wotton, the...

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Central Mass In Review

BarreSouth Barre Bizman Buys Rail LineThe owner of four South Barre companies has purchased a railroad company...

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Taxing Times For National Grid Customers

Utility no longer files for exemption on small businesses' behalfTheodore Welte, president and CEO of the MetroWest...

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Companies To Tame Meetings

Employees made to stand up, shut upBY Stephanie ArmourUSA TODAY To boost the productivity of meetings, companies...

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Welcome To The WBJ’s Meetings Guide

The resource for planning or attending events in Central Mass.Business, at its core, may be about money....

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Practice Makes Perfect Presentations

Public speaking doesn't have to be nerve-wrackingBy Jacki RoseSpecial to the Worcester Business JournalThere you are, about...

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Shop Talk: Running The Boys Club

Laura Sen's history with BJ's Wholesale Club stretches to 1989, when she joined the then fledging start-up...

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Hopkinton Questions Pricing For Luxury At Legacy Farms

Developer says homes at Weston Nurseries sitewill sell because, or in spite, of marketA rendering of the...

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Movers & Shakers

Jamaica Plain-based Bottom Line, an organization that helps urban students get into college, has hired GINETTE SAIMPREVIL...

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Region Competes In Legal Hiring, Especially With Women

New age perks, less stressful work have young lawyers looking westBY John O. CunninghamSpecial to the Worcester...

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State Business Regs Might Not Be That Onerous After All

AIM survey on regulatory burden garners low response rateStephen J. Adams, U.S. Small Business Administration.Just 66 of...

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Opinion 2: If Casinos Win, Massachusetts Pays

By Kelly MarcimoSpecial to the Worcester Business Journal Last year, like many people, I was not opposed to...

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Patrick Pushes Projects

Gov. channels FDR in sweeping speech on economyGov. Deval L. Patrick said the state should cut its...

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Industrial Strength: More Than A Finger In The Dam In Upton

New England Infrastructure keeps water behind dams, under bridgesThere are many companies out there that contribute to...

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Comfortable Enough To Ask For Business

Networking should be much more than small talkCarol Donovan.By Carole DonovanSpecial to the Worcester Business Journal How many...

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Railing Against Fuel Costs

A Providence & Worcester Railroad locomotive in the company's maintenance yard. Cost of diesel means good times for...

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Destination Worcester Turns One

Too soon to assess its work, leaders sayPatrick Lynch, Destination Worcester executive director, says advertising is the...

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Worcester’s Low-Tech Legacy Reaches Into The Future

Local biotech co. develops simple treatment with a complex twistThere has been a lot of enthusiasm and...

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Incorporations

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office primarily between January...

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Opinion 1: Patience Needed For Managed Competition

By Richard McGrathSpecial to the Worcester Business Journal In a free-market economy, government agencies don't set prices for...

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MetroWest Wants Rides To And From The MBTA

Region difficult to reach from points east, transit officials sayEd Carr, administrator of the Metro-West Regional Transit...

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Tips For Terrific Trade Shows

Planning, prizes make your booth the hit of the showBy Deborah ScaringiSpecial to the Worcester Business Journal ...

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