April 27, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

Professional Services

Data Security Regs Are Smart Policy

A batch of new state regulations that go into effect Jan. 1, 2010 has some businesses complaining...

News

Central Mass. Hospitals: State Of The Unions | Could Boston organizing spread to Worcester?

Earlier this month, more than 800 employees at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston became members of...

Education

UMass Online Targets China For Growth Opportunity | Web-savvy schools can tap demand for global perspective

When it reported 27 percent revenue growth for its 2009 fiscal year earlier this month, Shrewsbury-based UMass...

News

Golf Tournament Guide | Planning a golf event? Or itching to swing your club for a good cause? Here’s a directory of upcoming golf...

MAYSaturday, May 221st Annual New Beginnings Golf TournamentLocation: Heritage Country Club, CharltonTime: 12 p.m. registrationDescription: To benefit...

News

MetroWest Agency Head Resigns

Donna Jacobs, director of the MetroWest Growth Management Committee is leaving the Framingham-based agency to start her...

Manufacturing

From Tenants To Landlords | Manufacturers seize opportunity to buy instead of rent

A down economy is a good time to hear talk about the present being a an opportune...

Small Business

Mean Streets | Competition heats up between city’s taxi and livery drivers

Jennifer McGinty, a driver with Red Cab of Worcester Inc., has been behind the wheel of a...

News

Photo Finish for the April 27, 2009 issue

News

Fairway To Sealing The Deal | How to get business done on the golf course

While not many will ever achieve the goal of being a scratch golfer, nearly everyone can get...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Selling Like A Girl

Jeanne Worrick of North Grafton has 20 years of sales experience in the petroleum industry, which is...

Education

State Should Meet Demand For Charter Schools

On March 9, president Obama cited the commonwealth’s outstanding performance in an international test that proved our...

News

Cognex Cuts 85 Jobs

Cognex Corp., the Natick-based maker of machine vision sensors, said it would cut 85 jobs and reduce...

Banking & Finance

Capital Gains A Capital Pain | Local biotech entrepreneur laments Bay State’s tax structure

Capital gains tax rates in Massachusetts continue to be a topic of discussion among entrepreneurs and business...

Banking & Finance

To Lend Or Not To Lend | Local community banks have money, but are there any takers?

Banks aren’t lending. It’s become a familiar refrain and a ready explanation for the length and depth...

Banking & Finance

Pensions Walloped By Down Market

Since 1987, the City of Worcester Retirement System, like the rest of the state’s municipal pension systems,...

News

WBJ Talk Back, April 27, 2009

“Most of the businesses operating downtown are doing it illegally. They have illegal aliens working for them...

News

Incorporations for Feb. 1 – 15, 2009

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between Feb. 1-15,...

Government & Politics

State Agency Recognizes I-495/MetroWest

Combatting congestion along Interstate 495 and improving rail connections from Central Massachusetts to Boston are two priorities...

Advice

101: Writing Press Releases

If your business is thriving and you’ve got a story to tell, it may be time to...

Transportation

Briefing: Mass Pike Initiatives

The Executive Office of Transportation and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority recently announced a series of initiatives to...

News

Central Mass. Greens

Welcome to the Worcester Business Journal’s Annual Golf Guide. Within the next few pages you’ll find resources...

News

April 27, 2009 Issue of the WBJ

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTSOn Page One CAB COMPLAINTS – Tax drivers in Worcester face declining demand and increasing competition....

Small Business

Virtual Office | Advice on how to implement telecommuting without losing productivity

In the last few years, telecommuting popularity has sky- rocketed among business owners and executives. According to...

Small Business

A Positive Move

And speaking of customers, we’d like to extend our best wishes to 55 Pearl, the new restaurant...

Manufacturing

Problem Solved At Phillips Precision | No project is too small for growing Boylston job shop

About 12 years ago, Steve and Catherine Phillips’ lives were about to change. They were both working...

Real Estate

Suburban Office Vacancy Rate Hits 20%

Vacancy among office and research and development space along Interstate 495 hit 23.7 percent during the first...

Government & Politics

Shop Talk: Q&A with Karen Spilka, State Senator

Before running in a special election for the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2001, Karen Spilka was...

Economy

Economics: The Not So Scientific Science

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Henry Kauffman lamented, “Why are we so poor at managing...

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