August 1, 2011 - Worcester Business Journal

Energy

A Competitive And Clean Economy

While Washington debates how to solve our budget problems, Massachusetts is demonstrating that we can innovate our...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: A Commuter’s Community

Myrna MoralesTechnology Coordinator, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Shrewsbury/Boston Residence: CambridgeAverage commute time: About...

Government & Politics

Marketing Messages

If there's one often-heard complaint from Worcester residents and businesses, it's that the city lacks a coherent...

Technology

Stumbling Through A Lesson In Tumblr

When Lady Gaga’s doing it, you know it must be hip. And just what is Lady...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: Walker’s Delight

Dianne BruceExecutive Director, Edward Street Child Services, WorcesterResidence: Worcester Average commute time:...

Economy

National Measure Of Business Optimism Slips | Could a double-dip recession be headed our way?

According to the National Hot Dog & Sausage Council, hot dog season officially started on Memorial...

Advice

10 Things I Know About… Print Marketing

10. REPETITION IS KEY It takes seven to nine times for your message to be seen...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: Road Warrior

Andrew DavidsonCFO, Richard White Sons Inc., Auburndale Residence: GraftonAverage commute time: About an hourMode...

Small Business

Knowhow: Benefits Online | A review of the Social Security Administration’s website with the HR professional in mind

From the day hired to the day retired, handling payroll, benefit and personal issues for your employees...

News

Some Smaller Hospitals Can Deliver Big Savings | Report: No link between costs and quality of care

As the state moves slowly forward on efforts to control health care costs, a recent study by...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Sales Tax Holiday

Massachusetts lawmakers have once again approved a sales tax holiday weekend this year. On Aug. 13 and...

Government & Politics

Federal Patent System Faces Changes | Move to first-to-file system pits big business against independent inventors

Big companies with operations in Central Massachusetts like Abbott Labs, Genzyme and Boston Scientific are hailing efforts...

Government & Politics

Mass. Manufacturers Wary Of Chemical Classification | Feds label of formaldehyde as carcinogen

Massachusetts officials are considering more stringent reporting requirements for manufacturers that use formaldehyde, a development that comes...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: A look at commuting patterns in Central Massachusetts

Editor's Note: This story is part of the Tales From The Road package. For more stories,...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: Chain Man

Robert NolanSenior director of marketing and communications, Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester Residence: WestboroughAverage commute...

News

Incorporations For April 16-30, 2011

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between April 16-30,...

Advice

101: Market Research

The good news about market research is that it doesn’t have to eat up a huge chunk...

Professional Services

Area Law Firms See More Job Seekers

It was 2009 and Worcester native Amanda Silk and her fellow third-year Georgetown University Law School classmates...

News

Q&A with Erik Wexler, Saint Vincent Hospital

Erik Wexler joins Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester as its new president and CEO during a critical...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: Commuting Stats

Editor's Note: This story is part of the Tales From The Road package. For more stories, including...

Retail

Craftmanship Lives On At Sturbridge Leather Shop

Herbert Pelkey works six days a week, the same schedule he has kept since opening The Moccasin...

News

Access, Insurance At Issue For Mass. Docs

Massachusetts officials can justifiably brag about the percentage of state residents who have health insurance — easily...

News

WBJ Talk Back from the Aug. 1, 2011 issue

Summer DazeA recent op-ed by Andy Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern...

Banking & Finance

Behind The Sound Bite: Medical Bankruptcy

At a recent forum that advocated for a single-payer health care system, state Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton,...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: Train Commute Timeline

Editor's Note: On July 19, WBJ Staff Writer Brandon Butler, who lives in Arlington, took the train...

Transportation

Tales From The Road: Reporter’s Notebook

Editor's Note: This story is part of the Tales From The Road package. For more stories, including...

Government & Politics

Auto Makers, Mechanics At Odds Over Repairs | Proposed state legislation divides an industry

The introduction of computers into vehicles hasn't exactly made life easy for mechanics. In fact, the proliferation...

Nonprofits

Local Nonprofit Leads Business Connections In West Africa

After returning from Sierra Leone, where he had helped organize the construction of a new health...

News

Photo Finish from the Aug. 1, 2011 issue

Economy

Forecast: Chilly With A Chance Of Cold

Is the global economy heading for a freeze? The temperature is definitely decreasing: The stock markets worldwide...

News

Highlights from the Aug. 1, 2011 issue

On Page One GOING THE DISTANCE — The average commute in Massachusetts is more...

Transportation

Tales From The Road

Unless you are one of the lucky 4 percent of Massachusetts residents who work from home, you...

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