August 16, 2010 - Worcester Business Journal

Education

Colleges Plan For ‘University’ Conversion Costs | Switch will cost little, but must be funded in-house

By becoming universities rather than colleges, the six Massachusetts public higher education institutions that made that change...

Government & Politics

Letter to the Editor: Editorial Painted 40B All Wrong

Dear Editor, As chairman of the Campaign to Protect the Affordable Housing Law and an...

Government & Politics

Editorial: Recipe For Reinvention

If the City of Worcester is to reinvent itself, if it is to become the city that...

Real Estate

New Lease On Life For Vacant Ames Plaza

The vacant Ames building on Route 131 in Sturbridge could soon be occupied by two well-known retailers....

Real Estate

Hanover Puts CitySquare In Boston Developer’s Hands

Despite its storied history of delays, false starts and disappointments, to Donald Birch CitySquare is a “great...

News

Contents of the Aug. 16 2010 issue of the WBJ

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Government & Politics

Empty Tables: Restaurants feel sting of medical gift ban

Two years ago, when the state passed a law preventing doctors and other medical professionals from receiving...

Small Business

Incorporations For June 1-15, 2010

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

Professional Services

Law Firm Seeks $500K In Fees | Cyphermint execs leave creditors, attorneys, accountants hanging

Cyphermint Inc., the defunct, Marlborough-based developer of mobile payment system technology, has so far failed to pay...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Health Care Cost Legislation

Last week Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation reforming some aspects of small business and individual insurance markets....

Government & Politics

Friends And Enemies Of 40B Ready For Fight | As the November election nears, both sides of the 40B battle are gathering steam

It’s the best chance for middle-income working people to achieve the American Dream of home ownership. Or,...

Banking & Finance

Photo Finish From Aug. 16, 2010 Issue of the WBJ

Hospitality

Shop Talk: Q&A with Randy Packard, Pine Acres

In 1960, Pine Acres Family Camping Resort opened on Lake Dean in Oakham with six camping sites....

Real Estate

The Long, Winding Road: CitySquare Timeline

May 2010 Unum finalizes its lease with the new developer of CitySquare. March 2010...

Manufacturing

Not Your Father’s Shop In Oxford | Family Takes T&D Specialties from old-school to tech school

Paul Sirard, president of T&D Specialties Inc. in Oxford, wants high-school students to know that being a...

Education

Traditional Colleges Eye Online-Only Degrees

The typical university classroom of 2010 has just gotten a makeover, and it may look familiar. In...

Economy

A Look Behind The Unemployment Rate | While the statewide rate has been in decline, new jobs are few and far between

Maureen Dunne, co-director of the MetroWest Economic Research Center and a professor at Framingham State College, gets...

News

WBJ Talk Back: Aug. 16, 2010 issue

“I love how McGovern all of a sudden cares about the small businessman! He’s running scared...

Education

Pharmacy Town: What’s fueling school’s growth?

The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences certainly isn’t new to Worcester. The Boston-based school, founded...

Education

Building The 18-Year-Old College Graduate | Gardner program offers diploma, associate’s degree at once

Since 2006, Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner has been serving high school dropouts and near-dropouts with...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Virtual Assistants

10. Not Employees Virtual assistants (VAs) are self-employed business and administrative experts. Unlike the secretary-boss paradigm, where...

Education

New Leadership Readies For Year Ahead At Clark | Goals include lifting the college to the national stage

For the first time in a decade Clark University will have a new president when students return...

Advice

101: Business PLans

For entrepreneurs with high aspirations, the journey toward success requires many steps. The first — creating a...

Education

Early Education Pays Big Dividends

Business and education leaders in Worcester met recently to consider the impact of early childhood programs on...

Technology

The E-Mail Curmudgeon

E-mail. We all use it, every day, ad nauseam. Yet it seems that many people don’t...

Small Business

Knowhow: Data Protection

Safeguarding data should be at the top of your computer maintenance list, right next to virus protection....

Government & Politics

Behind the Sound Bite: Therese Murray on small business job growth

Last week, Gov. Deval Patrick signed a piece of health-care legislation into law that was aimed at...

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