August 17, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

Advice

101: Phone Etiquette

For more than a century, the telephone has been a staple for businesses both large and small....

Education

Business Gets Behind Charter School Push

Business groups are gearing to support a proposal by Gov. Deval Patrick to lift the cap on...

Manufacturing

Boston Power Puts Battery Factory On Hold

Boston Power Inc. may put its plans to build a large factory in Auburn for building hybrid...

News

What Is Central Mass | The many ways of looking at a region

If you’re in Central Massachusetts and you have a LinkedIn account, chances are you’ve noticed that the...

Advice

10 Things I Know About Good PR

Rich Suitum is the president of Exsel Advertising in Spencer. He can be reached at rich@exselad.com. ...

Manufacturing

Seeing Is Believing In Southbridge | Family firm carries on town’s optics heritage

JP Mfg. Inc. is just the kind of place I like. It’s stuffed into what used to...

Government & Politics

Verizon Pushes For Change To Cable Rules | Towns would be forced to negotiate deals on 90-day timetable

If passed, new legislation in both the state House and Senate supported by Verizon would drastically alter...

News

Group Insurance For Cities Deserves Support

The Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) recently announced a campaign to support legislation containing measures that would...

News

Photo Finish for the August 17, 2009 Issue

News

Time To Drive Health Care Costs Down

Rising health care costs are a major barrier to economic growth, particularly for small businesses. Health insurance...

News

Contents Of The August 17, 2009 Issue Of The WBJ

Issue Highlights ...

Professional Services

Good Returns | Sound advice to avoid return-to-work mistakes

Coupled with the impact of the recession, the sweeping changes in the newly enacted ADA Amendments Act...

Technology

ESLR Suffers Along With Solar Market | Glut of product, lack of credit pushes local company to China

Last fall, after taking a financial sucker punch from Lehman Brothers, executives at Evergreen Solar in Marlborough...

Real Estate

New Rules Foul Up Local Realtors

For Cheryl Eidinger-Taylor, chief operating officer for ERA Key Realty of Whitinsville, new rules governing the appraisal...

Banking & Finance

To Reimburse Or Not To Reimburse | Some companies swear by it, some schools have sworn it off

A tuition reimbursement program can be a good way for employers to attract and retain employees, but...

Education

Stepping Up | Holy Cross Alumni group increases support for intern program

Every year for the past 10 years a group of alumni from the College of Holy Cross...

Education

Paying For Grades

In the wake of Gov. Deval Patrick’s filing of legislation to double the number of public charter...

News

Incorporations for June 1 – 15, 2009

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Safe Act

On July 31, Gov. Deval Patrick signed the SAFE Act legislation, which ensured that the state retains...

Education

UMass Med Plans $16M Data Center

The University of Massachusetts Medical School is building a $16 million data center at its South Street...

News

WBJ Talk Back in the August 17, 2009 Issue

“Solar panels in a Worcester school? Wouldn’t the money be better spent on education in the classroom...

Life Sciences

Protection For Biologics | Companies say patents are not enough

As President Barack Obama and federal politicians debate the particulars of health care reform, Massachusetts biotechnology companies...

Technology

Shop Talk: Q&A With Jim Baum, Netezza Corp.

If you’ve got terabytes of data and nothing to do with them, you might call Marlborough-based Netezza...

Education

Local Colleges Move Away From SATs | Assumption the latest to drop standardized tests

The SATs, long a rite of passage for all college applicants, may not be going the way...

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