August 4, 2008 - Worcester Business Journal

Small Business

The Gentle Art Of Negotiating Salary | 8 Tips for getting the money you want

Interviewing for a new job is a long and arduous courtship. If the courtship goes well,...

Small Business

Fitchburg Firm Looks West For Expansion | Resource Management Inc. eyes offices in Texas, Midwest

When Reinaldo Lopez, CEO of Resource Management Inc. in Fitchburg, talks to the small businesses that are...

Energy

Deregulation Gets A Bad Rap

The New England Power Generators Association disagrees with Thomas Josie’s recent op-ed in the July 21 Worcester...

Real Estate

UK Firm Expands To Marlborough | Awaits FDA approval for new TB test

A United Kingdom company awaiting federal approval of a new blood test for tuberculosis has opened an...

Advice

101: Performance Reviews

Often managers cringe at the annual parade of performance reviews. It can seem like a never-ending process...

Education

A Business Made Of Stone

P. Kevin Condron seems to be involved in just about every corner of the Worcester business community....

Technology

Performance Indicator LLC, Lowell | Robert T. Winskowicz and Robb J. Osinski, founders

Disappearing and appearing tattoos, golf balls that show their lack of range, light emitting paint that can...

Small Business

Incorporations For May 1-15, 2008

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

Real Estate

IBM’s Littleton Software Lab Slated For November Completion | Building will be center of huge campus for computer giant

IBM Corp’s state-of-the-art software lab in Littleton is expected to house its first employees in November after...

Technology

NOMIR Medical Technologies, Waltham | Richard Burtt, CEO

NOMIR Medical Technologies Inc. develops optical energy devices combat toe fungus, periodontal disease, and much of the...

Manufacturing

Millbury Manfuacturer Knocks The Knockoffs | Foaming at the brush on Latti Farm Road

We’ve all heard the admonition “beware of imitations” so many times that it almost seems foolish, especially...

Government & Politics

Board Issues $3.1M In Biotech Grants | 13-member scientific advisory board scrutinized applications

As National Institutes of Health research funding has flattened out, making it harder for young investigators to...

Advice

10 Things I Know About: Improving Cash Flow

10. Prevention Is Key “Cash is king!” Smart business practices reduce your risk of...

Government & Politics

Small Biz Shouldn’t Foot Bill For Health Care

When Massachusetts enacted landmark health care reform in 2006, small business owners were hopeful that reform would...

Technology

GenomeQuest Inc., Westborough | Ronald Ranuaro, CEO

GenomeQuest Inc. has a database that can be compared to Google for gene researchers, according to Ronald...

Banking & Finance

Galvin Charges Merrill Lynch With Fraud

Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin has filed a complaint charging investment bank Merrill Lynch, Pierce,...

Real Estate

The Numbers Game In The State’s Construction Industry | Who should we believe when it comes to union v. nonunion employee totals?

How many of the state’s construction workers are union members? It’s a straightforward question, but it’s...

Small Business

Growing Up And Out At MBI | Worcester’s biotech incubator cares for the small and helps them thrive

One company creates genetically engineered animals for drug research, another works on a new drug delivery technology...

Banking & Finance

Perks A Plenty For CEOs Last Year | Companies offer stock options, air travel and commuting expenses

What can a big corporation offer the CEO who has everything? Judging from SEC filings for companies...

Small Business

Movers & Shakers, Aug. 4, 2008

Paxton-based Anna Maria College has hired YVONNIE MALCOLM as controller. She joins AMC from Atlantic Union College...

Banking & Finance

Pay At Local Public Cos. Falters In 2007 | EMC’s Tucci tops the list two years in a row

It seems the economy, particularly the suffering stock market, is taking its toll on the highest-paid executives...

Banking & Finance

IndyMac, Economic Troubles Raise Concerns Over Banks | Region’s financial institutions have solid ratings from BauerFinancial

The recent failure of IndyMac, based in Pasadena, Calif., has brought the specter of bank failure into...

Technology

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