December 19, 2011 - Worcester Business Journal

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Behind The Sound Bite

Gov. Deval Patrick, along with state officials and business executives, visited Brazil and Chile this month to...

Real Estate

Resisting Rentals | With apartment living on the rise in Central Massachusetts, neighbors push back against developers

When the Gutierrez Co. proposed building 290 apartments in a Marlborough neighborhood made up mostly of single-family...

Education

Betting On Casino Careers | QCC, UMass courses prepare for expanded gaming in the Bay State

Just two years ago, when Andrew Pellegrini, a 22-year-old Worcester native, entered Quinsigamond Community College with...

News

6 Signs It’s Time For VoIP | Consider the technology upgrade if your current phone system is causing you to lose business and efficiency

It's a rare business owner who wakes up one morning and decides that legacy migration to Voice...

News

Briefing: Initial Public Offerings

Framingham-based IT firm GlassHouse Technologies has withdrawn plans to take the company public through an initial public...

News

Report Urges New Approach To Workforce Development

Public and private workforce development organizations are matchmakers, working to link those looking for jobs with training,...

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Incorporations

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

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Photo Finish: Dec. 19, 2011

OF NOTESouthborough-based Statewide Towing Association raised $8,670 for Baystate Children's Hospital in Springfield at its annual golf...

Hospitality

Q&A With Bob Murdock of Destination Worcester

NAME: Bob MurdockTITLE: Director of Sales, Destination WorcesterHOMETOWN: Greenwich, Conn.RESIDENCE: WorcesterEDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, Bucknell University; master's degrees,...

Government & Politics

How To Boost Jobs In Worcester

Should the city require that local labor be used on major construction projects? This question was raised...

News

Issue Highlights: Dec. 19, 2011

RESISTING RENTALS – With vacancy rates for apartments plunging, several developers see a big enough market...

News

Analysts: Firms’ Struggles Not Holding Back Green Industry

Two clean energy businesses in Central Massachusetts have had their fair share of struggles in the last...

News

A Central Mass. Wish List For 2012

As we near the end of 2011, we want to take this opportunity not to opine on...

News

Weak Economy, Higher Tuition Lead To Increase In Student Loan Defaults

The average four-year university student in Massachusetts graduates with $25,541 of debt, the 12th highest in the...

News

More To Do For Business, Job Growth In Worcester

In 2010, Mayor Joseph O’Brien assembled a diverse group of stakeholders with an interest in improving the...

News

Downtown Vitality In Focus | MCPHS prepares for new $10-million optometry school

As long as the world contains people with sub-par vision, we’ll need optometrists. Decision makers...

Advice

10 Things I Know About Twitter For Business

Sarah Devaney-O’Neil is the owner of Storibook Designs, Inc., a Massachusetts-based interior decorating firm that services both...

News

WBJ Talk Back

MANUFACTURING STUDY GROUP A recent WBJournal.com report on the launching of a study group to examine...

Advice

101: Stepping Down

In these days of economic downturn, we don’t hear much about employees resigning, but they do. However,...

Government & Politics

Casinos: A Step In The Right Direction

With expanded casino gambling now part of Massachusetts’ future, many businesses throughout the commonwealth continue to question...

News

Colleges Loosen Up On Admission Tests | Central Mass. schools dump SAT and ACT as requirements for admission

The SAT is far from dead, but the standardized test — which colleges have long required for...

December 19, 2011Edition

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