December 21, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

News

A Look Back At 2009 | The past year has been a difficult one, to say the least. Many businesses were in survival mode,...

Commonwealth National Bidding War Who would have guessed that a little Worcester bank with just six...

Education

Public School Building Projects Fill State’s Pipeline | Towns look for deals in a depressed construction market

There are currently 40 Central Massachusetts public school building projects in the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s capital...

Government & Politics

Businesses Brace For UI Increase In 2010 | Unemployment insurance could rise by as much as 40% next year

Joel Shaughnessy, human resource director for L.S. Starrett, is nervously waiting to see just how much unemployment...

News

Contents Of The December 21, 2009 Issue Of The WBJ

Issue Highlights On Page One DOUGHNUT HOLES – Independent bakers of doughnuts struggle to...

Manufacturing

The Digital Scribe | Westborough plays host to Anoto, the makers of a high-tech pen

This Industrial Strength column is a bit unlike most others. As I’ve been told by the editor...

Government & Politics

Unfair Share? | Businesses, legislators question health insurance regulations

Almost all of Nancy Carlson’s employees have health insurance, either through her staffing agency’s benefit package, or...

News

Manual Labor | Guidelines to drafting an effective employee handbook

An employee handbook is a crucial tool for any company, no matter the size. It provides...

Government & Politics

Fitchburg Debates Smartness Of Smart Growth

Fitchburg City Council President Stephan Hay said the city doesn’t have anything to lose by enacting...

Government & Politics

Business Owner: Politicians Don’t Listen

Dear Editor, Regarding your recent editorial, "A Costly Miss” (WBJ, Nov. 23, 2009), I would...

Education

Grad Rates Roil Local Colleges | Measures can be misleading, schools are studying the problem

According to federal statistics, fewer than half of the students in the United States who start college...

News

WBJ Talk Back in the December 21, 2009 Issue

“I think the had a last minute epiphany that the is about the only piece...

Hospitality

Glazed & Confused | For independent doughnut shops, competing against Dunkin’ Donuts is no easy task

By 8:30 a.m. on a chilly Thursday morning in December, the Morningside Donuts shop in Fitchburg is...

News

Photo Finish for the December 21, 2009 Issue

Government & Politics

Briefing: Homeland Security Funding

Sens. Paul G. Kirk Jr. and John Kerry, along with Congressmen Edward Markey, Michael Capuano and Stephen...

Education

Stunted Growth For State’s STEM Funding | $20 million promise for money has never been realized

In 2003 the state legislature and then Gov. Mitt Romney created the STEM Pipeline Fund in an...

Advice

101 Corporate Blogging

A growing number of corporations are turning to blogging as a marketing tool, but many miss the...

News

Incorporations for September 16-30, 2009

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between September 16...

Education

Lawyers, Schools And Money

Perhaps the most notable thing about the University of Massachusetts’ recent announcement that it will establish a...

Advice

10 Things I Know About Family Businesses

Arthur Barrett is president of Barrett Distribution Centers Inc., a third-party logistics service provider based in Franklin....

Technology

Harnessing The Power Of Google’s Zeitgeist

If you thought no one was paying attention to what you plug into your Internet search engine,...

Real Estate

The Mathworks Breaks Ground On Expansion

Officials with Natick-based The Mathworks are beginning the long-awaited expansion of their Route 9 complex, which they...

News

Making A Casino Compromise In Massachusetts

Early next year the legislature will consider allowing casino gambling in Massachusetts. There are reasonable concerns found...

Education

Shop Talk: Q&A with John Bassett, Clark University

John Bassett didn’t know what he wanted to do when he retired as president of Clark University....

Real Estate

Westborough Apartment Complex Sold

A Westborough complex known as Avalon at Flanders Hill has been purchased by Dallas-based Invesco Real Estate...

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