December 22, 2008 - Worcester Business Journal

Manufacturing

No Hiding In The Ductwork In North Grafton | Family company specializes in really big jobs

If you’ve driven the region’s highways, I’m sure you’ve seen heavy-duty flat bed trucks accompanied by fleets...

Energy

Energy Forecast: Finding Power To Overcome | Energy firms predict growth even as economy worsens

From major industry players to small companies still putting plans together, everyone seems optimistic, saying Barack...

News

Health Care Forecast: Sector Meets Universal Challenges | Longer waits, staff shortages came with mandatory coverage

The nation has been watching. With all residents now required to have insurance under...

Education

Marketing Manufacturing Careers Can Be A Tough Sell

Tell a class of ninth-graders that you’ve got a great idea for careers they could pursue in...

Small Business

Faded Signs Of Businesses Past | Digging up the history before our eyes

CLICK HERE FOR A PHOTO SLIDESHOW As 2008 draws to a close, most of our time is...

Education

Worcester Tech Plans Lab Animal Program | Grads could fill demand from biotech

It may be one of the less flashy sides of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, but jobs...

Professional Services

Dailies Dealing With Debt

Daily newspapers are now, more than ever, laboring under large clouds of debt. With the Tribune...

Government & Politics

Mass. Needs To Address Infrastructure

There’s a lot of talk right now about paying for our transportation system. The announcement that Pike...

Professional Services

Tips for making sure your web site has the right address

Choosing a domain name is usually the first step in establishing an online presence and there is...

Technology

Technology Forecast: Smart Firms Find Space Online | The online world is paying dividends to businesses that learn to conquer it correctly

In his tongue-in-cheek television commercials, newsman Bill Kurtis may be perpetually surprised to “find” the Internet...

Banking & Finance

Finance Forecast: Bankers Planning For A Thrifty ’09 | Investment losses, credit crisis reinforce conservative practices

Central Massachusetts banks have two stories heading into 2009: Banks working to put Fannie Mae and Freddie...

Education

Education Forecast: Schools Struggle To Prepare Grads For Tough Economy | Area schools offer tips on everything from salary negotiation to dinner etiquette

David McDonough likes to take his students at Worcester-based Clark University into a Boston job fair...

Small Business

5 tips for finding a good mentor

While it might be tempting, it’s never advisable to go it alone in the business world. Finding...

Banking & Finance

More Emphasis Needed For Financial Literacy

With the extreme volatility on Wall Street, those of us trying to survive on Main Street need...

Banking & Finance

Flailing Strata Bank Chooses Merger | Losses prompted need to find financial partner

Medway-based Strata Bank and its holding company Service Bancorp Inc. will probably cease to exist in the...

Small Business

ECONOMIC FORECAST: Notes On A Recession | Central Mass. businesses prepare to have their mettle tested

Government & Politics

Businesses Brace For Costs Under ID Theft Regs

After discount retailer TJX Cos. reported an enormous data breach in early 2007, the Massachusetts legislature leapt...

Education

WPI Researcher Lands Big Funds | Professor wants to establish electronic medical records best practices

When the typical office gets new computers, there are certainly some growing pains involved. Interfaces don’t appear...

Real Estate

Real Estate Forecast: Brokers Gloomy As Buyers Wait | Residential market dragging commercial sector down

Stark statistics and weary outlooks have become near-permanent fixtures of the real estate industry. ...

Government & Politics

Car Dealer Woes Hit Telegram | Daily papers suffer as Detroit suffers

Once upon a time a reader could open up the Sunday paper, no matter where they were,...

Real Estate

Q&A with William E. Aubuchon III, CEO of Aubuchon Hardware

Westminster-based W.E. Aubuchon Hardware was founded 100 years ago by a 23-year-old French Canadian immigrant with a...

Retail

Retail Forecast: Stores Struggle For Sales Survival | Local businesses find hope despite turbulent times and a tough economy

Almost six weeks before Christmas, the showroom at Neal Rosenblum Goldsmiths on Park Avenue in Worcester...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Terminating An Employee

10. Be Prepared Have the employee’s final paycheck ready before meeting with them. 9....

Government & Politics

Prevailing Wage Provision Raises Questions & Concerns | Certified life sciences firms have to meet salary standards for builders

At least one provision in the application to become a certified life sciences company in Massachusetts —...

Government & Politics

Mass. Tops List Of Most Competitive States | High scores in technology, business incubation and human resources put state over the top

Despite ranking 34th in government and fiscal policy, 41st in infrastructure and 43rd in environmental policy, Massachusetts...

Technology

Biotech Forecast: Little Ventured, Little Gained | Local biotech companies are finding new ways to succeed as investor contributions waver

Biotechnology and life science initiatives in Worcester and Central Massachusetts represent some of the few industries to...

Small Business

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