December 5, 2011 - Worcester Business Journal

Economy

CFO Outlook: 5 Trends For 2012

If you’re a chief financial officer or finance director, the coming year might end up feeling like...

Advice

101: Business Networking

“Bring lots of business cards.” “Get ready for ‘round-the-room introductions.” These are phrases we hear over and...

News

What’s In A Name Change? | Rebranding a company can take more than a lot of thought

American Superconductor in Devens is now AMSC. The long-time Fallon Clinic in Worcester has become Reliant...

News

WBJ Talk Back

BURYING POWER LINES Our “Behind The Sound Bite” item in the Nov. 21 edition addressed the...

News

Need Money? There Are Choices | Financiers still want sound business indicators before they’ll invest, say Central Mass. officials

Where’s a business supposed to get money nowadays? Commercial lending from banks, according to some business...

Advice

10 Things I Know About Holiday Parties

1. Put a pro behind the bar Bartenders are trained to recognize when a customer has...

News

Teamwork Can Tame Health Care Costs

As every business owner knows, rising health care costs are taking an increasingly big bite out of...

News

Money To Burn? | For some companies, having extra cash on hand can be a perplexing issue

As problems go, having too much cash isn't the most terrible thing. Still, as the economy...

Government & Politics

European Debt Woes Impact U.S. Retail Giants

As if businesses didn’t have enough to worry about with U.S. economic and political news, third-quarter earnings...

Retail

Grocery Store Glut? Not Up Here!

So, there are too many grocery stores in Central Massachusetts (“Saturated With Supermarkets?” Nov. 21, 2011, Page...

News

Photo Finish

OF NOTEWestborough-based Mark’s Moving & Storage donated $1,000 to The Joe Andruzzi Foundation at...

Technology

Beyond The Medical Device Tax | Experts see several reasons for Stryker, and the whole industry, to worry

Last month, when Michigan medical device maker Stryker Corp., which has operations in Hopkinton, announced plans to...

Government & Politics

Behind The Sound Bite: Casinos In Massachusetts

Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation that will allow up to three “resort-style” casinos and a slots parlor...

Real Estate

In Littleton, A Site Gets A Second Life | New owner plans $80M mixed-use development off I-495

Sam Park has known these 90 acres off Interstate 495 in Littleton for years. The Boston-based developer...

Government & Politics

Dueling Over Dual Tax Rates

The Great Recession - which some say hasn't really ended - drove home the importance of having...

Technology

Q&A With Kevin Hrusovsky Of Perkin Elmer

KEVIN HRUSOVSKYTitle: President of Life Sciences and Technology for Perkin ElmerHometown: Shadyside, Ohio Residence: Hopkinton Education: Ohio...

News

Issue Highlights

CFO OUTLOOK: 5 FINANCIAL TRENDS FOR 2012 – What are the key financial issues businesses will...

News

Scalpel? Or Cleaver? | Central Mass. health care sector could face funding cuts after committee’s failure on deficit deal

“Sequestration” is the new buzzword in Congress and it has the health care sector in Massachusetts feeling...

News

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