February 16, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

Banking & Finance

UMass Near Top Of Tech Licensing List

The University of Massachusetts ranks second highest in technology licensing among New England institutions, according to an...

Banking & Finance

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Small Business

Incorporations for Dec. 1-15, 2008

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between Dec. 1-15,...

Banking & Finance

Dried Up: Venture Capital For Biotechs Is Disappearing Quick | Central Mass. firms must find new ways to stay afloat

For Kevin O’Sullivan, president and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives in Worcester, the message at the 10th...

Government & Politics

Building On Gateway’s Success

Warren Buffet famously advised investors to “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Hiring Independent Contractors

Sager is a business attorney and partner with Sager & Shaffer LLP in Westborough. She can be...

Banking & Finance

City Issues RFP For Retail At Downtown Garages | Major Taylor, Union Station garages on city schedule for fall, winter

Proposals reviewed by St. Patrick’s Day, a month to select a developer and negotiate a lease, construction...

Government & Politics

Gov’s Proposed Meals Tax Is No Solution

Recently, Governor Patrick called for the legislature to create a 6 percent meals tax and to allow...

Government & Politics

City Grapples With Economic Uncertainty

This past year has tested the fortitude and ingenuity of local leaders across the commonwealth. With one...

Advice

101 Employee Morale | Tips for keeping spirits up when revenues are down

With the economy in a tailspin, many offices are under a tremendous amount of pressure. But there...

Government & Politics

Briefing: TARP 2

When Congress established the initial Troubled Assets Relief Fund in October, many economists and Washington insiders acknowledged...

Banking & Finance

Marlborough Tech Firm Bankruptcy Filing Reveals Debts

The liquidation of ThinkEngine Networks Inc., a Marlborough-based maker of Internet conferencing, media and VOIP (Voice Over...

Professional Services

T&G Redesigns, Consolidates Sections

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette has unveiled a redesign of the newspaper that along with a host...

Banking & Finance

Cyphermint Saga Continues In Court

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Trustee Joseph Baldiga has filed civil proceedings against four former executives of Cyphermint Inc.,...

Banking & Finance

Madoff Scheme Hits Central Mass. Philanthropists

Central Massachusetts, like many parts of the United States, was not immune to the allure of high...

Small Business

Shop Talk: Q&A with Andrew Davis, director, Worcester Regional Airport

The Worcester Regional Airport has tried to unsuccessfully to grow for decades, and everyone in the area...

Banking & Finance

Middlesex Plans Mutual Holding Company

Middlesex Savings Bank of Natick has requested that the state approve the creation of a new mutual...

Professional Services

Marketing Insight | A struggling economy dictates cost-effective marketing campaigns

The current state of the economy is forcing small and large enterprises alike to consider alternative means...

Small Business

WBJ Talk Back, Feb. 16, 2009 | Online reader comments from February 2 through February 12, 2009

“Being a mason myself, I find this new system wonderful.” Mike Sweeney on a WBJ article about...

Government & Politics

Demand Down For Local Child Care Services

Beverly Lessard, owner and director of Boxboro Children Center, a 23-year-old child care center, has a better...

Small Business

Stem Cells In The Dentist’s Chair

A Worcester dentist has decided not to wait until genetic research has tangible, everyday results to offer...

Government & Politics

Fighting For Fair Pay | Need for anti-discrimination action surprises some

As one of his first moves after taking office, President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair...

Education

Research To Help Wounded Vets | Combined effort between Holliston company, WPI to improve technology for prosthetic limbs

Liberating Technologies, a Holliston-based medical device company, has paired up with researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute to...

Banking & Finance

Firms Compete For NIH Dollars | A proposed increase in national funding could spell relief for some local biotech companies

As Central Massachusetts continues to see a steady expansion in biotechnology, many of the region’s players, both...

Banking & Finance

Doc’s Orders: Hospital Construction Continues | Central Mass. health care orgs. pursue expansion plans despite the economic recession

In recent months, a number of big Boston-area hospital systems have cut their budgets for new buildings,...

Banking & Finance

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