February 2, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

Government & Politics

E-Verify Mandate Postponed | Federal contractors get a temporary reprieve

Federal contractors will not be forced to use the federal government’s E-Verify program, a free, web-based program...

Government & Politics

Legislation Aims To Curb Data Mining

Most people are unaware that after they fill a prescription, many pharmacies turn around and sell information...

Banking & Finance

New Owner For Corbin Plaza

When Marlborough officials recently auctioned off Corbin Plaza for back taxes at 110-118 Pleasant St., it was...

Banking & Finance

Changing Of The Guard

Recently Jim Garvey, the local president of Flagship Bank, stepped down as part of the bank’s new...

Real Estate

Secrets Of The Masons Unlocked In Uxbridge | New World Stoneworks defines entrepreneurial

To say the collection of businesses along Industrial Drive in Uxbridge is interesting would be a little...

Banking & Finance

SBA Loans Down 9% In 2008 | Some local banks abandon market, others refocus

Although overall SBA lending in Massachusetts declined 9 percent to $197 billion in 2008 from $215 billion...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Mass. Housing Market

It should come as no surprise that the Massachusetts housing market in 2008 was slow, but recent...

Small Business

Auto Body Shops Fight Insurer Labor Rates

When a little business feels big guys are taking advantage of it, is it time for the...

Small Business

Incorporations for Nov. 15-31, 2008

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between Nov. 15-31,...

Real Estate

The War For Suburban Patients Is On | Boston Parnters continues its push into MetroWest

Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s plans to establish a $17.5 million outpatient surgery center in Framingham has a least one...

Government & Politics

WBJ Talk Back, Feb. 2, 2009 | Online reader comments from Jan. 19 through Jan. 29, 2009

An article we ran in the WBJ Daily Report about Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal to increase meals...

Small Business

Comments Unfair To Laid Off Employees

Dear Editor, As a career advisor, I work closely with many job seekers. The clientele I assist...

Government & Politics

Coakley’s On Track With Mortgage Mitigation

The present decade may be remembered as one in which common sense was put aside in the...

Government & Politics

Central Mass. Not Immune To Layoffs | Region is spared major cuts, but unemployment rolls still climb

A look at the largest layoffs announced for Central Massachusetts over the past few months might not...

Hospitality

Shop Talk: Q&A with Jim Donahue, Old Sturbridge Village

Jim Donahue has been at the helm of Old Sturbridge Village as president and CEO of the...

Banking & Finance

As Town Budgets Tighten, Economic Development Faces Pressure | Development offices nearing the end of grants as they know them

Last month, Donald Lowe, director of the community and economic development office in Clinton, suggested to town...

Hospitality

Lessons From The Trenches | Three local business owners look back on their beginnings and share advice for succeeding today

If history teaches us anything, it may be that the future is impossible to predict. When it...

Hospitality

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