February 3, 2014 - Worcester Business Journal

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Real Deals: Feb. 3, 2014

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Education

Laurie Leshin: A bold stroke for WPI

Laurie Leshin apparently knows a lot about what it's like to breathe rarefied air. After all, she's...

Advice

10 Things I Know About … Covering your assets (with insurance) 

10. Talk with your agent.  Ensure you have appropriate coverage, Many businesses are under-insured, especially if they...

Advice

Follow these 3 web design trends

Your company's website is a valuable informational and marketing tool, so it's important to ensure that it's...

News

Readers weigh in: Tax soda and candy? Nothing sweet about that

As part of his $36.4 billion state budget proposal for fiscal year 2015, Gov. Deval Patrick wants...

Banking & Finance

When area bankers change jobs, honor trumps non-compete handcuffs

As senior vice president of human resources and training at Digital Federal Credit Union, (DCU) the largest credit union in Central Massachusetts, Donna Russo has the formidable task of sifting through piles of submitted resumes in search of worthy candidates to fill positions.

Banking & Finance

Banks clash with homeowner advocates over foreclosure mediation

Defense lawyers and activists welcome a foreclosure-avoidance program as a way to keep Worcester's cash-strapped residents in their homes, while bankers and their trade association see it as an ineffective burden draining them of time and money.

News

Readers weigh in: Games on a political playing field

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has come under heavy fire over the scandal that tied his administration...

News

Accolades & Honors: Feb. 3, 2014

Thomas G. Fazzio, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, earned a...

Economy

Wage laws, with ‘gray’ area, a legal minefield for retailers

Framingham-based TJX Cos. became the latest large retailer subject to a class-action lawsuit alleging federal and state wage law violations in December. Two assistant store managers from Texas and New York accused the company of failing to properly pay them for overtime hours worked.

Economy

Flush with cash: Public firms raking in profits, hanging onto cash

A majority of public companies based in Central Massachusetts have been stockpiling cash over the past three years, as improved economic fortunes have not triggered more spending.

Advice

101: Interview questions

A great management habit to develop is to always seek new information and refresh your skills toolkit....

Government & Politics

Briefing: Raising the minimum wage

Will business support a wage hike in 2014?In his final State of the Commonwealth address last week,...

News

Photo Finish: Feb. 3, 2014

IT TAKES A VILLAGEHometown Insurance Center and E.J. Stochaj Insurance of Dudley committed to a multiyear...

News

Things to consider before your next virtual meeting

Even the most local of local businesses are getting less so thanks to technology. Take community banks....

Opinion

3 issues Congress should tackle to spur growth

Barely a month into the New Year, our region continues to see slow but steady economic growth....

Life Sciences

Q&A with Jeff Duchemin of Harvard Bioscience

Harvard Bioscience is coming off a busy year. It spun off a division and cut about 50...

Retail

Looking back to 2002: Building 19 buys Spag’s

This year, the Worcester Business Journal marks its 25th anniversary. In each print edition, we will highlight...

Banking & Finance

Smaller banks feeling the sting of Dodd-Frank

It has restricted how banks and credit unions can raise money, reduced fee revenue and left financial institutions vulnerable to lawsuits on home mortgages.

News

Fresh Beginnings: Feb. 3, 2014

— Bon Marche Design Gallery & Antiques has opened for business at 41 Main St. in Maynard.—...

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