January 21, 2019 - Worcester Business Journal

Economy

Feds must focus on trade, infrastructure

As the 116th Congress commences this month, it does so with a daunting to-do list. Most urgently,...

Advice

10 Things I Know About … Retaining staff in the service industry

Sell a good product. Make sure the product your employee is trying to sell is reputable, this makes her/his job easy.

Economy

Hits & Misses: For local governments, the potential upside of tax breaks outweighs the risk

A hit-or-miss nature has been an unavoidable part of communities' use of business tax breaks over the last two decades, a WBJ review shows.

Startups

Oxford’s Russian non-oligarch

Valentin Gapontsev, the founder and CEO of Oxford laser manufacturer IPG Photonics, sued the U.S. Treasury in December over his listing as a Russian oligarch.

Government & Politics

Central Mass. officials pushing federal opportunity zones incentive

For neighborhoods in Central Massachusetts overlooked by developers, there's a potential salvation: a new federal tax incentive program.

Government & Politics

Paying for growth: Tax breaks central to Central Mass. economic development

Communities have often used tax deals to help companies in what officials say is the most important tool they can use in economic development.

Government & Politics

Tax breaks are a short-term win

It's easy to vilify businesses for taking tax breaks from local governments, even if they are bringing in jobs and investment

News

Calm under pressure

Back on Jan. 6, my wife and I were in her delivery room, surrounded by about a dozen medical professionals, who seemingly appeared out of thin air, ready to perform emergency surgery.

Environment

Use zoning to your development’s advantage

Local zoning ordinances and bylaws are essential to comprehensive municipal planning and are intended to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the public. Yet, they are often times far from perfect.

Nonprofits

The new Vision

After slowly taking over more responsibilities from founder Laura DiBenedetto for 2.5 years, Julia Becker Collins in December assumed control at Vision Advertising, two months after it moved from Worcester to Westborough.

Economy

IPG CEO sues U.S. Treasury over Russian oligarch list

The Russian-American billionaire founder and chief executive of Oxford-based IPG Photonics is suing the U.S. Department of the Treasury for listing him as a Russian oligarch.

Advice

101: Hire better

Here are some expert tips on creating job ads, screening applicants and interviewing candidates, to help ensure whoever you welcome onboard will be the best fit possible – and save you time as well.

January 21, 2019Edition

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