July 21, 2008 - Worcester Business Journal

Education

Region’s Employers Need Increase In H1-B Visas

One of the greatest constraints to continued economic growth in New England is the inability of business...

Banking & Finance

Mortgage Regs Get Even Tighter Thanks To Fed | New rules to protect homebuyers

The Federal Reserve has adopted rules to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady...

Energy

Evergreen Solar Has Its Moment In The Sun | Manufacturer opens $200M facility in Devens

The former U.S. Army base at Fort Devens added another feather in its cap with the grand...

Government & Politics

Southborough Takes Time To Regroup | Town has master plan and zoning changes in the works

Southborough has had the luxury lately of staggered development projects and fewer large residential projects during a...

Agriculture

Trading In Cows For Construction Debris, Garbage | Westborough’s E.L. Harvey & Sons helps feed insatiable need for materials in Asia

Hosting a landfill and hauling commercial trash was intended as supplemental business for the E.L. Harvey family...

Technology

Worcester Firm Works To Strengthen Ties To Morocco | Company plans manufacturing plant and possible school in Casablanca

When academics pursue research and develop business plans around that research, it can be a strong catalyst...

Education

The Reinvention Of Perkins School | Hit by policy changes, human service groups diversify to stay solvent

When Dr. Charles P. Conroy first went to work there 20 years ago, the Doctor Franklin Perkins...

Real Estate

Worcester Business Center’s Inner Beauty Is Uncovered | Census Bureau counts on space at 67 Millbrook as renovation continues

Even the most enthusiastic Worcester booster would admit the Worcester Business Center is the ugliest building in...

Small Business

Photo Finish | From the July 21, 2008 edition of the WBJ

Advice

10 Things I Know About… Contrarian Marketing

10. Step It Up When your competitors slow their communications efforts, the marketing clutter in...

Professional Services

WBJ Sales Awards | Meet the Top 20

Let’s face it. Sales makes our economy go ‘round. But often, those in the sales or business...

Small Business

A Cut Above In Shrewsbury | Contractor turns inventor to the stylists

You might not think construction workers and hairdressers have a lot in common, and perhaps you’d be...

Banking & Finance

Sobering News

We’ve all seen the bumper sticker that says something to the effect of, “If you aren’t outraged,...

Government & Politics

A Local Breakdown Of The Latest State Budget | Officials say aid numbers look promising

With the state budget season finally winding down, local economic development leaders are scrutinizing the latest numbers...

Energy

Deregulation: One Disastrous Disappointment

Deregulation of the market for electricity in New England nearly a decade ago came with a promise...

Real Estate

Office Vacancy Along 495 Ticks Slightly Upward In Q2 | Brokers say new construction being snapped up rapidly

Office vacancy increased 0.2 percent to 21.4 percent around Interstate 495 during the second quarter, according to...

Professional Services

The Success Mind

Some top athletes make the Olympics. Others, equally skilled, do not. The difference is subtle, but critical:...

Banking & Finance

The New Math For Worcester’s Three-Deckers | How the housing crisis is changing the market for these multi-family homes

The Worcester three-decker, once a common sense investment for someone looking to get into the multi-family real...

Education

Why College Is So Expensive

Jack P. Calareso joined Anna Maria College in Paxton as president on July 1, 2007 after nearly...

Advice

101: Office Sabotage

The Creative Group, an international staffing firm, recently conducted a survey of advertising and marketing executives and...

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