July 9, 2012 - Worcester Business Journal

Environment

Let Industry Take Lead On Recycling

Exercising common sense, our lawmakers on Beacon Hill have chosen to be supportive of our state's businesses...

Retail

Can TJX Maintain Its Growth Pace?

Framingham-based TJX Cos. Inc. is one of the few real corporate success stories of the last four...

Technology

Digital Diva: IM Is Not Just For Kids Anymore

I can remember the good old days when the only way onto the Internet was through AOL...

News

Behind The Sound Bite: ‘A Studio Is A Dynamo’

New England Studios is opening a film studio in Devens. The first phase, which comes with a...

Education

Editorial: Finding A Life Science Niche

Last month's BIO International Convention in Boston was a significant event, given Massachusetts' tight embrace of the...

Government & Politics

Home-Care Providers Need Pay Adjustment

As the federal government considers removing or revising the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) companionship exemption for...

News

Incorporations

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from April 16-30,...

Small Business

Chambers Find Drawing Card In New Health Insurance Co-Op

Members of the Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce took part in an information session on a recent...

Education

Editorial: Saint-Gobain Spreads Its Wings Into Devens

Saint-Gobain, largely though Norton Co., the Worcester manufacturer it bought more than 20 years ago, has had...

Government & Politics

Briefing: UMass Stem Cell Bank

After it was launched in 2008 with $7.7 million in state funding, a University of Massachusetts stem...

Education

Photo Finish – July 9, 2012

COLLEGE CASHWorcester-based Bay State Savings Bank awarded nine $500 scholarships and one four-year, $4,000 scholarship to 10...

News

Q&A With Mary Ann O’Connor Of VNA Care Network & Hospice

Mary Ann O'Connor, who assumed her new role as head of VNA Care Network & Hospice in...

Advice

Embracing Technology: 4 Steps To Boost Your IT Knowledge — And Your Business

The adoption of new technology is key to a competitive business model. What if you, as a...

Advice

10 Things I Know About … Reviewing Resumes

10. LOOKS CAN COUNT.An easy-to-read resume may indicate an organized, efficient employee. Consider form as well as...

Education

Growing Cells And Innovation: WPI Launches Biofabrication Graduate Program

Say you're a researcher on the trail of something right out of science fiction — a tiny...

Arts & Entertainment

Luxury Lives: Despite Slow Economic Recovery, Market For Expensive Things Remains

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but sometimes there's not much to argue about.The business...

Government & Politics

Framingham Firm’s Technology Enables Metered Internet Model

If you've become accustomed to streaming high-definition movies on your computer, you might not like the technology...

Transportation

WBJ Talk Back: Youth Workforce Need, Funding Promises For Worcester Airport

WANTED: YOUTH MOVEMENTA recent study said an aging worker population in a large portion of MetroWest –...

Banking & Finance

In Search Of A Niche: 5 Factors Experts Say Can Push Central Mass Forward In Life Sciences

The efforts to turn Central Massachusetts into a life sciences epicenter to rival — or depending who...

Advice

101: Work Communication

It seems like a basic skill. Yet it's likely we could all benefit from better communication in...

July 9, 2012Edition

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