June 22, 2009Edition

News

Worcester Medicare Costs Highest In State | What’s driving up health care in Central Mass? The answer isn’t clear, but it’s got to change

Health care is expensive, and getting more expensive all the time. That may be true all over...
Real Estate

Discount Nordstrom’s To Open In Framingham

Nordstrom’s, the high-end department store, plans to open its off-price store, Nordstrom Rack, at Shoppers World on...
Banking & Finance

The Saga Of CNB | The WBJ breaks down the facts in the bidding war for CNB Financial

Chances are you’ve caught bits and pieces of news about Worcester-based Commonwealth National Bank and the bidding...
Life Sciences

Space Race

With biotech laboratory space becoming scarce throughout Boston and Cambridge, Worcester and other Central Massachusetts locales should...
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Advice

101 Handshakes

You’ve likely spent hours fine-tuning your resume and perfecting your “elevator pitch.” You’ve probably even strategically selected...
Economy

Language Training Key To Economic Growth

Without a plan to provide more English as a second language instruction for adults, Worcester will not...
Advice

10 Things I Know About…Search Engine Optimization

Matt Ward is the president and CEO of Central Mass Web Design in Gardner. He can be...
News

WBJ Talk Back

“The results don’t surprise me. Twitter strikes me as a fad. It seems natural that people would...
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Government & Politics

Briefing: Pension Reform

Gov. Deval Patrick recently signed legislation into law to eliminate loopholes in the state’s pension system....
Technology

Tech Talk | What your systems can – and can’t – fix

Many executives make the mistake of thinking that technology alone is going to solve their problems. For...
News

Incorporations for April 1 – 31, 2009

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between April 1-31,...
Economy

N. Central Explores Advanced Manufacturing Center

With the recession battering factories particularly hard, it might come as a welcome sliver of good news...
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Banking & Finance

The Bay State’s Billion-Dollar Man | Jeffrey Simon has one mission: help spend money

The news from Detroit can’t get much worse. And unemployment rates are likely to climb ever higher....
News

The Rise And Fall Of Izzet Gunday | Workforce training through one worker’s eyes

In early May, Suzanne Bump, the state’s secretary of labor and workforce development, came to Worcester to...
Banking & Finance

Spencer Savings Bank Searching For New Look

Spencer Savings has launched a new ad campaign in order to freshen up its image. The...
Government & Politics

Houston, We Have A Problem

Change is difficult. And for some of the biggest companies and government agencies in the country,...
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Banking & Finance

State Lands EPA Funds

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will distribute more than $185 million in federal stimulus funds to the...
News

Photo Finish for the June 22, 2009 issue

   
Professional Services

Twitter Chatter

More and more businesses and elected officials are logging on to the micro-blog site Twitter to spread...
News

2009 Central Mass. 100

Welcome to the 2009 Central Mass. 100, the WBJ's annual list of the largest employers in Central...
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News

Shop Talk: Jill C. Dagilis, Worcester Community Action Council

Jill Dagilis, a former long-time employee of the City of Worcester who held a number of management...
News

Contents Of The June 22 Issue Of The WBJ

Issue Highlights On Page One COST ANALYSIS – Medicare data shows that Worcester is above the state...
Life Sciences

Maynard Firm Tests Compound To Treat Heart Damage

Ischemix LLC, a small Maynard biotech company, believes it has a promising solution to prevent the muscle...
Banking & Finance

Green Tech Fuels $34M Saint-Gobain Expansion

In today’s economy, the fear of manufacturers picking up and leaving high-cost states like Massachusetts is rampant....
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Professional Services

Patent Legislation Will Stifle Innovation

In the patent community, there has been discussion concerning recently proposed legislation called the federal Patent Reform...
Economy

Westborough Kick Starts Econ. Development Committee

The Town of Westborough doesn’t have a lot to complain about when it comes to economic development....
Manufacturing

Rutland Firm Bets Magnet Tech On Wind Power

There’s no shortage of stories about American companies that can’t cope with competition from overseas, and in...
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