June 8, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

News

Meet The Judges | The judging panel for the 2009 Family-Owned Business Awards

Eric H. Schultz President & CEO, Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester Eric H.Schultz joined Fallon...

Real Estate

Going Non-Local | Crowne Plaza decision irks unions

Right now, Worcester’s Crowne Plaza Hotel is spending several million dollars modernizing half its guest rooms, three...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Civilian Flagger Program

Gov. Deval Patrick recently announced a list of MassHighway construction projects that will use civilian flaggers...

News

Barrett Emphasizes Stability | Family Business Honoree | Category: 100 – 249 employees

When you’re a customer, there’s no bigger credibility-builder than having the ear of the person whose...

Education

Framingham State To Offer Green Degree | Graduates would help fill pipeline for local municipalities

Framingham State College hopes to offer a four-year environmental degree beginning this fall to meet the growing...

Life Sciences

Demand For Biotech Space Still High | Larger firms like Genzyme are developing their own real estate

To commercial real estate experts, it looks as if the biotechnology sector, and specifically the biggest players...

Small Business

MetroWest Economy Gets Creative

The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce is spearheading an effort to help drive development through the so-called “creative...

News

Consigli Builds On The Past | Family Business Honoree | Category: 250+ employees

A large construction company marking 100 years as a family business might decide to build a new...

News

Moving Earth At Ahearn Equipment | Family Business Honoree | Category: 25 – 99 employees

Two of them are self-described “black and white” thinkers. The other two, meanwhile, come at the...

Small Business

The Masterman’s Extended Family | Family Business Honoree | Category: 25 – 99 employees

Linda Masterman calls her husband the “classic entrepreneur,” a 24-year-old who left an accounting company and bought...

News

WBJ Talk Back | Reader comments from May 11 through May 21, 2009

“Traffic is definitely down. My family and I have been shopping there since it opened and in...

News

Photo Finish for the June 8, 2009 issue

Education

Investing In Education Makes Business Sense

As government, businesses, and families struggle to survive this economic downturn, we would be wise to look...

News

Incorporations for March 16 – 31, 2009

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's...

News

Franklin Fires Up Development Strategy

Franklin has a lot of unoccupied commercial and industrial space, but administrative officials aren’t sitting back and...

Manufacturing

The Price Of Progress | Old Fitchburg plant sees new success with government help

In 1998, General Electric closed its Fitchburg steam turbine plant, laying off 600 workers and devastating the...

News

Alternatives to Layoffs

Layoffs don’t work. Most of us know this intuitively, but sound research provides a broader view of...

Government & Politics

Real Leadership

No one ever said being a leader was easy. In fact, if leading were a low-stress...

Government & Politics

Fight Is On For Workforce Training | Senate bill would cut funding by $11M

As the state Senate and House prepare to negotiate a compromise budget for fiscal 2010, much of...

Professional Services

EMC In Bidding War

EMC Corp. may end up in a tussle to acquire California-based Data Domain Inc. The Hopkinton-based...

Banking & Finance

June 8, 2009 Issue of the WBJ

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS On Page One TINY INVESTMENTS – Can the smallest credit unions continue to...

Economy

Mass. Economy Grows More Slowly

Massachusetts’ economy grew in 2008, but at a pace significantly slower than previous years, according to new...

Economy

A Brave New World For Business | A new breed of entrepreneurs is digging for gold on the Internet

Almost a decade since the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, a new wave of Internet-savvy entrepreneurs has...

Banking & Finance

Shop Talk: Q&A with Jeffrey Davenport, Southbridge CU

In March, Jeffrey Davenport became the president and CEO of Southbridge Credit Union when Thomas J. Smalarz...

News

Central Mass 2009 Family Business Awards

There’s one thing that all seven of our 2009 Central Mass. Family Business Award winners have...

News

The Creedons Put On A Party | Family Business Honoree | Category: Fewer than 25 employees

Many people might think: Tents? How dull. But for father-daughter team John and Julie Creedon,...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Joining A Nonprofit Board

Allison Lane is an attorney at Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple PC and recently spoke about nonprofit service...

Advice

101 Training Managers

For many business owners, the point of time at which a second manager is needed presents a...

News

All’s Fair At Fair & Yeager | Family Business Honoree | Category: Fewer than 25 employees

A bum knee, rather than a fixation with actuarial tables, was what motivated Arthur B. “Artie”...

Professional Services

Sterling Condo Assoc. Wins Suit, Moves To Foreclose On Unit

After receiving a court judgment demanding $119,527 from developer MHOC of Sterling, the condominium association representing unit...

Banking & Finance

Size Matters | Small credit unions struggle to stay relevant in a changing marketplace

For For some credit unions in Central Massachusetts, it appears that smaller is indeed better. The merger...

Economy

Signs Of Life In A Recession | In the worst economy in 70 years, entrepreneurship carries on in Central Mass.

With the economy still contracting and plenty of bad news about employment and consumer spending to go...

Manufacturing

Telecast Fibre: When Smaller Is Better

Deep inside one of my favorite buildings in Worcester is a company that is making HD television...

Small Business

Right To Repair Bill Deserves Passage

News that GM and Chrysler would close up to 3,000 dealerships across the U.S. in a bid...

Life Sciences

Abbott Labs looks back at its local roots

Abbott Laboratories is celebrating its 20th year in Worcester and expects many more years here, according to...

News

A Family Affair In Clinton | Family Business Honoree | Category: 100 – 249 employees

When Barack Obama was elected president, it was more than a historic moment for David Dunn. It...

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