March 1, 2010 - Worcester Business Journal

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Sweet Success: How To Sell Like A Girl Scout | There’s plenty businesses can learn from the teenage cookie trade

From reading “The Art of War” to participating in lofty corporate retreats, successful business people tend...

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Contents Of The March 1, 2010 Issue Of The WBJ

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Professional Services

Identity Theft | What every small business has to know about new state laws governing private information

The state’s new identity theft regulations known more formally as “Standards for the Protection of Personal Information...

Transportation

Rail Rally

Nearly two years ago, former Gov. Michael Dukakis came to Worcester to chide as absurd the state...

Education

WPI Forms Resource Recovery Center

It’s found underground, it’s used in a huge variety of human endeavors and, according to Worcester Polytechnic...

Real Estate

Stow-Acton Development Takes Affordable Tack

The Sweeney Family has tried to develop a 42-acre parcel on the Stow-Acton line four times since...

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Athol Hospital Makes Layoffs, Continues Negotiations

After two quarters in the red, Athol Memorial Hospital has laid off nine people, cut the hours...

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WBJ Talk Back In The March 1, 2010 Issue

“The board chairman’s job is NOT to make policy. It is to chair the meetings of the...

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Incorporations for November 16-30, 2009

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between Dec. 1-15,...

Advice

101 Hiring

Business is booming again and you have new positions to fill. With so many qualified candidates to...

Government & Politics

All Wet | Local painters cry foul over costly new lead paint regs

During the week between Christmas and News Years, 17 workers at Woodmeister Master Builders in Holden took...

Government & Politics

Businesses Get Behind Workforce Fund | Patrick’s proposal could help protect money for training

For Michael Engel, chief operations officer at Flexcon in Spencer, a $52,000 workforce training grant in 2003...

Banking & Finance

Banks Bounce Back In Q4

Commercial banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported a total profit of $914 million in...

Small Business

Local Spots Offer Eventful Spaces For Events

From the annual meeting to taking a shot at teambuilding, any corporate event takes a lot of...

Professional Services

How To Shine In The Spotlight | Simple changes can help you develop into a strong public speaker

I know what you are saying… You would rather have teeth pulled without Novocain than to get...

Government & Politics

Bay State Can’t Afford Chapter 40B

More than 100,000 residents of Massachusetts recently signed the initiative petition to repeal Chapter 40B, setting the...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Reaching An Audience

Baker is a communication coach based in Wayland. She can be reached at anbaca1@comcast.net. 10. ...

Technology

Nichols Jumps Into Social Media With Both Feet

For the last 12 to 18 months, I’ve been hearing a chorus rising from local businesses about...

Banking & Finance

Shop Talk: Q&A With Ed Shea, Bank of America

Ed Shea first arrived on the Worcester banking scene in 1995 after stints working in Springfield, Cambridge...

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2010 Meetings Guide

Person-to-person meetings may be “old fashioned” in the digital age, but they’re becoming increasingly important. Video chatting...

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MetroWest Officials Voice Casino Concerns

Regional planning and advocacy groups want the state legislature to make sure that communities and existing businesses...

Manufacturing

Picking Up The Signal In Stow | Radant Technologies protects the equipment that protects us

After about a year of false starts, Radant Technologies Inc. in Stow brought Jean-Claude Sureau on in...

Small Business

Taking Business Meetings To The Extreme | Who says a company meeting has to be boring?

Do you have the task of planning an offsite meeting for your company? Want to inspire your...

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Energy

Briefing: Energy Stimulus

Gov. Deval Patrick recently announced that more than $13 million in federal stimulus funds will be awarded...

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