March 28, 2011 - Worcester Business Journal

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Knowhow: Stress Relief | Advice on how to stay calm by building resilience

Stress is the body's reactions to a mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition. And your...

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WBJ Talk Back from the March 28, 2011 issue

Email CurmudgeonOur Digital Diva took issue with people who leave signatures on their emails like, “Sent from...

Manufacturing

Plastics Manufacturers Ditch Poisonous Element

In September, the EPA issued a complaint against Hudson Color Concentrates of Leominster, a maker of dyes...

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Highlights from the March 28, 2011 issue

On Page One REVENUE ENHANCEMENT — The state has a new program aimed at steering some...

Government & Politics

Bay State Unions Under Increasing Pressure | Membership wanes in 2010 as state considers limits to collective bargaining on health care

Rosemary Jebari, an English-as-a-Second-Language teacher at Framingham High School and the president of the Framingham Teachers...

News

The Big Squeeze: Health Insurance Rates

In February, the state Division of Insurance issued a cheerful press release celebrating the fact that...

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Patrick’s Reform Effort Fuels Health Care Community Debate | Will a global-payment system save money in the long run?

Gov. Deval Patrick recently visited Southborough Medical Group to discuss legislation he filed that aims to migrate...

Technology

Experience WPI’s Campus From Your Desktop | College is first locally to have Street View on Google

Where won’t Google go? Very few places, as it turns out. We’re all familiar with Google...

Banking & Finance

Where The Grass Is Greener | Fidelity’s frugal move from Marlborough spotlights cost issue

News that Fidelity Investments is closing its 1,100-person Marlborough campus and moving jobs mostly to New Hampshire...

Economy

Japan’s Disaster Impact Felt Locally

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan this month has taken a massive toll on residents there. What...

News

Incorporations from Jan. 1-15, 2011 (Part 2)

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

Government & Politics

Program Aims To Boost Small Business Contracts

Small business owners can save $275 by signing up before July 1 for a fledgling state program...

Economy

Briefing: Census Numbers

The 2010 local census data for Massachusetts has finally arrived, providing new answers to the question...

Energy

Making Green From Building Green

Massachusetts is no stranger to green building, with nearly 300 LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified...

News

Benefit Caps Could Pose Problems For Young Adults | Health Connector plans don’t meet some federal standards

In Massachusetts, residents and business owners can log in to a state website and compare dozens of...

Technology

Tech Matches Made Online | Group launches website to spur innovation, business links

Valentine’s Day is behind us, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some matchmaking to be done among...

Advice

10 Things I Know About… Managing Change

10. Step One First, assess your organization’s readiness for change. What’s the degree of flexibility,...

Banking & Finance

Q&A with Mark Crandall, TD Bank

Mark Crandall got his start in banking as a teller at a small bank in Wellesley in...

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Photo Finish from the March 28, 2011 issue

Banking & Finance

Editorial: Lessons From Fidelity

Whenever a company announces it will be closing a 1,100-job campus in Massachusetts, as Fidelity Investments recently...

Advice

101: Email Newsletters

The email newsletter is still relevant. Even though social networking is all the rage, email newsletters are...

Manufacturing

DMT Stays Sharp In Marlborough | Under new ownership since 2005, company expands overseas

For a company that specializes in designing, creating and manufacturing implements that sharpen every tool imaginable, it’s...

Energy

Fitchburg Company To Install $5.5M Power Plant

Walking through the expansive 450,000-square-foot manufacturing headquarters of Simonds International in Fitchburg, one can only imagine this...

Manufacturing

Where Is Manufacturing Headed Today?

I am excited about the future of manufacturing in the United States. In a recent article in...

Government & Politics

Behind The Sound Bite: Massachusetts & Israel

Gov. Deval Patrick recently returned from a 10-day international trip during which he met with leaders and...

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