March 30, 2009 - Worcester Business Journal

News

A Champion For Dignity At Beaumont Rehab

For Nicole Croteau, director of nursing at Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in Northbridge, the career...

News

Brown Delivers Care To Staff And Patients Alike

When registered nurse Katie Brown sees something that needs doing, she just goes ahead and does it....

Advice

101 E-Commerce | Tips for getting online revenues cranking

Your business may be successful and holding steady, but now what? For those looking to take the...

Government & Politics

Storm Brews Over Water Runoff Regs

Regulators will soon be implementing tougher storm water management rules for commercial, industrial, retail and large residential...

Banking & Finance

Shop Talk: Q&A with Sascha Deri, AltE

Hudson-based AltE (known until last year as the Alternative Energy Store) is one of many firms hoping...

Small Business

Who Needs LinkedIn? | Contact management hasn’t gone digital for all local execs

He worked for IBM and launched an Internet start-up company, but when it comes to managing...

Small Business

Incorporations for Jan. 1 – 15, 2009

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

Government & Politics

Fitchburg Train Travel To Boston To Get Easier | Rail line improvements could make new commutes practical

When the federal government recently approved a major spending bill, the biggest Massachusetts transportation line item was...

Government & Politics

Reader Response: PLAs Are Not The Answer

Mary Vogel’s latest piece of propaganda in the Worcester Business Journal (“PLA Order Is Good For Workers...

Government & Politics

Rypos Of Holliston Makes Dirty Diesel Engines Cleaner | When government regulation is good for business

When we at the WBJ hear about government regulation, it’s usually not spoken of in nice ways....

Small Business

Photo Finish for the March 30, 2009 issue

News

Walking The Walk

Worcester-based Spectrum Health Systems Inc. has tackled substance abuse for almost four decades, and over that period...

Government & Politics

Political Pressure On Pensions

It took an economic meltdown, but pension reform is finally back on the table in Massachusetts and...

Small Business

Hospitals Divided Over New Blue Cross Deal | Will pay for performance lower costs, or drive hospitals into debt?

When Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced earlier this year that a hospital and two physicians...

News

Taking Care From The Clinic To The Community

Picture a typical pediatrician and you might imagine an expert dispensing medicine based on medical best practices...

Banking & Finance

Clark Student Develops Social Site For Int’l College Kids

A new interactive web site developed by a graduate student at Worcester-based Clark University is aimed at...

Agriculture

WBJOURNAL.COM EXCLUSIVE: Biz Plans Come To Mass. Farms

The fact that a U.S. Department of Agriculture census recently showed that agriculture sales had increased by...

News

Spotlight On Health

Welcome to the Worcester Business Journal’s fourth annual Health Care Heroes supplement. Each of whom have contributed...

News

Hubbard Hospital’s Queen Of Multitasking

Ever worry that your boss or one of your coworkers is spread too thin? Her work is...

Government & Politics

Gas Tax Proposal Overlooks The Real Issue

A few weeks ago, small business owners were shocked to read about a downtown Boston business coalition...

Small Business

WBJ Talk Back, March 30 , 2009

“Welcome to America! The land of the FREE! We will educate you so you can take the...

News

Breaking Down Cultural Barriers

As a 6-year-old girl, Matilde Castiel was one of 14,000 Cuban children sent to Miami by their...

Small Business

Eyes On Health Care Reform As Economy Falters

Since Massachusetts passed its groundbreaking health care reform law in 2006, its supporters and opponents have frequently...

Government & Politics

Political Fight On Biologics Heats Up

A political battle over drug costs and development is heating up at our nation’s capital. And the...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Gov. Patrick’s Pension Reform

On March 22, in response to an expected legislative debate on pension reform, Gov. Deval Patrick revealed...

Banking & Finance

WBJOURNAL.COM EXCLUSIVE: Bose No Longer Worth A Billion | Only one from Central Mass. left on Forbes list

Pity Amar Bose. The founder and namesake of the famed Framingham speaker company has dropped off Forbes...

Government & Politics

West Boylston Aims At Making Itself A Target

Like many Central Massachusetts towns, West Boylston is looking for ways to get more businesses to set...

News

Virtual Bedside Manner

A patient at Marlborough Hospital was suffering from severe pneumonia. After she was intubated, her heart rate...

Advice

10 Things I Know About…Surviving And Growing During A Recession

Curtis A. Feldman is a partner with Shepherd & Goldstein LLP in Framingham. He can be reached...

Government & Politics

Chamber Against Partners Expansion In MetroWest

The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce has asked state Attorney General Martha Coakley to review Newton-Wellesley Hospital’s proposed...

Education

Chinese Co. Buys Marlborough Property

An arm of China’s Ministry of Education has acquired 280 Locke Dr. in Marlborough for $9.06 million...

News

When Volunteering Is More Than Just Keeping Busy

Margrit and John Oldenburg believe once you’re retired, you should get out of the house. In their...

Banking & Finance

Credible Solutions | Small biz resources more important today than ever

It has been more than 60 years since the nation's economy has experienced the kind of challenges...

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