May 9, 2011 - Worcester Business Journal

Life Sciences

RXi Shakes Up Its Strategy, Management

The recent purchase by Worcester-based RXi Pharmaceuticals of a company specializing in cancer therapies has some wondering...

Banking & Finance

Depressed Interest Rates Change Mortgage Calculus

For potential homeowners, now seems to be a pretty good time to take out a long-term, low-rate...

Professional Services

Making Sense Of The App Craze | Local businesses find success in mobile tools

Banks use them so customers can deposit checks, transfer money and make payments. Restaurants use...

Advice

Social Media 101: Introduction | A business owner’s guide to the hottest online marketing tools

Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. FourSquare. The buzzwords of social media are everywhere, and it's enough to make...

Professional Services

Protecting Websites Against Domain Squatters

Type TJMaxx.com into your Internet browser’s address bar and you’ll find a sophisticated e-commerce site that can...

Government & Politics

Exec Pay Comes To Forefront For Public Companies | P&W Railroad faces shareholder scrutiny

Annual meetings for publicly traded companies are usually pretty boring affairs: heavily scripted and light on drama....

Advice

10 Things I Know About… Selecting A Web Design Firm

10. Think Functionality It’s not enough just to be able to design a good-looking site. A...

Professional Services

What is SEO, Anyway? | Experts opine on how to stay at the top of search results

Almost every business has a website nowadays. But simply having a site is not enough to attract...

Economy

Double-Digit Growth Predicted For This Decade | Health care, social assistance expected to be biggest job drivers

This decade is going to be better than the last when it comes to job growth in...

News

Photo Finish from the May 9, 2011 issue

Technology

Q&A: Joseph Marabito, ikaSystems

With the spotlight on health care costs and health insurance, Southborough-based ikaSystems finds its cloud computing health...

Government & Politics

You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure

The announcement earlier this year that Evergreen Solar would be closing its plant at Devens, laying off...

Advice

Social Media 101: Blogging

What is it? The term blog is a hybrid of the words web and log. In the...

Government & Politics

Tax Loopholes Must Be Closed

As the country continues to debate our fiscal future, one particular area that is ripe for reform...

Advice

Social Media 101: Facebook

What is it? In short, Facebook is the king of all social media today. It has...

Professional Services

Knowhow: Building Relationships | Advice for forming business contacts that last

It is finally spring in New England! The grass is greening up and the tree buds are...

Government & Politics

Editorial: Center Stage

The 2008 opening of the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Worcester was a marquee...

News

Incorporations from Feb. 16-28, 2011

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office between Feb. 16-28,...

News

How Many Cancer Centers Is Too Many? | Proposed center at St. V’s would be sixth in Central Mass.

When Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester recently announced that it would build a new $21-million cancer...

Education

Behind The Sound Bite: Tech Education

Robert Schwartz, head of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, recently came to Worcester to make the...

Advice

Social Media 101: YouTube

What is it? YouTube is the place to be if you want to watch video. Whether you're...

Advice

Social Media 101: Twitter

What is it? If you go to Facebook to socialize, then you go to Twitter for...

Professional Services

How To Leverage The Power Of Email Marketing

E-newsletters are one of the most effective lead-nurturing tactics because they allow you to position your company...

Technology

Finding Some Security In An Insecure World

Harry Segal, president of Networks Unlimited in Hudson, is a busy guy. And he’s likely to stay...

Advice

101: Employee Theft

It isn’t always a new employee who pilfers supplies, fraudulently diverts funds or abuses sick time. Fraud...

Advice

Social Media 101: Key Ways To Win At The Social Media Game

Now that you know the players when it comes to social media, it’s time to start thinking...

News

WBJ Talk Back from the May 9, 2011 issue

Getting EducatedOur WBJ Daily Report item about a presentation by Robert Schwartz of Harvard University on the...

News

Highlights from the May 9, 2011 issue

On Page One MEDICAL DELIVERY — With health care costs rising, some ask whether there’s such...

Economy

Briefing: Business Confidence

In April, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index reached its most optimistic level since...

Advice

Social Media 101: Other Sites

Yelp www.yelp.com For any consumer-oriented business, Yelp is a key website. It's basically an online directory...

Advice

Social Media 101: LinkedIn

What is it? Even if you think you are a social media dullard, if you're on LinkedIn...

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