November 21, 2011 - Worcester Business Journal

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On Page One RETAIL: SATURATED WITH SUPERMARKETS? – Food-store chains stake out their turfs in...

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Health Care Reform Enters Stage II

Five years ago, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to mandate health insurance - which...

Energy

Betting Big On Energy Auctions | Growth, recent acquisitions help boost stature of Worcester’s World Energy Solutions

It’s been a busy few months at the Worcester headquarters of energy auction company World Energy...

Retail

Holiday Shopping Forecast: Partly Hopeful

Much like Santa, Betsy Madson, owner of Classic Toy Shop in Worcester, works all year long to...

Retail

Saturated With Supermarkets? | Food-store chains stake out their turf in Central Mass., but is it getting too crowded?

Take a drive down Route 9, starting in the Framingham area heading west, and it may feel...

Retail

Still Alive And Doing Business On Main Street | Retailers find new reasons to be downtown

In 1970, when Steven Duvarney’s grandfather and father decided to expand the family’s Clinton-based jewelry business, they...

Economy

Wage Watchers Foresee Small Raises For 2012

The Employers Association of the NorthEast is predicting that the region’s employees will see their pay rise...

Retail

Retailers Discover Value In Tech-Driven Analytics

In the early 1990s Walmart did something cutting edge that, at the time, helped propel the company...

Energy

Behind The Sound Bite: Burying Power Lines

After a snowstorm late last month knocked out power to nearly 700,000 Massachusetts residents, Gov. Deval Patrick...

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Incorporations

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Aug. 16-31,...

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Q&A With Juliet Feibel Of ARTSWorcester

JULIET FEIBELTITLE: Executive Director, ARTSWorcesterHOMETOWN: St. LouisRESIDENCE: WorcesterEDUCATION: Bachelor's degree, Northwestern; doctorate, University of MichiganARTSWorcester is probably...

Retail

Advantage: Tenants | The economy makes it a renter’s market at Central Mass. shopping centers

Attention retail landlords: Keep your tenants happy, because there could be greener pastures right down the street.At...

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Photo Finish

OF NOTEFramingham-based Staples hosted children’s reading events and donated 600 books to...

Advice

10 Things I Know About Good Web Design

10. KEEP IT SIMPLE Life’s complicated enough without trying to figure out how to use a...

Government & Politics

Mass. Must Clearly Define Employee Status

Last month, in a packed committee room, small businesses of every variety told lawmakers that the state’s...

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Cutting Risks | Six areas where small-business owners can get an edge

Running a small business isn't easy. Most business owners spend eight, 10, 12 hours a...

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WBJ Talk Back

DOWNTOWN THEATER DISTRICT Plans for a theater district have been drawing comments in our LinkedIn group page...

Real Estate

Marlborough Sale Shakes MetroWest Market

The sale of The Campus at Marlborough — a complex of three fully-leased, high-quality office buildings totaling...

Transportation

Rule Change Worries Trucking Companies

Intransit Container Trucking transports freight to and from the Port of Worcester and other intermodal rail and...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Hiring Veterans

In the days leading up to Veterans Day earlier this month, Gov. Deval Patrick declared November to...

Advice

101: Blocking Interruptions

It’s happened to all of us: While you’re answering an email at work, your phone rings. You...

Energy

Utility Merger A Threat To Competition

Much has already been argued before the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities about the appropriate standard of...

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