November 22, 2010 - Worcester Business Journal

Small Business

Incorporations from Sept. 1-15, 2010

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

News

Issue Highlights from the Nov. 22, 2010 issue

On Page One TAX LAW – A federal cash grant incentive for solar...

Small Business

Knowhow: Conversion Techniques | Four tips to make sure every prospect turns into a customer

The most important component of your sales process is the conversion rate. And the reason is simple:...

Technology

The Quick, Nimble Find Opportunities

As the federal health-care reform law nears full implementation, any health-care technology firms looking for opportunities may...

Professional Services

New Law Impacts HR Policies | A provision in the much-heralded Economic Development Reorganization Act of 2010 is causing havoc

David Felper, chairman of the litigation and labor employment division for the Worcester-based law firm of Bowditch...

Government & Politics

Economy, Health Care Top Republican Agenda

Now that this year’s election cycle has come and gone, I for one am ready to get...

Government & Politics

Health Scare

Recently, two related debates have caught our attention. The first is a national one, where among...

Retail

Retailers Brace For Uncertain Season | Things may be looking up, but wallets may not be coming out

Consumer spending makes up a huge majority of the United States’ economic activity, and interest rates...

Technology

The World Of Multiple Devices

This is not an exaggeration. On a recent Sunday afternoon I was using not one, not two,...

Advice

10 Things I Know About… Creativity

10. Daily Writing Write at least one paragraph per day. Explore unique experiences, observations, special moments...

Banking & Finance

Winter Will Test Bank Owned Properties

A few weeks back, Worcester plumber Daniel Voellings got a call about preparing a foreclosed home in...

Manufacturing

SJC Broadens Definition Of Manufacturing | Decision has positive implications for startup companies

A decision handed down in July by the state Supreme Judicial Court increases the chances...

Small Business

Survey Says: Holiday Parties Are Worth It

Editor’s note: This article was written in response to a poll in the WBJ Daily Report where...

Government & Politics

Briefing: Yawkey Way Commuter Rail

Gov. Deval Patrick joined other state and Boston city officials at the ground breaking ceremony for the...

Nonprofits

Q&A with James A. Welu, Worcester Art Museum

While James A. Welu plans to step down as director of the Worcester Art Museum, he has...

Advice

101: Disciplining Employees

Managers often view discipline as punishing their employees. However, if discipline is handled the right way, it...

Retail

Behind The Sound Bite: Black Friday

For this edition of Behind the Sound Bite, we’re digging into the facts behind a myth rather...

Manufacturing

Lighting The Way In Worcester | Schoelly Imaging makes surgery, inspections minimally invasive

I’ve written in this column in the past about manufacturing companies that began in the basements or...

Banking & Finance

FDIC Rule Changes Would Help Community Banks

The Nov. 9 vote by the board of directors of the FDIC approving two proposed rules amending...

Banking & Finance

The Race Is On | As a cash incentive for solar installations expires at the end of the year, businesses rush to get projects...

This summer, Michael Kane, who owns 126 Self Storage in Ashland, contacted a solar consultant to investigate...

Professional Services

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