November 24, 2014 - Worcester Business Journal

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Worcester: an urban alternative to Boston?

In a competitive commercial real estate market, Worcester is marketing itself as a true urban alternative to...

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WBJ Talk Back

ELECTION AFTERMATH It was an election with plenty of implications for business that yielded a party switch...

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Fresh Beginnings

n Ixtapa Mexican Grill & Cantina has opened at 103 Nagog Park, Acton.n Marlborough-based Davis Transportation Services,...

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Accolades & Honors

Twenty-five attorneys at Worcester-based Mirick O'Connell were named Massachusetts Super Lawyers for 2014; and eight were named...

Advice

How to find good people through LinkedIn

Spending more time networking than posting a job is the best way to find quality people, unless you're under a time crunch. That's when you should use LinkedIn to find suitable candidates.

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Editorial: Worcester council should narrow tax-rate gap again

Worcester city councilors next week are expected to hold their annual tax classification hearing, and the business community is again lobbying to shrink the gap between the residential and commercial/industrial rates. The council has done that in two of the last three years, and should do so again.

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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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Health care costs: up front and online

Ten years ago, the idea of using the internet to compare restaurants or services based on price and consumer ratings was in its infancy. Today, though, health care in Massachusetts has taken a similar step.

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Worcester’s bridge to Liberia

When news of the first confirmed Ebola case in West Africa broke in March, Patricia McQuilken, a University of Massachusetts Medical School doctor working at a hospital in Liberia, felt confident the virus could be contained. But it was not, and today she and a UMass team are back in Liberia

Advice

101: Introducing new technology

We don't imagine there's an employee anywhere who looks forward to the introduction of a new computer system. Here are three ways to make technology changes more streamlined and less stressful.

Government & Politics

Viewpoint: Congress must renew terror risk insurance

Congress is back in Washington, and one of its most important pending actions is to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, or TRIA. Failure to pass legislation have dire consequences in the event of a large-scale terror attack in the United States.

Government & Politics

Briefing: Westminster tobacco ban

Members of Westminster's board of health may have gotten more pushback than they expected when they proposed banning the sale of all tobacco products in the town. Last week, they dropped the plan.

Energy

Analysts: World Energy, buyer stand to gain in merger

With EnerNOC poised to acquire World Energy Solutions early next year, energy industry analysts foresee increased sales...

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Photo Finish

TECH TEACHING TOOLSFitchburg-based Rollstone Bank & Trust donated $1,200 to the Leominster-based Nicholas James Foundation, which provides...

Hospitality

Flash Poll: Keep Olympics away from here!

Boston is on the shortlist of potential U.S. host sites for the 2024 Olympic Games. (The others:...

Life Sciences

Q&A with Matthew D. Phaneuf, Cofounder, NuVascular Technologies

NuVascular Technologies is sitting at the intersection of health care and textiles, a startup that's developing such products as artificial blood vessels. Matt Phaneuf, who has worked in medical research for 25 years, co-founded NuVascular.

Advice

10 Things I Know About … Search engine optimization

(Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Worcester Business Journal in June 2009.)10. Add contentYour content...

Government & Politics

Is the medical device tax on the way out?

Amid the controversy over national health care reform, the Affordable Care Act has raised serious hackles with the medical device tax, especially in Massachusetts. Now, with Republicans set to control both chambers of Congress in January, it looks like a repeal of the tax may be in the works.

Government & Politics

Flash Poll: Baker’s top business priority? Ease tax burden

With less than two months before Charlie Baker takes over as governor, what should be his top...

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Got a hammer? Know that not everything is a nail

If I had a hammer,I'd hammer in the morning,I'd hammer in the evening,All over this land.~ Lee...

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