October 12, 2009Edition

Westborough Firm Drives Next Wave | Tech firm helps cut costs for struggling daily newspaper industry

Wave2 Media Solutions in Westborough is doing what many people might say is impossible: making a profit...

Briefing: Gateway City Parks

Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles recently announced a plan to develop and restore a...

101: Body Language

When preparing for that next big business meeting, it may shock (or scare) you that studies have...
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Shop Talk: Q&A with James Leary, UMass Medical School

James Leary’s new job as associate vice chancellor for community affairs of the University of Massachusetts Medical...

Energized Growth For Westborough Firm | CSG combines technology, advocacy for success

At the time of its founding in 1984, Westborough-based Conservation Services Group was focused on ways to...

Stimulus Funding, Innovation The Focus Of Economic Outlook Discussions

Two regional groups recently held economic outlook panel discussions that brought experts together to give their...

Gateway Picks Developer For Next Phase | Construction on 80,000 sq. ft. building could begin this year

Gateway Park in Worcester has landed a firm with experience building facilities in life sciences hot...
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Tracking The Chatter In The Twittersphere

From my perspective as a newspaper editor, social media is an exciting, but daunting task. We have...

WBJ Talk Back in the October 12, 2009 Issue

“Another critical project is the complete redesign and modernization of the four-miles of the Millbury-Sutton section of...

Knowhow: Focused On Financing

Small business owners looking for access to additional capital can take comfort in knowing that they are...

National Grid: AIM Criticism Off Base

Dear Editor, As an AIM member, National Grid is discouraged with both the tenor and...
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Colleges Ready, Nervous About Federal Lending Program

Financial aid managers at Central Massachusetts colleges are anticipating approval in the U.S. Senate of a law...

Seamless Execution In Sterling | For one company, Corian is way more than countertops

For many years, DuPont Corian has become a very popular material for countertops and tabletops. I didn’t...

2009 Top Growth Companies: What Recession?

This time last year, the stock market was falling apart, the air had officially been let out...

Grant Secures Energy Institute’s Future | $150K to help fund executive director for Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability

Thanks to funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, the Worcester-based Institute for Energy Innovation and Sustainability...
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Road Rage: MetroWest Comes Up Short On Transportation Funding

Aside from following the Red Sox and the Pats, one of the most common leisure time activities...

Incorporations for August 1 – 15, 2009

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's...

Has The Housing Market Hit Bottom? | Sales ticked up in July and August, but experts aren’t ready to call it a recovery

In May, home sales in Massachusetts slowed to their lowest pace in almost two decades. In June,...

Connecting Brides With Far-Flung Locales | DestinationWeddings.com grows despite troubles in the travel industry

Six years ago, Quentin Carmichael III saw that he and his team at Horizon’s Unlimited Travel were...
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Worcester Must Make Business A Priority

Hundreds of buildings in Worcester are vacant. A recent study by the Worcester Research Bureau revealed that...

H1N1 flu cases could exhaust state resources

As state health officials prepare to dispense the first trickle of H1N1 flu vaccine, a new report...

Dailies Look To E-Editions | New delivery method to stop bleeding of print subscribers

Declines in print circulation at dailies in Central Massachusetts range from an annual drop of 4.5 percent...

Turning The Page On Economic Development

Representatives of the state’s 11 “Gateway Cities” were on Beacon Hill a couple of weeks ago to...
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The View From The Top

We asked our 2009 Top Growth execs to give us their thoughts on growth and the recession....

10 Things I Know About Trade Shows

Deborah Penta is the CEO of Penta Communications Inc., a full-service traditional and interactive marketing firm in...
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