October 16, 2017Edition

Professional Services

Zubretsky, the interim CEO

The Hanover Insurance Group's announcement last week of the departure of President and CEO Joseph Zubretsky comes as a bit of a surprise.
Education

CDCs create stronger cities

The City of Worcester contends with blighted buildings in our inner city neighborhoods fallen to foreclosure.
Advice

10 things I know about … being a nonprofit executive

The passion and creativity entrepreneurs have is contagious.
Economy

Businesses save on insurance by keeping employees healthy

Wellness benefits in the workplace are going beyond lunchtime yoga classes and healthy snacks in the breakroom.
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Arts & Entertainment

Amazon should come to Worcester

It is important to ask the right questions when it comes to Amazon and the opportunity to become the host for its proposed second headquarters, dubbed HQ2.
Professional Services

Hanover CEO to exit after 16 months

Analysts don't expect a sale. Rather, CEO Joseph Zubretsky got an opportunity he couldn't pass up, analysts say.
Retail

Can going private save Staples?

Nothing has worked quite yet to help the Framingham office retailer dig out of its troubles. Now, the company has gone private.
Hospitality

Spreading the deadhorse love around Worcester

Nearly 18 months after opening their first restaurant – deadhorse hill – Sean Woods, Jared Forman and Bert LaValley plan on opening Korean restaurant simjang on Shrewsbury Street by the end of the year.
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News

Business embezzlement is everywhere

It would never happen here. Our employees are good people. I trust them implicitly. Besides, it's only big companies that get scammed. And on and on go the reasons for not taking even simple steps.
Retail

HomeSense is TJX’s new bet on retail

TJX has launched another in-store shopping experience, leveraging customer loyalty and treasure-hunt mentality in a $664B market
Economy

Worcester pedals forward on bikeshare businesses

Worcester likely wouldn't strike anyone as a good city for bicycling. Winters are brutal. Streets are hilly. But, bikes are here nonetheless.
Advice

101: Psychological safety

Where it may sound like simply meaning feeling comfortable speaking up, in the corporate world, psychological safety goes beyond that, and is crucial to building a productive team.
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News

Worcester hopes to beat the odds and lure Amazon

Worcester is punching its own lottery ticket in hopes to lure Amazon to open its second headquarters in the city.
Advice

The power of the infographic

We live in the age of Big Data, where 1.5 billion pieces of content are published and shared daily.
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