October 27, 2014 - Worcester Business Journal

Technology

4 tools to improve productivity

One of the more popular websites in recent months is Lifehacker.com, which shows you creative, yet simple...

News

Q&A with Patrick Muldoon, President, UMass Memorial Medical Center

Q&A with Patrick Muldoon, president of UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester.

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2014 Outstanding Women in Business: Victoria Waterman, CEO, Girls Incorporated of Worcester

Waterman, CEO of Girls Inc. in Worcester since 2012, was previously president of Leading Women Massachusetts. In...

Advice

10 Things I Know About… How to ask for business

10. It's not all about making the sale.Asking for business needs to come from the desire to...

News

Accolades & Honors

Westborough liquor store Julio's Liquors was awarded the 2015 “Whisky Retailer of the Year” in the single...

Health Care

Health care’s roller-coaster ride into the future

Progress can be frustratingly slow in the health care industry. It is a huge, unwieldy behemoth, and...

News

Briefing: More downtown action

It's all starting to come together for those who want to transform Worcester into an 18-hour-a-day city...

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2014 Outstanding Women in Business: Charlotte Broussard, Owner, Universal Window and Door

Broussard began her tenure as president of Universal Window and Door a year before she became its...

News

Fresh Beginnings

Sturbridge Coffee Roasters, at 210 Hamilton St., Southbridge, was purchased by Elvis and Karen Dyer of Dudley....

Advice

5 tips for grabbing prospects’ attention online

Company websites are as essential as business cards or a sign over your door. But to be...

News

Photo Finish

PAY FOR PLAYS&E Specialty Polymers of Lunenburg donated $20,000 to Life is Good Playmakers to help children...

News

Gender balance remains elusive in the workplace

Is there an even playing field at work between the sexes? A state task force wants companies...

News

What’s behind your question can reveal the strength of the relationship that lies ahead

I received an invitation recently to attend a sales webinar on effective questioning. The topics included “Asking...

Health Care

Mergers, staffing ratios nudge nurses toward union

The Massachusetts Nurses Association has been on the move in Central Massachusetts in recent months. In July, registered nurses at Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer voted to join the union. Two months later, RNs at Athol Hospital did the same.

Government & Politics

Some communities wrestle with property tax rates, but how key are they to business growth?

As some communities evaluate tax rate changes for businesses, their is mixed evidence of the impact on businesses.

News

Drop in gasoline prices? It’s all good (for most)

Gasoline prices have been on a steady march downward: Nine cents a gallon the week before last...

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2014 Outstanding Women in Business: Susan Mailman, President, Coghlin Electrical Contactors and Coghlin Network Services

Susan Mailman is the fourth-generation owner of a family business that's 130 years old. She's also actively...

Agriculture

Worcester sees economic and health benefits in urban farming

Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty wants to capitalize on urban farming by opening the city to commercial farming that he says will expand the economy while enhancing the quality of food available to all residents.

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Talk Back

WHO GETS THE MONEY? AT&T has agreed to pay $105 million in a federal-state settlement over unauthorized...

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2014 Outstanding Women in Business: Donna M. Truex, Attorney, Bowditch & Dewey LLP

Truex, who is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Florida, is a member of several nonprofit organizations,...

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2014 Outstanding Women in Business: Ann Tripp, Chief Investment Officer, The Hanover Insurance Group

Tripp is also president of Opus Investment Management, the real estate arm of The Hanover and a...

Government & Politics

Build on bipartisan legacy

Recently, we released a statewide economic development plan designed to expand the economy, create jobs and strengthen...

Advice

101: Workplace ethics

International think tank The Ethisphere Institute again recognized the world's most ethical companies earlier this year. “Companies...

Government & Politics

Invest in our citizens

I'm running for governor because I believe we have an opportunity right now to build an economy...

News

Incorporations

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

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2014 Outstanding Women in Business: Sarika Aggarwal, Chief Medical Officer, Fallon Health, Worcester

Dr. Aggarwal joined Fallon in 2012 as vice president of its NaviCare Clinical Programs. Previously, she was...

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2014 Outstanding Women in Business

The Worcester Business Journal proudly presents its 6th Annual Outstanding Women in Business Award winners. The six...

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