October 29, 2007 - Worcester Business Journal

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Central Mass In Review

DevensWorkers injured at BMS project in DevensFour workers were injured in the collapse of a staging...

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Group For Women Raises Eyebrows

'Ladies Who Launch' lands in Central Mass.The chairs were pink. The pens were pink. Even the M&Ms...

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Movers & Shakers

Attorney CHRISTINE SMITH COLLINS has been appointed to the advisory board of the Female Leadership Interest Council...

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Fitchburg State In Line For Funding

Governor's bill includes money for several local college projectsA bond bill proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick this...

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Regional Briefs

State unemployment rate dipsLed by job gains in education and health services, the state's unemployment rate dropped...

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Labor Pool: A Union That’s Good For Employers, Too?

The biggest union vote that no one cares aboutTo look at the front pages of local newspapers,...

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Taking The Heat, Staying In The Kitchen

Robb and Madeleine Ahlquist of the Worcester Restaurant Group, which owns three eateries in Worcester.Worcester Restaurant Group...

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Get Your Health Care House In Order

Deadline looms for businessesAs the Nov. 15 deadline for filing the Fair Share Contribution (FSC) and Health...

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Beantown College Moves West

Cambridge College on the hunt for downtown space in WorcesterA combination classroom/online master's degree program formerly available...

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101 Intellectual Property

5 tips on how to avoid common IP disastersBy Jean D. SifleetIntellectual property (IP) is the core...

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Letter To The Editor: Karl Storz Article Unfair To Pakistan

Dear Editor,I enjoy reading the Worcester Business Journal. Your article discussing the rumor about Karl Storz having...

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Bankruptcies

These Central Massachusetts and MetroWest businesses had bankruptcy petitions filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Worcester from...

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Business In The Fast Lane

Top Growth lists take the pulse on the region's economyBY CORY S. HOPKINS AND CHRISTINA H. DAVISWorcester...

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10 Things I Know About…

Creating A Web Site By Paul KastnerCo-founder of lingro.com, an online language-learning tool, and recent graduate...

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Worcester’s Original Incubator

Julius Palley tends to his tenantsNestled among the bustle and promise of Gateway Park, behind the newly...

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Reg. Change Proposed For Prepaid Legal Services

Kathy Pinson, vice president of regulatory compliance at Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc.An Oklahoma-based company is lobbying at...

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Sepracor, Drug Cos. Fight Against Medicine Mixing

Compounding pharmacists say Congress, Big Pharma threaten biz unnecessarilyEven though the Safe Drug Compounding Act of 2007...

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Growing Businesses Can Come In Small Packages

For Framingham's Sourcentra, it's what's on the outside that countsBy Taryn Plumb PLUMB Daniel Gonyea, CEO of...

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Bad Medicine

It's called the Patient Safety Act.While technically it's House Bill 2059, the legislation has been assigned the...

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Sontra Survives And Looks For Fresh Start

Franklin biotech is back from the brink of extinction, with a new nameDiabetes is a manageable disease,...

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Demand For Wireless Keeps Optasite Growing

Revenues have quadrupled in the last three yearsBy Taryn Plumb James Eisenstein, CEO of Optasite.They do their...

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Biotech Bizz: Ya’ Want Peptides With That?

Maynard co. stays focused by branching outAlfred Chi's big idea, the one he has invested $150,000 of...

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Westborough Firm Strikes Gold With Electronic Records

eClinicalWorks predicts 25 percent revenue in next 12 monthsBy Taryn Plumb Center, Girish Kumar Navani, president and...

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The Ticker

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Networking

MONDAY, OCTOBER 29MetroWest Chamber of Commerce Speed NetworkingTime: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Contact: chamber@metrowest.orgTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30MetroWest Chamber...

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Letter To The Editor: PLAs Are Key To Good Development

Dear Editor,Much ado has been made recently about Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), pre-hire collective bargaining agreements that...

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Shop Talk: Opening Night Nears

For Hanover TheatreTroy Siebels, executive director of the Worcester Center for the Performing Arts.Troy Siebels, executive director...

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Hospitals Brace For Battle On Staffing Issues

Nurses say legislation will save livesA law being proposed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association would take the...

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Opinion: Mass. Doctors: Ranking Systems Need To Go

By Dr. B. Dale MageeNew York's Attorney General Andrew Cuomo recently attempted to hault tiering programs by...

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Incorporations

These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office primarily between August...

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Acquisition Of Juice Co. No Worry In Littleton

200 jobs will stay putThe words "acquisition," "merger" and "buyout" are generally associated with more ominous phrases...

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