October 30, 2006 - Worcester Business Journal

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Supernatural site encounters success

Jeff Belanger needed a fix. Newspaper reporting didn’t pay the bills, and a stint in public relations...

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Auto insurance revamp moves forward

Assigned risk plan will be used starting in April In a major change of Bay State’s auto...

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Can Massachusetts afford not to roll back the income tax?

By bill vernonMaking affordable health insurance available to small businesses and their workers is the number one...

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Lodging industry targets corporate apartments

In what may seem like a reversal of roles, the Massachusetts Lodging Association wants to close the...

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Business Expo speakers examine both ends of the Information Age

J.D. Power recalled the time in 1968 when he had to wheedle his way in to Toyota’s...

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Finding God on the information superhighway

What began as an organization for Catholics struggling with the politics of the Church became an international...

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What’s the price of workplace conflict? Injuring the bottom line

By Virginia SwainConflict is inevitable in a human workplace. Challenging one another’s ideas can strengthen an outcome....

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UMass Memorial nurses to head back to work after six-hour strike

A six-hour strike at the university campus of UMass Memorial Health Care Inc. ended just before noon...

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The “ICE” Man Cometh? What If Immigration Shows up at Your Company? By Kirk A. Carter, Esquire

Kirk A. Carter, EsquireICE is the acronym for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the bureau within the Department...

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News Briefs

Local newsDevelopment Ayer, Harvard nix Devens spinoff HARVARD and AYER - Voters in these two towns rejected a plan...

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LetĂ˘Â€Â™s not raise the Mass. gas tax

BY elizabeth karasmeighanAccording to media reports, the Massachusetts Transportation Finance Committee is expected to recommend a 9-cent...

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The protocol and manners of business card exchange

By judith bowman The Japanese have taught us everything we know about business card exchange. Up until...

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Delivering compensation: FedEx drivers, Teamsters fight to unionize

The allure of six-figure salaries, managing your own workforce and growing from a start-up to a successful...

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WhatĂ˘Â€Â™s the price of workplace conflict? Injuring the bottom line

By Virginia SwainConflict is inevitable in a human workplace. Challenging one another’s ideas can strengthen an outcome....

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Let’s not raise the Mass. gas tax

BY elizabeth karasmeighanAccording to media reports, the Massachusetts Transportation Finance Committee is expected to recommend a 9-cent...

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Cover: Top Growth – All sectors on deck

Emerging and established, high-tech to high-touch, the region’s businesses celebrate their strengthsFind a need and fill it....

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New NLRB rulings redefine employees and supervisor definitions

The National Labor Relations Board issued three decisions on Oct. 3 that draw the line between the...

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Movers and Shakers

Movers and ShakersWalker Magnetics Group Inc. has appointed RICHARD LONGO to the position of president and COO...

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Talk like an incumbent

When Roger Saillant, a 30-year veteran and expatriate of the U.S. auto industry, drives a hybrid car...

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Sense of reality: Your internal picture of the most important person in the world

By jeffrey gitomerGot sales sense? The sense of selling, or sales sense, comes from mastering a series...

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Fallon Clinic bets on bones

New orthopedic unit will become basis for Center of Excellence downtown In something of a medical world...

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Harness the power of relationships to grow your small business

By Gail GoodmanSmall businesses are key drivers for the U.S. economy, representing 99.7 percent of all employers...

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New development agency for 26 North County communities

The North County will develop its own economic-development marketing plan under a newly created agency, the North...

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Candidates address business concerns Vow more local aid, affordable housing

WBJ asked the gubernatorial candidates to address a list of the key concerns raised by business groups...

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