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Jan. 30 Deadline For Ice Storm Emergency Loans

Communities that want help from the state in recovering from December's ice storm must submit their requests...

Initial Jobless Claims Down Slightly

In the week ending Jan. 3, 467,000 Americans filed claims for unemployment benefits for the first time,...

December State Tax Collections Bolstered By Business

Corporate settlement payments and other large, one-time tax payments brought state tax collections up 1.2 percent to...

YWCA Lands $343K State Grant

The YWCA of Central Massachusetts has been awarded a $343,905 grant from the state's Workforce Competitiveness Trust...
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Factory Orders, Shipments Drop In November

Falling prices and demand pushed shipments from American factories down 5.3 percent to $393.8 billion in November,...

WBJ Talk Back: Online reader comments from December 22 through December 30, 2008

Our last issue may have come out in the middle of the holiday season, but our readers...

New Biz Activity Down 2.1% In The Bay State | Worcester still a leader for entrepreneurial activity in Central Mass., followed by Framingham

For all the worry about the state’s economy, new business formations in the Bay State were down...

The Devens Dilemma Surfaces Again | Discussions on creating a town are moving forward

Two years ago, Ayer and Harvard voters blocked a plan that would have transformed the former military...
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The Dirty Job Of Drywall | Why one piece of the construction industry is rife with illegality

If you talk to people in the construction industry about illegal subcontracting, it doesn’t take long for...

Q&A with Thomas Wellen, executive director of Marlborough 2010

Thomas Wellen is the new executive director of Marlborough 2010, a quasi-public organization that focuses on economic...
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