Businesses are inextricably linked with the charitable organizations in their backyards, with a small chunk of profits probably going to local charities. But changes in employees' attitudes may also be changing that model.
Selling and buying sound sound similar, and ideally are. They're interdependent, yet they manifest themselves in different ways, and somehow they usually end up being contentious.
In the 1980s, after several years in marketing roles for top consumer brands, Bob Fields formed CommCreative, a “unified” marketing agency where clients can get help with the different components of marketing. CommCreative's clients include Fortune 500 companies and regional brands in health care, finance, high tech and service industries.
This year, all four big health insurance companies covering Central Massachusetts referred to the landmark federal health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, in explaining why they lost money in the first quarter.
Three years ago, Massachusetts voters approved the medical use of marijuana via a binding ballot referendum. Now with two states having made recreational pot legal and others leaning that way, should voters here ultimately decide that too? Most of last week's Flash Poll voters said it should.