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Although the growth slowed last year, 2022 still showed Central Massachusetts has become a destination for new businesses. Another 2,772 new businesses incorporated in the region in 2022, a 1.5% increase over the eye-popping 2021 figures.

WBJ editor Brad Kane writes about the challenges of balancing work while standing in as a single parent for a week.

Aero Coffee Roasters was supposed to open in February of 2020, but, like everything that happened in 2020, the COVID pandemic had other plans

Although still in optimistic territory, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index has fallen for the past three months.

Rarely ever do you see Bill Gates, Joe Biden, and the community of Devens all in one story, but the palpable excitement around the opening of a $2-billion energy company in Central Massachusetts is creating just such that buzz, with the future of the world’s energy sources and climate on the line.

I don’t pretend to be the voice of small businesses; but I am a voice, and I’m telling you what I see. What’s happening is complicated and not caused by any one big reason. I wish it were that simple.

The irony in leadership is traits that make a strong leader can eventually – if taken to the extreme – produce failure.

With today’s current economic climate full of unknowns, many people have questions on managing their investments. Here is how to plan ahead for the new year in the current market.

“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.”This quote has been...

Selling our souls to corporate America and letting our professional lives dictate our time is not the answer. It is unreasonable to expect millions of capable adults not earn an income or contribute to the collective workforce. We must find a middle ground that might not have a catchy or trending name but will undoubtably create more balance and holistic fulfillment for us all.