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Outgrowing your bank

Earlier in my commercial banking career, I came upon the customer files of a small company launched as a startup more than 50 years ago. Today, it is a well-known technology company. My bank had financed some of its startup costs. However, within just a couple of years, the financing needs of that company increased to millions of dollars, and the bank was no longer able to support its growth.

High-end comes to Worcester’s downtown

In one fell swoop, a 168-room hotel has done something that years of development efforts have been striving for: align Worcester's downtown with the words luxury, premiere and high-end.

10 Things I Know About…Job-seeker mistakes

Ford R. Myers is a career coach and president of Career Potential, LLC.

Virtusa launches vToken payment-security product

Business consulting and technology outsourcing company Virtusa of Westborough announced Thursday the availability of a technology security product called vToken.
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Senate OKs workplace disfigurement, wage violation bills

The scope of workplace disfigurement injuries covered under workers' compensation policies would be expanded to injuries anywhere on a person's body, and the amount of compensation workers could receive would also be increased under a bill that cleared the Senate Thursday on a 36-1 vote.

Hands-free is not risk-free, AAA study says

Even while using hands-free technologies, drivers can remain distracted from the road for nearly 30 seconds after dialing a phone number, dictating a text message or skipping to the next song on a playlist, according to a new AAA report.

State replacing faulty nuts in Big Dig tunnel system

Highway officials have found a widespread problem of cracked construction nuts within the Big Dig tunnel system,...

Aer Lingus: Bradley flights take off in Sept. 2016

As widely expected, the Irish airline Aer Lingus will start flights between Dublin and Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. in September 2016. An exact date was not provided.
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Baker eyeing cheaper ways to study North-South rail link

Gov. Charlie Baker said the administration is looking into the scope of possible studies it could commission on the proposed North-South Rail Link, a project that Baker has voiced skepticism about.

Senators weigh changes to homeowners’ insurance rate process

Citing reports of rate hikes and canceled policies following last winter's storms, Massachusetts Senate leaders continue to mull changes in homeowners' insurance regulation geared towards more transparency.
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Production Manager – Columbia Tech

Columbia Tech
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Westborough, MA

Communications & Events Coordinator

Girls Inc. of Worcester
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Worcester, MA
Hourly Rate: $24–$27.88/hr (based on experience)

Chief Financial Officer

The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts
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Worcester, MA
$125,000 - $135,000
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