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EditorialPatrick's business legacy
January 5, 2015Political leaders usually campaign with great fervor on economic growth.
January 5, 2015
These numbers can erase that ‘Grinch-y’ feeling
December 8, 2014No one likes to enter the holiday season in a foul mood. The change in the weather and the disappearing daylight are enough to keep you down in December.
December 8, 2014
Editorial: Worcester council should narrow tax-rate gap again
November 24, 2014Worcester city councilors next week are expected to hold their annual tax classification hearing, and the business community is again lobbying to shrink the gap between the residential and commercial/industrial rates. The council has done that in
November 24, 2014EDITORIAL: Baker’s business checklist
November 10, 2014It was a closer race than expected, but in the end, much of the business community got the governor it wanted with the election of Charlie Baker, putting a Republican in the corner office after eight years under Deval Patrick.
November 10, 2014
Health care’s roller-coaster ride into the future
October 27, 2014Progress can be frustratingly slow in the health care industry.
October 27, 2014
Repeal the casino law? Yes, but not completely
September 29, 2014When the Legislature pushed through the 2011 bill that expanded casino gambling in Massachusetts, it did so under the backdrop of an economy still struggling to its feet following a devastating recession.
September 29, 2014
Election 2014 offers opportunity for business
September 15, 2014Business issues will not go unnoticed over the next seven weeks as Massachusetts voters prepare to elect a new governor and decide the fates of four ballot questions, each of them tied to the Bay State economy.
September 15, 2014Editorial: The broader implications of GE's Marlborough move
September 1, 2014We're two-thirds of the way through the year, and the recent announcement that GE Healthcare Life Sciences will move its headquarters — and more than 500 jobs — into Marlborough by next spring is clearly one of the biggest business stories in
September 1, 2014
Editorial: An auspicious diamond debut
September 1, 2014Is Worcester the place of instant baseball magic?
In 2005, the Worcester Tornadoes made their debut in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball — and won the league championship.
September 1, 2014
UMass Memorial in recovery? Financial results show promise
August 17, 2014The financial challenges faced by UMass Memorial Health Care have been no secret.
August 17, 2014Editorial: A loud signal to business
August 4, 2014The weeks-long drama over the leadership and direction of the Market Basket grocery store chain has led to a big question about business that has yet to be answered: Can workers force a company's leaders to accede to their demands; in this case,
August 4, 2014Editorial: What can you do with an old fort? The Devens record
August 4, 2014Nearly two decades have passed since the U.S. Army closed Fort Devens as an active military installation.
August 4, 2014Opinion: Life sciences has grown; here's hoping for more
July 21, 2014Massachusetts long ago planted the seeds for a future that includes a growing life sciences industry. Now, the state has to maintain the fertility of that industry, especially in Central Massachusetts.
July 21, 2014Opinion: Nurses' union: one up, one down
July 21, 2014The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) recently pushed the issue of nurse-patient ratios toward a ballot referendum, but settled for a compromise focused on intensive care units that one local hospital executive calls manageable.
July 21, 2014Business-education partnerships are critical for economic growth
June 23, 2014Education has long been called “the great equalizer” in the United States. One of its long-held, core beliefs has been that through hard work and perseverance, anyone born into any rung of the socio-economic ladder can accomplish anything.
June 23, 2014
Mass. should not ban non-competes, but allow for sensible restrictions
June 9, 2014For decades, Massachusetts has prided itself on being a state where innovative businesses are born, then grow and evolve into companies that can impact the regional or even the global economy.
June 9, 2014
