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A new study by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau says officials must do more to prevent students who graduate from colleges in and around Worcester from leaving the city.
An increasing number of credit unions across the country are taking advantage of a federal program that allows them to lend more money to lower-income individuals and families, a traditionally underserved population.
These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from June 16-30, 2014. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP and president.ACTON
A few years ago, mental health funding in Massachusetts was under siege as Gov. Deval Patrick struggled to produce a balanced budget as the Great Recession limited revenue.
Sometimes they're called strategy sessions or one-on-ones; other times, executive staff meetings or project reviews. They are all meetings, and can likely be more effective — even for the best leaders among us.
The state agency that oversees the 2012 health care cost-containment law issued its first-ever report this month that measures health care spending growth in Massachusetts
ENFORCING GOODSouthbridge-based Savers Bank donated $1,000 to the Southbridge Cops 'n Kids program.
In a world of online bill payments, smartphone check deposits and nearly universal debit card use, you might think the bank teller would be going the way of the telegraph operator, but that's just not the case for Central Mass. financial institutions.
Just after press deadline, the Worcester City Council was expected to select the next city manager after a months-long process that included — according to published reports — the apparent exclusion of a qualified candidate from the group of final
When the stock market tumbled in 2008 and touched off the Great Recession, the newest college graduates at the time scrambled for work. Six years later, the slowly improving job market has led to a new emphasis on the return on investment (ROI) from a college education by both parents and students.
No one disputes that legislation that would give Massachusetts employees legal recourse if they're bullied at work is well intentioned. But is it practical?
We all know that referrals are almost always the best source for new business. They work because someone who already likes us is referring us to someone who likes them.
All organizations are subject to cybersecurity risks. So, if you don't have a cybersecurity plan or cybersecurity business unit, “you should be afraid, be very afraid,” to quote the famous movie line.
Marvin S. Silver, a Westborough-based trusts and estates attorney with Partridge Snow & Hahn, was named among the “2015 Lawyers of the Year” by Best Lawyers, in a peer-review assessment.
As talk of an interest rate hike by the Fed heats up, what would the impact of such a move be on banks in Central Mass.
There's no question that the health care landscape is shifting — for patients, doctors and medical centers, as well as insurers. As one way to adapt, Harrington HealthCare System in Southbridge and Heywood Hospital in Gardner have formed a partnership that is the first of its kind in the state, and, according to experts and those involved, could serve as a local and national model for community healthcare systems.
UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced on Wednesday the opening of a new Health AI Assurance Laboratory, in partnership with Bedford non-for-profit research-and-development center MITRE. As artificial intelligence becomes more widely used in health care, the center is designed to provide validation for the use of the technology, to address concerns including technical robustness and safety, transparency, diversity and fairness, as well as societal and environmental well-being. The UMass Chan's center comes as more applications using AI are being developed for a wide variety of business applications, raising concerns about overreliance on the technology and its impact on employees.
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