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  • Editorial
    Editorial

    EDITORIAL: Baker’s business checklist

    It 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.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Do ‘smart meters’ threaten health?

    The Page One article in the Sept.

  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    Top Workplaces 2014: Going beyond the paycheck

    Rick Saia

    Who are some of the organizations in Central Massachusetts that do good things for their employees? In this, the third consecutive year in which we've honored them, we shine the spotlight on nine.

  • Photo Finish
    Photo Finish

    Photo Finish

    FOR A CAUSEFallon Health of Worcester raised $236,000 from its annual golf tournament for charities in Massachusetts that help fight hunger.

  • Accolades & Honors

    Worcester-based Pagano Media won two W3 Awards from the International Academy of the Visual Arts for web design, in honor of its work on websites for Worcester County Food Bank and a Washington, D.C., charter school.

  • Southborough leaders look ahead 25 years

    Emily Micucci

    What will Southborough look like in 25 years? Town leaders and economic development experts opened that discussion, Thursday morning at the Southborough 2040 Business & Nonprofit Summit.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    VIEWPOINT: Working with nonprofits benefits businesses beyond the bottom line

    Angela Bovill Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    When I was a CFO in business, I was truly for-profit. After all, profit meant survival and growth.But when I became CFO for a charitable organization, I expected concepts like profit and ROI to be secondary.

  • Shop Talk
  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Briefing: World Energy acquisition

    Energy services firm World Energy Solutions of Worcester agreed last week to be acquired by EnerNOC Inc., an energy intelligence software firm headquartered in Boston.

  • UPDATED: High tech calls on higher ed

    Emily Micucci

    High-tech companies in the U.S. often lament the lack of technology-based education programs that prepare American students for jobs in the sector.

  • How do you make them stay in Central Mass.?

    Emily Micucci

    Central Massachusetts stakeholders are taking a hard look at how to woo more new graduates to stay awhile after they graduate from Worcester-area colleges and universities.

  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    Reliant Medical Group: The potential of a 'thank you'

    Emily Micucci

    With 13 primary care offices in Central Massachusetts, Reliant Medical Group is a major provider of primary care in the region. It's also an economic engine, employing 2,170.

  • Advice
  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    O'Brien & Gibbons: Where no workplace hero goes unsung

    Susan Shalhoub

    O'Brien & Gibbons Insurance Agency of Worcester goes to great lengths to ensure its 15 employees are recognized for their work and dedication; sometimes, team members are being appreciated and don't realize it.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Sizing up the competition

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    What are you up against? It's crucial information for any business to look at before it develops a business strategy.

  • WBJ Talk Back

    TOMORROW'S COLLEGES

  • FLASH POLL: Good days ahead for housing market

    Two recent reports said sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts fell in September while the median selling price of a single-family home ($320,000, according to The Warren Group) showed little year-over-year movement.

  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    Spectrum Health Systems: Extending the mission to the future

    Emily Micucci

    Led by longtime CEO Chuck Faris, the senior management team at Spectrum Health Systems Inc. of Worcester launched an initiative two years ago designed to encourage leadership while boosting retention and career satisfaction.

  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    Fidelity Bank: 'High Fives,' ice cream and Six Flags tickets

    Jacquelyn Gutc

    You've undoubtedly heard someone you know complain that their boss doesn't notice them or that the only time managers pay attention is when they've done something wrong. But those people probably don't work at Fidelity Bank.

  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    DCU: A wide range of benefits

    Sam Bonacci

    While the benefits Digital Federal Credit Union provides — including birthdays off with pay, three weeks of vacation for starting employees and on-site fitness facilities — are a boon to the employees, having a happy and healthy staff is just as m

  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    Mirick O'Connell: Where learning is part of the culture

    Jacquelyn Gutc

    At Mirick O'Connell, it's believed that the firm and its employees are at their best when workers are learning and engaged.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Worcester group sees lift for tourism in Blackstone Canal revival

    Sam Bonacci

    Nearly two centuries ago, the Blackstone Canal helped catapult Worcester, then primarily a farming community, into the industrial age. But by 1848, the canal was closed and later capped after it served as the area's major trade route to Providence.

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations

    These Central Massachusetts businesses filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office Aug. 1-15, 2014. Listed are the corporate name, address and president.

  • Fresh Beginnings

    n Compass Bar & Grill is now open at 90 Harding St., Worcester.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Which way will Baker go on life sciences? Leaders wait on governor-elect

    Emily Micucci

    If there's one clear economic development legacy Gov. Deval Patrick will leave behind after eight years in office, it's his advocacy for the state's life sciences industry.

  • Focus on Top Workplaces
    Focus on Top Workplaces

    Atlas Distributing: A high priority on healthy workers

    Jacquelyn Gutc

    Atlas Distributing in Auburn may be a mid-sized company, but it operates like a small family business.

  • FLASH POLL: Stock market volatility? Little worries here

    The stock market was heading for a healthy year of gains until early October, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 6 percent, launching fears of a market “correction,” or worse.

WBJ Web Partners

Today's Poll

Has your company increased its use of AI in the last year?
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Although used in technology like Google searches for decades, the buzz around the use of artificial intelligence in business has soared in the last year, largely due to advances from the company OpenAI and its AI system ChatGPT. Companies have explored using AI to automate more processes, although fears around the technology's use are rampant, too. For example, part of the Hollywood writers' strike centered around using AI to develop scripts, and part of the new union contract included guarantees against certain uses of AI in moviemaking and television.