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The rise of malware seems to have passed some people by.
What if your employees gave you a performance review on the way you conduct performance reviews? Do you dread these intended-to-be regular sit-down sessions? Or are employee reviews a task that's put off, and if done, conducted quickly without thoughtful preparation? Here are three tips that can help ease your perspective.
Work parties during the holiday season are common, with bonuses maybe a little less common. But with an improving economy, are some businesses giving out a little extra money to their employees over the next several weeks? Here's what our readers said the week of Nov. 25.
A state-created commission says Massachusetts' top elected officials deserve raises. How do readers feel about that? Here's what the answered the week of Dec. 3.
CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONFramingham-based MutualOne Bank donated $5,000 to the Amazing Things Arts Center (ATAC) in Framingham.
Business thrives on data. But it needs special software to help go behind the data to react to changing customer demand and stay competitive. That's where Franklin-based Saylent Technologies comes in for financial institutions, as a provider of data analytics software and services.
The Harr automobile dealerships have been a part of Charles Ribakoff's life since his father bought the company in 1948. In that time he has moved up through jobs in various dealerships to management roles, and eventually he bought the business from his father 15 years ago. Now, it's his time to pass along the company.
Two car dealerships in Westborough — Dan's Jeep and Westborough Mitsubishi — installed 441 rooftop solar panels, with anticipated savings of more than $500,000 in electricity costs over 25 years.
Harrington HealthCare System opened its new Remillard Family Emergency Department in Webster.
Despite all the rapid technological change, there's one thing we can count on: the increasing importance of mobile devices in the way people consume media and interact with the world in general.
The Affordable Care Act impacts health care providers of all types, but dentists were largely disappointed by its shortcomings in expanding dental coverage.
The director of a college office that focuses on internships and career development offers advice for businesses on helping a college student gain valuable experience while in school.
For the past two years, Hudson-based ResTech Plastic Molding has been on a buying spree, gobbling up three fellow manufacturers in Connecticut and Pennsylvania and looking at more potential deals down the line.
Natick Visiting Nurse Association was named a Top Agency of the 2014 HomeCare Elite, a program that recognizes home health agencies in the United States.
As baby-boomer business owners approach their 60s, their thoughts often turn from an “achievement” mindset to one of “quality of life” values and concerns.
In the last year, data from 96 million credit cards were exposed during breaches at Home Depot and Target. The online security of the U.S. State Department, the White House and other government agencies are constantly being probed.
More governments and nonprofit groups across Central Massachusetts are focusing on culture and the arts as money-making cornerstones capable of anchoring entire neighborhoods while making cities more livable.
Here's a list of Central Massachusetts businesses that filed incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Sept. 1-15, 2014.
Massachusetts has the second smallest percentage of family-owned businesses in the country, according to an OnDeck analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023 Annual Business Survey. The analysis showed 21.87% of Massachusetts businesses are family-owned.
The power of family-owned operations is found in the numbers. Research performed by Family Enterprise USA reports 74% of family-owned businesses have been operating for more than 30 years.
Even when families don’t work together running a business, many professionals hope to see their children following in their career footsteps, creating a lineage of those in the same profession and fostering the camaraderie that comes with.
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