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September 28, 2015

Real Deal for Sept. 28

Real Deal highlights a recent commercial property transaction in Central Massachusetts.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Craning toward schools for workforce boost

    It’s been 30 years since Don Bates founded the company that bears his name. D.C.

  • Tempers flare over Hopkinton CVS

    Livia Gershon Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    On the face of it, the arrival of a CVS store in a local town might not sound like a big deal.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Should you go for it in the 4th quarter?

    Paul Dion Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    That's not a football question. It's one many small business owners are asking as we head into the fourth quarter of 2015. With information from the first three quarters, SMBs can develop a game plan for the rest of year.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Managing a merger

    Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    Companies merge all the time, and the reasons vary. Some may “have their eggs all in one basket,” or too much of its business in one area, and seek to diversify to reduce risk.

  • Focus On Energy and Manufacturing
    Focus On Energy and Manufacturing

    Central Mass. ramps up for Manufacturing Day

    Sam Bonacci

    Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place on October 2.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I Know About... Workplace ergonomics

    E. Thomas Willett E. Thomas Willett, Dpt, Is Director/owner Of Worcester Physical Therapy Services. Contact Him At Tom.willett@worcpt.com

    1. Extremes are bad.This means sitting too much as well as standing too much. We need a balanced middle ground to prevent office environment injuries and body strains.

  • Senior housing choices on the rise in Mass.

    Christina P. O'neill Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    Senior housing choices today are more varied than ever, ranging from so-called “Over-55” developments, which are age-specific but which do not offer staff support services, to “Active Adult” communities, which offer support services such as mainte

  • The Rainmaker
    The Rainmaker

    Three ways your product can fit in the customer's business

    An important element of success in sales is understanding how your product fits in the context of the customer's business and what they need to be successful.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    eVisiting the electronic MD

    William Corbett, Md Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    If you have ever suffered with conjunctivitis, you know the symptoms are hard to miss.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Fred Eppinger's mark

    One of the first key-player names any newcomer to the Worcester business community learns is Frederick H. Eppinger.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Airbnb fills the hotel void in Worcester

    Sam Bonacci

    Open a map of Worcester on Airbnb, and a peppering of locations pops up throughout the city with a vast price range and style. Want a small room in an apartment in Main South? Dig $30 out of your pocket.

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Today's Poll

Has your business increased its use of AI technology in the last year?
Poll Description

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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