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November 23, 2015
Opinion

Worcester needs fiber to expand business options

Timothy P. Murray

The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce works to recruit, retain and incubate businesses in the region. We must understand the region's assets and market for business looking to move or expand.

  • Framingham pushing for $34-million downtown MassBay campus

    Emily Micucci

    Local stakeholders are in the process of re-pitching a $34-million downtown Framingham satellite campus of Massachusetts Bay Community College to the Baker Administration after a host of community college capital projects across the state have been put on hold.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Q&A with Geoffrey Dancey, President & Portfolio Manager, Cutler Capital Management

    Geoffrey Dancey first came to work for Melvin Cutler at his investment advisory firm when Dancey was an intern out of Clark University.

  • Central Mass firms set sights on international markets

    Livia Gershon

    Westborough-based eClinicalWorks is a company near the top of its field. It's one of the top vendors of electronic health records systems for U.S. doctors' offices and a big player in the development of mobile tools that let patients track their vital signs and communicate with doctors.

  • Briefing
    Briefing

    Worcester business Imperial Distributors reinvests in city

    As Worcester strives to grow its business base with new hotels, an expanding medical industry and courting startups, the city continues to rely upon long-time businesses, many of which started here and continue to make the region their home.

  • Focus On Health Care
    Focus On Health Care

    C-sections can double birthing costs

    Mark Simonelli

    An important new study by the Leapfrog Group shows that more than 60 percent of the reporting hospitals have excessive rates of Cesareans, or C-sections. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Cesarean birth has increased greatly since it was first measured in the '60s, and today, one in three women have C-sections.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: MEETING AGENDAS

    Susan Shalhoub

    Behind every truly effective meeting is a planned and organized agenda. This crucial item — and the forethought that go into it — can be overlooked in the rush to plan and attend said meeting. Agendas should be more that a general list of things that need to be covered. Like a good map, a strong agenda should prevent the meeting from drifting off course. Here are three ways to set up effective meeting agendas:

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations: Aug. 17-31, 2015

    These Central Massachusetts businesses filed Incorporation papers with the Massachusetts Secretary of State's Office from Aug. 17-31. Listed below are the corporate name, address, ZIP & president.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I Know About...Small-business capital

    10) Develop a business plan. A business plan doesn't have to be long, but it should provide a road map for where the business is going. Is the business model viable? What is the unique selling proposition? How is cash generated and when?

  • The Rainmaker
    The Rainmaker

    Startups, unicorns and realistic expectations

    Ken Cook

    I am a fan of startups and entrepreneurism, having worked with them my entire professional career. I've written books for them, built businesses around them and through Inc. Magazine consulted with the best of them – the Inc. 500.

  • Focus On Health Care
    Focus On Health Care

    Central Mass. to benefit from Life Sciences 2.0

    Sam Bonacci

    With its hybrid of open spaces and an educated workforce, Central Massachusetts is set to reap the rewards as the state's biomanufacturing initiative kicks into its second phase.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Using the community investment tax credit

    Mullen Sawyer

    You are used to getting a federal charitable deduction, how about adding a 50-percent tax refund on top of that?

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Today's Poll

How would you grade Gov. Maura Healey’s support of Central Massachusetts businesses in her tenure thus far?
Poll Description

More than one year has passed since Gov. Maura Healey was sworn in as the 73rd governor of Massachusetts. Since then, Healey has spoken extensively about her commitment to attracting, retaining, and growing business in the state. To accomplish that goal, Healey and her administration have proposed and enacted several initiatives, including granting Central Massachusetts manufacturing businesses $600,000, allocating $458,000 to businesses training the disabled workforce, and most notably, filing the $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act aimed at bolstering the state’s life sciences, climatetech, and applied artificial intelligence industries. 

At the same time, the Central Massachusetts Business Confidence Index dropped to 45.9 in April, the second lowest score in the index's history, reflecting declined views regarding the region's economic outlook.

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