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August 15, 2016
Advice

101: GUARD YOUR TIME

Susan Shalhoub Special To The Worcester Business Journal

Having your time hijacked by other people can derail the work you had planned for the day, so you have to guard your time.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    Massachusetts energy policy needed a Republican

    The latest achievement of a conservative governor working out problems with mostly liberal lawmakers came recently when Gov. Charlie Baker signed a comprehensive Massachusetts energy bill into law.

  • Incorporations
    Incorporations

    Incorporations

    Gathered below are the latest companies launched in Central Massachusetts.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Smokers, cancer patients concern new Clinton Hospital CEO

    In mid-June, UMass Memorial Health Care named Lisa Colombo as the permanent president and CEO of Clinton Hospital and she has set her focus on growth, marketing and philanthropy.

  • Focus on Higher Education
    Focus on Higher Education

    Assumption professor works to score Worcester economy

    Caitlin Reidy

    For five years, Assumption Professor Thomas White has been publishing a quarterly economic index that helps inform the area's business community.

  • New WPI diversity officer hopes to bring all voices to the table

    Laura Finaldi

    As WPI's first vice president for talent development and chief diversity officer, Michelle Jones-Johnson is charged with recruitment, employee development, and creating a plan to make the university more inclusive.

  • Page One Story
    Page One Story

    Avoiding Boston’s housing pitfalls

    Sam Bonacci

    As Worcester adds luxury its housing stock, officials strive to keep the city's affordable destination reputation.

  • The Rainmaker
    The Rainmaker

    Three stages of a company’s growth

    Growth is a given for business sustainability and it can be summed up in three stages.

  • Advice
    Advice

    Using the cloud for small business

    Konrad Martin Special To The Worcester Business Journal

    A local technology solutions expert walks through incorporating the cloud with your business.

  • New offshore wind requirement leads to price worries

    Laura Finaldi

    New renewable power requirements in Massachusetts' comprehensive energy law could lead to rate hikes, according to business and industry officials.

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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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