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December 10, 2018
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Worcester's sports franchises have two years to prepare for the Pawtucket Red Sox

Zachary Comeau

Years before it even arrives in Worcester, the top Red Sox farm team is already gobbling up sponsorships and is sure to challenge existing Worcester teams for ticket sales.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Dual-tax rate hurts Worcester

    Alex Guardiola

    Since 1984, the city council has shifted a portion of the residential tax burden over to the business property tax payers. By doing so, it puts Worcester at a competitive disadvantage to its surrounding communities.

  • Shop Talk
    Shop Talk

    Insulet moving to Acton, switching CEOs

    Insulet, a manufacturer of the wearable OmniPod insulin system for diabetes patients, will move its worldwide headquarters in mid-December from Billerica to a $100-million Acton facility.

  • Editorial
    Editorial

    No room for error

    Worcester can support five sports franchises. They just have to be smart about it.

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Why I know all of my staff's birthdays

    Renee Diaz

    For the past six Thanksgivings, I was exhausted around my family. Thanks to 26 people, that didn't happen this year.

  • Advice
    Advice

    The impact of online reviews

    Laura Dibenedetto

    Building a positive online reputation takes time, effort, and unfortunately can be damaged in minutes.

  • Advice
    Advice

    10 Things I Know About … Engaging the immigrant business community

    Take inventory of the communities and ethnic cultural neighborhoods your employees represent.

  • Advice
    Advice

    101: Peer learning

    Susan Shalhoub

    Business training sessions, whether for cybersecurity policy, new technology, sales practices or customer service, can be hosted by software companies, corporate leaders or outsourced experts.

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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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