Issue Highlights: Jan. 9, 2012
IS THE PRICE RIGHT? – The state keeps a watchful eye on in-aisle price scanners in retail stores to be sure that the prices displayed to customers match what they’re actually being charged when they go through checkout.
HEALTH CARE MARKET PRESSURES HIT UMASS MEMORIAL SYSTEM – UMass Memorial Health Care is weighing changes after its financial performance fell below expectations in its last fiscal year. Pressure from providers and businesses on controlling costs is a key reason, according to its CEO.
HOPING FOR A GUST OF SUCCESS – While its founder hopes the company has turned the corner into brighter days, a 15-year-old Worcester-based wind-power firm has struggled.
WORCESTER BUSINESSES LAUD NEW MAYOR’S KEY APPOINTMENT – Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty is winning praise from the city’s business community for his appointment of Michael Lanava, a former official with the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, as his chief of staff.
SPECIAL FOCUS: TECHNOLOGY/I.T.
CLIPBOARDS TO MICROCHIPS – Small, independent businesses in Central Massachusetts balance the costs of investing in technology with the advantages it can provide.
STATE TECH MONEY BOOSTS MAYNARD FIRM – A fund overseen by a quasi-public agency provided a $3 million loan to a venture-backed firm recently. The firm’s CEO said the agency offered a better deal than what he saw in other financing options.
DATA SECURITY A TOP PRIORITY IN 2012 – Businesses plan to ramp up their information technology investments this year, but executives may want to exercise caution, especially here in Massachusetts, where privacy laws have made data security a high-stakes necessity.
THE TECHNOLOGY LEARNING CURVE – Private and public schools in Central Massachusetts are opening up their budgets to buy new tools such as e-readers and iPads for their students.
THE LIST - Top IT Services Providers in Central Massachusetts
SHOP TALK - Q&A with Jim Harvey of E.L. Harvey & Sons
BEHIND THE SOUND BITE - Cape Wind
BRIEFING - What's the economic impact of Worcester Regional Airport?
EDITORIAL - Regional development approaches can help all of Central Massachusetts.
VIEWPOINT -Gail Carberry and Rosalie Lawless on how community colleges think and act locally.
VIEWPOINT - David Yamada on how workplace bullying is bad for business.
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