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» Netezza Reports Record Q2 Revenue (posted Today at 10:34am)
Marlborough-based Netezza Corp.'s second quarter net income swung to $3.1 million from a net loss of $1.1 million a year ago, the company reported.
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» Eppinger To Exercise Hanover Stock Options (posted Today at 10:32am)
Frederick H. Eppinger, CEO of the Worcester-based Hanover Insurance Group Inc., will exercise as many as 100,000 options to buy and sell the company's common stock.
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» Bellingham Contractor Expands To R.I. (posted Today at 10:31am)
Bellingham-based Sprink Tech Inc. has expanded its service area to Rhode Island.
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» Holy Cross Research For The Birds, NSF Says (posted Today at 10:29am)
A College of the Holy Cross professor has received a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $500,000 to create an online database of bird skeletons.
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» Initial Jobless Claims Fall 10K (posted Today at 10:27am)
In the week ending Aug. 23, 425,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits for the first time, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
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» Worcester Ceramics Co. Expanding (posted Yesterday at 12:25pm)
PremaTech Advanced Ceramics has purchased a 26,900-square-foot building at the Worcester Airport Industrial Park for $1.45 million and plans to nearly double its employee count to 85 over the next five years.
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On the face of it, “deputy tax collector” sounds like an old-fashioned job. And in some ways it is. Deputy collectors, hired by cities and towns as independent contractors to collect past-due taxes, must knock on doors, leave warning notices and track down people who might prefer not to be found.
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Colleges Try To Make Nice With Worcester
Over the past three years, The College of the Holy Cross has purchased six houses along the edge of its South Worcester campus. But the college doesn’t need the space.
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How do you keep track of your employees when they’re scattered across the United States? Very carefully, according to Mary “Mimi” Cleary, the new vice president of corporate services at Atlas Travel International in Milford.
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For-Profit School Calls Becker's Prez
When Kenneth Zirkle joined Becker College in Worcester as president he was charged with revitalizing a two-year college that was struggling to break even.
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Thursday, September 04
2008 Economic Forum
Featuring a panel discussion on with John F. Merrill, moderator; Ambassador Christopher Egan; Dr. Timothy J. Flanagan and Dr. Jeffrey Fuhrer. Participants will receive breakfast, an electronic copy of the full report, 2008 economic indicators for the 495/MetroWest region and an executive summary of the report highlighting key regional economic factors. Register online at www.arc-of-innovation.org.Time: 7:30 - 10 a.m.
Cost: $35
Place: Framingham Sheraton
Contact: 774-760-0495
Inside the Worcester Business Journal
Hopedale firm takes 125 Massachusetts municipalities into 21st Century with new technology
On the face of it, “deputy tax collector” sounds like an old-fashioned job. And in some ways it is. Deputy collectors, hired by cities and towns as independent contractors to collect past-due taxes, must knock on doors, leave warning notices and track down people who might prefer not to be found.
Fed's Immigration Database Slow To Take Hold Locally
829 Bay State companies are using E-Verify program to check new hires
Only 1,744 companies in New England — 829 in Massachusetts — are using the federal government’s free, web-based program to check the immigration status of employees.
Hospitals Look At Labor As Their Surpluses Shrink
Growing losses reported in Clinton, Southbridge, Marlborough and MetroWest
Central Massachusetts hospital executives eager to keep operating budgets out of the red are ready to fight it out with employees to save money.
Colleges Try To Make Nice With Worcester
The ongoing issue over tax payments continues to be a balancing act for schools
Over the past three years, The College of the Holy Cross has purchased six houses along the edge of its South Worcester campus. But the college doesn’t need the space.
Cheap Flex Space Ready For Export Growth
New warehouse with 145,000 square feet of space hits the market in Marlborough creating a glut
With American exports experiencing their greatest period of growth in 20 years, real estate watchers expect Greater Boston’s flex space — commercial space that can be adapted for office, warehouse, distribution or manufacturing use — to be snapped up at a furious pace.
How do you keep track of your employees when they’re scattered across the United States? Very carefully, according to Mary “Mimi” Cleary, the new vice president of corporate services at Atlas Travel International in Milford.
Local Credit Unions Step In To Help With Student Loans
Marlborough’s DCU leads charge to fill the gap
With private lenders increasingly withdrawing from the student loan market, some credit unions are stepping in to fill the gap in the local area.
Building A Self-Funded Charity
In tough funding climate, nonprofits get businesslike
The Bridge of Central Massachusetts offers a wide variety of services for people with various illnesses and disabilities. Soon, officials there say, it will also do something entirely different — provide training to employees of other agencies and clinics.
Revamp for I-495 and I-290 won’t be done until at least 2014
The accident rate at the intersection of Interstates 495 and 290 is 33 percent higher than other, similar highway interchanges, which the Mass Highway Department says it will improve by redesigning and rebuilding the intersection, according to MHD engineer Barry Lorion.
For-Profit School Calls Becker's Prez
Zirkle leaves Worcester and heads to Connecticut
When Kenneth Zirkle joined Becker College in Worcester as president he was charged with revitalizing a two-year college that was struggling to break even.
Salter Takes Stock After First Year As 2-Year College
Broader offerings help attract younger student population
A year into life as a two-year college offering associates degrees, officials at Salter College in West Boylston say the transformation has gone smoothly.
June Was A Brutal Month For Local Endowments
College finances feel the heat from a shaky economy
To find out how local college endowments fared over the last year, one need only ask a simple question: Did the school’s fiscal year end May 31 or June 30?
Eagle Hill's $15M Center Set To Open This School Year
42,000-square-foot building will seat 500
When officials at Eagle Hill School in Hardwick started planning a new performing arts center and dining hall, they figured it would be finished in 2010.
The Secret Life Inside Cubicles
A small sampling of the things that make office workers crazy
They may look placid enough to the untrained eye. Dressed in suits and ties, polo shirts and khakis or skirts and low heels, they roam through office hallways, drinking coffee and talking on cell phones.
Engineers In Demand But Skittish
Construction, infrastructure keep engineers in work
Civil engineering students are finding jobs easily after graduation from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, but local engineering and employment firms say the difficult economy has presented the same problems and opportunities to engineers as it has to everyone else.
Mello Picks Up An Ocean View In R.I.
Nobel winner says he’ll keep a local zip code
We try to keep abreast of all things biotech here at WBJ as we try to run down all the tips we get, big and small, one way or the other.
10 Things I Know About...Being A Nice Guy In Business
How many times have you thought to yourself, “that guy (or girl) was entirely too nice on a particular issue?” And if you did, have you ever thought about how costly that overly nice act might cost the nice guy and his company?
Your company’s brand extends beyond your stationery
Why is it that some professional service firms and practices are still doing well while others are struggling?
Employees should be prepared when asking for raises, according to Paul Rowson, general manager of WorldatWork, an HR association.
Accu-Grind cuts through to manufacturers
Precision may not be the first word that comes to mind along a road called Industrial Park West in Oxford.
This issue's Movers & Shakers includes executives from St. Vincent Hospital, Webster Five Cents Savings Bank, Anna Maria College and many more!
Patrick Health Care Proposal Deserves Support
Massachusetts health care reform has been successful due to the confluence of the interests of businesses, health care providers, insurers, government and consumers.
Popular Vote Is A Popular Choice For Bay State
With a national popular vote, attacks on the federal funding of teaching hospitals would become politically risky; energy policy would not be distorted to benefit farmers in Iowa; and Massachusetts taxpayers might stand a chance of getting a respectable percentage of their tax money back from Washington.
Nearly a year ago, about 75 participants in a public forum made one of the single best economic development suggestions for Worcester that we’ve read: Refurbish the city-owned Worcester War Memorial Auditorium as “a Faneuil Hall style marketplace.”
Make sure you check out this issue's Photo Finish, which features great achievements by Hyde Tool in Southbridge, the Junior League of Worcester and others.