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» Piccadilly Pub Sites Closed (posted Today at 11:19am)
All nine Piccadilly Pub restaurants - including five in Central Massachusetts - appear to be closed as the Boston-based chain's parent company goes through bankruptcy troubles.
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» Business Confidence Continues To Build (posted Today at 11:17am)
Business confidence among Bay State employers continued a slow and steady rise in January, the third straight month-over-month increase, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
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» Milford Software Firm Going Global (posted Today at 11:16am)
Manhattan Software, a real estate and property management software company in Milford, has teamed up with an international partner that will bring the company's product to India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
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» Buyer's Group Warns Of Short Sales (posted Today at 11:14am)
The president of the Massachusetts Association of Buyer's Agents is warnings consumers that short residential sales - which occur when an "underwater" home is sold before it's foreclosed on - come with many complications and often times are not finalized.
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» Travel, Mobile Technology Top Business Expense Lists (posted Today at 11:13am)
A survey of business leaders by Maynard online retailer RapidBuyr.com found that mobile technology and travel expenses are expected to top the list of purchases that business make this year.
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» AMSC Moving Forward On Chinese Lawsuits (posted Yesterday at 11:07am)
One of three lawsuits Devens-based AMSC has filed against its former Chinese customer has been thrown out of court in China, a move AMSC has vowed to appeal.
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Driving down a wooded residential route in Oxford, one might not expect the headquarters of the biggest fiber laser maker in the world to suddenly appear. But it does.
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If you were looking for a single building that could represent the fate of the real estate market over the past seven years, you couldn’t do much better than 21 Illinois St. in Worcester.
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Issue Highlights: Feb. 6, 2012
Highlights from the Feb. 6, 2012 issue.
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Energy conservation is a red-hot topic, and Conservation Services Group of Westborough is a red-hot beneficiary. CSG recently named a new president, Tina M. Bennett, who has more than 20 years of experience with energy and utility firms.
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Wednesday, February 08
Networking Breakfast
Sponsor: Auburn Chamber of Commerce
Time: 7:30 to 9 a.m.
Place: Holy Cross College Hogan Campus Center, 1 College St., Worcester
The guest speaker is JP Ricciardi, assistant to the general manager of the New York Mets.Cost: $25 members; $35 non-members, with additional $5 at the door
Contact: 508-753-2924, ext. 224
Inside the Worcester Business Journal
Deals with town, state help keep growing fiber laser maker IPG in Central Mass.
Driving down a wooded residential route in Oxford, one might not expect the headquarters of the biggest fiber laser maker in the world to suddenly appear. But it does.
Foreclosures Continue To Dog Residential Real Estate Market
It’s the new normal in the real estate market, or at least that’s how Erika Hall, an agent with Keller Williams’ Hall Team Realtors in Worcester, describes it.
Developers rent units, cut prices and remain patient for a rebound
If you were looking for a single building that could represent the fate of the real estate market over the past seven years, you couldn’t do much better than 21 Illinois St. in Worcester.
Energy conservation is a red-hot topic, and Conservation Services Group of Westborough is a red-hot beneficiary. CSG recently named a new president, Tina M. Bennett, who has more than 20 years of experience with energy and utility firms.
10 Things I Know About Strategic Communications
10 Things from the Feb. 6, 2012 issue.
5 real estate factors to weigh for your business
Wouldn't you rather own your property than lease it for your business? The question is more complicated than you think. There are many factors that go into the decision-making process. Here are five.
In today’s economy, managers can’t assume workers are happy and won’t jump ship. There are some things to look for and build into your “to do” list to ensure staffers feel valued, energized and stick around. Here are three things to keep in mind before your best team members go to the competition.
Energy Cost Review: A Bright Idea
A political consensus is developing on Beacon Hill around the need to address the staggering cost of electricity that has long suppressed economic growth in Massachusetts.
A Unified Plan For Community Colleges
We have 240,000 people looking for work and nearly 120,000 open jobs today in Massachusetts. How can we have so much opportunity available and so many people still looking for a chance?
Even in his proposed fiscal year 2013 budget, he plans a net reduction of 300 state jobs, on top of the nearly 6,000 his office said have been cut since October 2008. And, to underscore his commitment to education and making college more affordable, he’s pushing a 6 percent increase in funding for the University of Massachusetts system.
Experience, But At What Price?
Despite laws against age bias, health insurance costs weigh on some employers when they consider older job candidates
Westborough recruiter Audrey Brava recalls a time when she helped a client find a new employee, only to discover she had inadvertently given the firm an unpleasant surprise. The new worker had a much older spouse with some health issues.
Fed pushes bulk property sales to investors
What if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sold, in bulk, the more than 1,100 foreclosed Massachusetts properties they own to investors who promised to convert them to rental housing?
Well, I’m back. Careful readers would have noticed that my column disappeared from these pages back in October. My absence wasn’t due to a severe case of laziness. Rather, I’ve been raising a baby boy who arrived in my life on Sept. 28. As you can understand I was a little distracted by diapers and burping to write a column.
Devens housing project aims to break the mold on energy efficiency. But is there a market?
If you want to get a sneak peak of the house of the future, look no further than Devens.
Worcester recently landed at No. 2 in a ranking of the happiest cities in America to work in. What’s got people in New England’s second-largest city smiling? According to results of a voluntary survey by the website CarrerBliss.com, Worcester laborers enjoy their coworkers, bosses and daily activities.
Behind The Sound Bite: Natural Gas Prices
In recent weeks, two major Massachusetts utilities, NStar and National Grid, have proposed reductions in the price customers pay for natural gas. In Behind The Sound Bite, we look at what's behind those actions.
Vestas’s Global Cutbacks Fuel Concern In Marlborough
In mid-November, Gov. Deval Patrick joined local officials and representatives from international wind turbine company Vestas to ceremoniously shovel the first pile of dirt at the company’s new $16-million research, development and engineering complex in Marlborough. The company received a $1.6-million tax break for the facility, which was set to house 66 new jobs. Fast forward about two months and some of the wind has been taken out of the sails of that announcement.