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  • Worcester seeks to restrict retail marijuana locations

    Zachary Comeau February 26, 2018

    Worcester City Manager Ed Augustus is proposing zoning amendments for the budding legal marijuana industry to facilitate the opening of 15 retail marijuana stores, but also address a loophole allowing onsite consumption of marijuana at private clubs.

    Zachary Comeau February 26, 2018
  • Frank Carroll lists Main Street building for $4.8M

    February 22, 2018

    A 76,700-square-foot building on Main Street in Worcester owned by businessman Frank Carroll is for sale for $4.8 million.

    February 22, 2018
  • Worcester Wares growing into business adolescence

    Brad Kane February 19, 2018

    In less than three years, Jessica Walsh has gone from selling “I Love Worcester” pins at area stores and festivals to running a retail store out of the DCU Center, feeding off the passion residents and visitors have for the city.

    Brad Kane February 19, 2018
  • Boardroom Gap: Companies with more women in leadership perform better

    Grant Welker February 19, 2018

    Studies show that companies with more women in senior management positions have better profits.

    Grant Welker February 19, 2018
  • Pot advocates say Baker running 'intimidation campaign'

    State House News Service February 15, 2018

    Marijuana legalization leaders plan on Thursday to fire back at the Baker administration's "coordinated intimidation campaign," countering what has been a 10-day shelling of the Cannabis Control Commission's draft regulations by executive agencies

    State House News Service February 15, 2018
  • 110 Grill opening 13th location

    February 15, 2018

    Fast-growing Westford restaurant chain 110 Grill is opening its 13th location Feb. 27 in Athol.

    February 15, 2018
  • Legislature wants CCC to scale back pot industry regulations

    State House News Service February 13, 2018

    House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he agrees with many of the concerns Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration have raised with the Cannabis Control Commission's draft industry regulation.

    State House News Service February 13, 2018
  • Worcester claims marijuana club misled city officials

    Zachary Comeau February 12, 2018

    Worcester officials say they were not aware a private club that opened last week on Water Street would allow the smoking of cannabis within its doors.

    Zachary Comeau February 12, 2018
  • Cannabis opponents want smaller scope in regs

    February 12, 2018

    Two years later, many of the same groups that contested the ballot question to legalize marijuana are clashing again over the scope of the newly-legal industry, setting up the state's young regulatory agency for its most crucial decisions yet later

    February 12, 2018
  • Baker wants CCC to focus on retail pot

    State House News Service February 8, 2018

    Draft regulations to govern the sale of marijuana fail to resolve some "thorny" issues about marijuana cafes and pot sales at cinemas, the Baker administration advised the Cannabis Control Commission.

    State House News Service February 8, 2018
  • Cumberland Farms survey: pineapple belongs on pizza

    February 8, 2018

    The debate is over: Pineapple definitely belongs on pizza, according to Cumberland Farms.

    February 8, 2018
  • Healthcare staffing firm signs Mercantile Center lease

    February 7, 2018

    A healthcare staffing firm will relocate its Worcester office to occupy more than 14,000 square feet of the Mercantile Center on Front Street.

    February 7, 2018
  • BJ's hires Australian book publisher COO to expand digital offerings

    February 7, 2018

    BJ's Wholesale Club announced Wednesday the hire of new position to focus on digital commerce, signaling a shift toward online sales.

    February 7, 2018
  • Staples picks new CEO with experience handling losses

    Zachary Comeau February 5, 2018

    Coca-Cola executive Alexander Douglas will replace Shira Goodman as CEO of Framingham office retailer Staples, who departed the company last month, less than a year after the company went private following its $7-billion acquisition by New York-

    Zachary Comeau February 5, 2018
  • Boardroom Gap: Women vastly underrepresented in Central Mass. corporate leadership

    Grant Welker February 5, 2018

    A three-month WBJ investigation into 75 prominent Central Massachusetts business organizations found women comprise a disproportionately low percentage of senior executives and board seats.

    Grant Welker February 5, 2018
  • Central Mass. firms praise GOP tax savings

    Zachary Comeau February 5, 2018

    Although all the ramifications are yet to be realized, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Republican-backed tax overhaul Congress passed almost entirely along party lines in December, has led to local companies reinvesting in their U.S. operations.

    Zachary Comeau February 5, 2018

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While shifting cultural norms in the business community have found hiring managers outwardly working toward hiring a more diverse staff, studies in the last few years by organizations like McKinsey & Co. and Regent University found women and people of color are promoted less frequently than their white male counterparts. This produces a dynamic where company leadership at many organizations remains dominated by white males even as the company's employees become more diversified.