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Vaillancourt Folk Art names new president
September 16, 2020Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton has named Luke Vaillancourt its new president, the chalkware and decorative ornament maker announced on Wednesday.
September 16, 2020
Reports: Incomes rose in U.S., poverty rate fell in 2019
September 16, 2020The median household income was up and poverty rates were down in 2019, while the rate of people without health insurance increased over the previous year, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
September 16, 2020
Employers face staggering hike in unemployment taxes
September 8, 2020With unemployment soaring, state lawmakers are considering ways to soften the blow from a major impending increase in the taxes employers pay toward the state's unemployment system, a jump in costs that one business group described as a "pretty
September 8, 2020
Biz confidence remains in pessimistic territory
September 8, 2020Business confidence rose slightly in August but remains well below its level of a year ago, with a predominantly pessimistic outlook still prevailing.
September 8, 2020-
Business accelerator to launch 12-month program in Worcester
August 26, 2020Massachusetts nonprofit Entrepreneurship for All, known as EforAll, will launch a free, 12-month business accelerator program in Greater Worcester, the organization announced on Wednesday.
August 26, 2020 
"Shark Tank" ice cream parlor opens in Worcester Public Market
August 25, 2020New Hampshire business owners Rita and Mark McCabe have opened a franchise of the national ice cream chain Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream inside Worcester Public Market.
August 25, 2020
New Waters CEO & Congressman McGovern named New Englanders of the Year
August 25, 2020The New England Council will honor the incoming CEO of Waters Corp., Udit Batra, as well as Congressman Jim McGovern, at its annual New Englander of the Year celebration on Oct. 26.
August 25, 2020
Mass. has worst U.S. unemployment rate for second straight month
August 21, 2020Massachusetts has the highest unemployment rate in the country for the second month in a row, despite a small decline from June to July.
August 21, 2020
Crust Bakeshop to open second location at Chadwick Court
August 19, 2020The popular Crust Bakeshop on Main Street will open a second location as soon as this fall, owner Alexis Kelleher confirmed on Wednesday.
August 19, 2020
Worcester businesses feel ebb and flow of students
August 19, 2020The four or five new customers a week Sal Arcuri gains each fall when college students come back to town help his spa and salon, located just down the road from Worcester State University, earn a little extra cash.
August 19, 2020
Despite federal mandate, minority-owned businesses were not prioritized for PPP loans
Updated: August 17, 2020Chizoma Nosike wouldn’t have known it a year ago, but a federal business loan may be the reason her company, Acclaim Home Health Care in Worcester, is still in operation.
Updated: August 17, 2020
Inc. 5000 honors 11 Central Mass. fast-growing businesses
August 12, 2020Almost a dozen Central Mass. companies were named to Inc. magazine's 2020 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the world.
August 12, 2020
Economic experts to present revised 2020 forecast for Central Mass.
August 12, 2020As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy, experts at a WBJ panel on Tuesday will aim to address some key questions about current national and economic data and attempt to provide some perspective.
August 12, 2020
Trump orders shake up debate over stimulus
August 11, 2020With Congressional talks hung up and the nation struggling through the COVID-19 crisis, Trump on Saturday signed executive orders dealing with protections for renters, payroll taxes, college loans and enhanced unemployment benefits that he said
August 11, 2020
Mass. halts economic reopening indefinitely, lowers gathering size from 100 to 50
August 7, 2020The second part of the Phase Three of the Massachusetts economic reopening plan has been suspended indefinitely, Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Friday, along with a slew of other changes intended to stop the spread of COVID-19, as cases and related
August 7, 2020-
Business confidence slipped in July after two months of gains
August 4, 2020Reversing direction after two months of gains, confidence among Massachusetts employers declined in July, with optimism about the state economy overshadowed by a more significant degree of pessimism over the national economy due to the damage that
August 4, 2020
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