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Senator Brown Kicks off His Reelection Campaign in Worcester
Senator Brown kicked off his reelection campaign last night here in Worcester at Mechanics Hall. He has been pretty active in the Worcester area having hosted a Job Fair recently. He continues to paint himself as an outsider but he will be challenged this time by another strong opponent that also paints herself as an […]
UMass Medical to Lead New England in HealthExchange Development
UMass Medical won an Early Innovator Grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services(HHS). The significant grant of $35.6 million is to be used to develop a new online healthcare exchange system where both consumers and small businesses can shop and buy into health plans that are best for them. Based on the […]
Worcester’s Hanover Insurance Big Mover in Globe 100
Hanover Insurance Group of Worcester jumped from 69 to Number 5 on the Globe 100 list this year. It also topped the list of Financial Industry companies on the list. Attributing it’s success to a conservative investment strategy Hanover Insurance seemed to be ahead of the rest of us in its views of the equity […]
Mayor O’Brien Puts a Focus On Local Worcester Businesses
While campaigning Mayor O’Brien emphasized the importance of improving the local economy and improving the business climate in Worcester. As part of that initiative he recently started his “Locally Owned, Locally Made” campaign where he visits local Worcester businesses. The point is to promote the businesses in manufacturing. The first business highlighted is the maker […]
Genzyme Bringing More Jobs to Worcester County
Genzyme has officially started construction on a facility based in Northborough. This is good news for the area because it most likely will mean new jobs. The project already is bringing jobs for construction workers just to renovate an existing facility on Forbes Road. According to the Worcester Business Journal 165 workers will be transferred […]
Stimulus + Boston Power = Worcester County Jobs
The Boston Business Journal and the Associated Press are reporting that Boston Power based out of Westborough plans to build a battery manufacturing facility in Auburn, Massachusetts. This is great news for the Central Massachusetts economy and highlights a possible success story of the stimulus programs coming out of the Obama administration. Boston Power manufactures […]
Worcester Area Companies in the Globe 100
The Boston Globe comes out with a listing of the Globe 100 and we are glad to report that the Worcester County area was represented. The companies are ranked per the Boston Globe based on: 1) Return on average equity, a measure of how effectively shareholder money is employed; 2) One-year percentage change in revenue; […]
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