Boys' Products Propel Hasbro Earnings - WSJ.com
Hasbro Inc.'s fourth-quarter earnings rose 77% as strength in sales of boys' items, games and puzzles pushed revenue higher.
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Patrick small business proposals don’t have enough firepower - The Boston Globe - end
Job creation proposals floated by Governor Deval Patrick and Beacon Hill Democrats were welcomed by small business advocates as a good start,Read Full Article -
Holyoke awaits news on computer center
Holyoke awaits news on computer centerMassLive.comEric Nakajima, a senior policy adviser with the state Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development who is quarterbacking the computing center ...Read Full Article -
Beacon Hill bids to boost business
Governor Deval Patrick and Senate President Therese Murray plan to propose this week several ways to improve the Bay State’s business climate, saying they need to be more aggressive in steering the region out of its economic malaise.Read Full Article -
Massachusetts OK's utilities energy-savings plans
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Massachusetts Business Development Officials Set Up Outpost at Cambridge Innovation Center
I stopped by the Cambridge Innovation Center this afternoon to welcome a special newcomer to the neighborhood (Xconomy’s headquarters is just three blocks away). It was Jason Schupbach, the creative economy director for the Massachusetts Office of Business Development. Schupbach—who is already a familiar face around the local innovation community, of course—is in the vanguard of [...]Read Full Article -
Owner of Hilton Garden Inn planned behind Pulaski Park in Northampton says bonding nearly complete
The City Council had given Parmar until Feb. 15 to obtain the bond after already extending the deadline a half-dozen times.Read Full ArticleMentions: Northampton -
Senate backs bill to streamline permitting for land-based wind energy
Even as they pointed to its shortcomings, senators on Thursday passed a proposal to streamline the permitting process for land-based wind energy projects, a move backed by the Patrick administration and aimed at incentivizing the development of renewable energy.Read Full ArticleMentions: Westfield -
EDC sees new Prospect activity
The EDC has already entertained or responded to seven prospects interested in expanding or investing in western Massachusetts during the first five weeks of 2010. Last year we had seven prospects total for three of the four quarters (and nine in Q4). Our prospect count can sometimes be a leading indRead Full Article -
Deal inked for Patterson land, the would-be economic engine for town
Deal inked for Patterson land, the would-be economic engine for townAmherst BulletinShaffer said he has already had conversations with Allan Blair, president of the Western Massachusetts Economic Development Commission, on how to bring a ...Read Full Article -
MHIC Closes $30.2M In Financing For Housing, Community Development ...
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp. (MHIC) has closed more than $30.2 million in financing for projects throughout the Bay State and Rhode Island. "All of these projects were long in the planning process," said MHIC President Joe Flatley. "And now ...Read Full Article -
Conservative Nature
Many employers and experts in the employment field report that conditions have certainly improved since the height of the recession that gripped the region and nation last year. That’s the good news. The bad news is that most business owners remain quite cautious, or conservative, when it comes to hiring again.Read Full Article -
Editorial: UMass has designs on Springfield's Court Square
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Job losses plagued entire Bay State in '09
Massachusetts’ major metropolitan areas lost 55,700 jobs last year, or 1.7 percent of their employment base, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Read Full ArticleMentions: Springfield -
Western Mass. banks boost lending despite fewer businesses having good credit
Bankers have little need for the $30 billion in capital President Obama wants to lend.Read Full Article -
Holyoke Community College trustees want to make sure diversity of faculty and staff keeps pace with student body
The number of Latino students attending the college has increased from 700 four years ago to 1,500 now.Read Full Article -
DIELECTRICS, INC.: EXPANDING CLEANROOM ENVIRONMENT
Chicopee, MA (January 2010) - Dielectrics, Inc. today announced that it has begun the process of expanding their cRead Full Article -
Urban League of Springfield presents Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Dennis Hightower its Black History award
Hightower shared the honor with John Gibbon, of Agawam, who was appointed Massachusetts' first black U.S. marshal.Read Full Article -
State to dole out $3 million in life sciences grants - Daily Business Update - The Boston Globe
The board of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, a quasi-public agency formed to oversee the state's $1 billion life sciences initiative, today approved up to $3 million in new matching grants to small businesses in 2010.Read Full ArticleMentions: Massachusetts Life Sciences Center -
Business plan in works
GREAT BARRINGTON -- Town officials and downtown business owners are considering the establishment of a new public/private partnership to fund various improvements to business districts in town. The plan is to create a Business Improvement District ...Read Full ArticleMentions: Westfield -
New fighter jets in place at Mass. base
The conversion to a new fighter jet at Barnes Air National Guard base is about to be completed after more than four years.Read Full ArticleMentions: Westfield -
2010 Addy® Awards Call to Entry
The Advertising Club of Western Massachusetts (ACWM) has announced the call for entries for the 2010 ADDY® Awards.Read Full Article -
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Amherst eyes research park site
Amherst eyes research park siteMassLive.comThe nearly 60-acre site could provide a home for businesses and development spun from research at the University of Massachusetts in fields such as polymers ...and more »Read Full Article
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