Bob Carroll, owner of a Billerica distributor of paint spraying equipment, recently got some really bad news from Blue Cross-Blue Shield: His company’s health insurance rates are going up 47 percent in January. Discuss COMMENTS (134) DISCUSS Have your health care costs gone up? SMALL [...]
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November 2nd, 2009 - 2:46 am § in Writers
GM Plans to Repay U.S. Loan
By JOHN D. STOLL General Motors Co. plans to begin paying back a $6.7 billion loan it owes the U.S. government starting late this year, putting it on track to potentially repay the entire note by the middle of 2011, said a person familiar with the matter. But in a move that could be controversial an[...]
October 28th, 2009 - 4:48 pm § in Writers
Valuable Tips, for Free
View Full Image CitySquares Online Inc. CitySquares’ Ben Saren says advisers have been helpful in the recession. CitySquares Online Inc. saw sales start to decline dramatically in late 2008 as some of the local-search-engine provider’s customers could no longer afford its advert[...]
October 28th, 2009 - 4:45 pm § in Writers
Atlanta Polls Signal Racial Shift
View Full Image Phil Skinner/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Atlanta mayoral candidates Kasim Reed, from left, Mary Norwood, Jesse Spikes and Lisa Borders at the end of their televised debate this month. ATLANTA — More than three decades after Maynard H. Jackson Jr. became the first [...]
October 25th, 2009 - 4:11 am § in Writers
As other retailers struggle, Wal-Mart steps up its game
Wal-Mart has expanded its electronics selection as part of its aggressive “Project Impact,’’ remodeling stores like the Supercenter in Raynham. (Michele McDonald for The Boston Globe) By Jenn Abelson Globe Staff / November 1, 2009 RAYNHAM – Head to the back of the Wal-Mart Supercenter [...]
October 25th, 2009 - 4:09 am § in Writers
Three Best Ways to Build Business Credit
By RAYMUND FLANDEZ Small-business owners are in a Catch 22. Obtaining financing for their companies can be difficult without a strong business credit history. At the same time, banks and credit-card issuers have tightened standards and don’t want to risk providing loans or lines of credit to s[...]
October 25th, 2009 - 4:03 am § in Writers
Limited-edition libation
When Boston Beer Co. founder Jim Koch offered the first tour of the company’s Samuel Adams Brewery in Jamaica Plain in 1988, eight people showed up. “I thought that was pretty good,’’ Koch said. “Now it seems like we’re getting eight people every 10 minutes.’’ The company doesn’t k[...]
October 25th, 2009 - 4:03 am § in Writers
Obama hails state of innovation
President praises Mass., MIT during green energy speech By Erin Ailworth Globe Staff / October 24, 2009 President Obama blasted critics of his administration’s environmental policies and praised Massachusetts officials for advancing technologies that will yield big benefits for the environment in [...]
October 22nd, 2009 - 5:01 am § in Writers
Brian Halligan’s To-Do List: Run Company, Write Book, Raise $16 Million
Brian Halligan is one of those people who is likely to make you feel really slothful. In 2009, he has been building his 100-person digital marketing company in Cambridge, HubSpot. Earlier this month, he was speaking at and helping to emcee the Inbound Marketing Summit at Gillette Stadium. He has a b[...]
October 22nd, 2009 - 4:59 am § in Writers
The Soft-Pedaled CEO Switch at Progress Software
TECH E-mail|Link|Comments (0) Posted by skirsner October 21, 2009 05:00 PMOne of the better-connected grapes on my personal grapevine e-mailed me earlier this year to ask: what happened at Progress Software? Joe Alsop, who started the company in 1981, and served as its CEO for the better part of thr[...]