Business & Economic Development
Business & Economic Development
Knowledge Is Power When the Women Business Owners Alliance launched in 1982, there wasn’t anything quite like it, Anita Eliason said. “Because there were so few women business owners […]
Urban Oasis When spas were allowed to reopen several months ago following a statewide economic shutdown, clients of SkinCatering, LLC were happy to return — even if booking became a […]
Courting History Danielle Williams was asked about the style, or approach, that she would bring to the bench as a District Court judge. She paused for a minute to think, […]
Natural Resources Tim Van Epps volunteers with an organization called Fairways for Freedom, which helps combat-injured vets assimilate back into society through holistic initiatives and golf, teaching them the game […]
Growing a Job Market By Mark Morris When a new industry in Massachusetts reaches $1 billion in sales in only four years, it certainly gets people’s attention. The Cannabis Control […]
Impossible Choices It’s a setback that could take years, even decades, to reverse when it comes to economic equality for women. About 617,000 women left the U.S. workforce in September, […]
A Seeming Disconnect By Jean M. Deliso Have you wondered how the S&P 500 stock-market index has been trading at near all-time highs when, in the second quarter, S&P 500 […]
Shared Expertise Empower Retirement and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. (MassMutual) announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for Empower to acquire the MassMutual retirement-plan business. The acquisition will […]
Company Milestones It was March 1850. Millard Fillmore was still working through his first 100 days in office as the thirteenth President of the United States — although no one […]
The Future of Work When businesses sent employees home in mid-March, many thought it would be for just a few weeks. Instead, as the pandemic lingered, weeks stretched into months, […]
Small Steps for Big Wins By Sarah Rose Stack Work-life balance in 2020 has been different, to say the least. And many people have unexpectedly found themselves in a new […]
In the Right Mold Back in mid-March, Pia Kumar recalls, at the height of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a good deal of absenteeism at the […]
Critical Tools As women continue to experience the devastating impact of unemployment due to COVID-19, representing close to 60% of all lost jobs this spring, the food-service, hospitality, retail, and […]
The Shape of Things to Come Mark Proshan says predicting what’s coming next in his business — office furniture and design — has always been a difficult assignment. But now […]
Views from a Distance In the middle of March, employees of companies across Massachusetts — and many other regions of the U.S. — suddenly began working at home. In some […]
