Thursday, September 17, 2009 Mass. launches worker-retention marketing effort
By Casey Ross, Globe Staff Governor Deval L. Patrick's administration today is launching a Web-based marketing campaign to help retain workers and showcase opportunities for business expansion in Massachusetts. The campaign, which will use the slogan "It's All Here," will... Herrell's will close Harvard Square ice cream shop
(File photo of a Herrell's ice cream store: David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff After more than 20 years, Herrell's ice cream shop in Harvard Square is shutting its doors, just months after another location closed... Who, What, Where
Paulette J. Morgan has joined Nixon Peabody LLP as counsel in the firm's Global Business & Transactions Practice, which has a particular focus on the life sciences industry. Morgan joins the firm from Pfizer Inc, in New York, where she... New England govs agree on regional energy vision
Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. -- New England's governors have endorsed a plan calling for up to a third of the region's electric power to come from wind by 2030, possibly with a big new network of high-voltage transmission lines to... Raytheon gets $22.2m Navy contract boost
Associated Press Raytheon Co., the Waltham defense contractor, received a $22.2 million contract extension from the Navy to provide services on the advanced medium air-to-air missile, the Pentagon said late yesterday. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and China... Business of sustainability nears tipping point
"An overwhelming majority of corporate executives believe that sustainability-related issues are having or will soon have a material impact on their business, yet relatively few companies are taking decisive action to address such issues" says a new study by MIT... NASDAQ's Greifeld to address BC executive club
Robert Greifeld, president and chief executive of NASDAQ OMX Group Inc., is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the Boston College's Chief Executives? Club of Boston luncheon on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the Boston Harbor Hotel?s Wharf Room. NASDAQ... Mass. unemployment hits 9.1 percent
The Massachusetts unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent in August, matching the peak unemployment during the recession in the early 1990s, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported this morning. The Massachusetts unemployment rate in July was... Axcelis gets Nasdaq notice
Axcelis Technologies Inc., a Beverly supplier to the semiconductor industry, said that it has been notified by the Nasdaq Stock Market that the company is no longer in compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements. The letter from Nasdaq gives Axcelis notice... Fidelity, MEFA issue college savings report
The recession is forcing Massachusetts families to make tradeoffs to meet the college costs of their children, according to study developed by Boston mutual funds giant Fidelity Investments and the Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, or MEFA. MEFA, a not-for-profit self-financing... Seaside Therapeutics secures $30m in financing
Seaside Therapeutics LLC said that it has secured $30 million in financing from a private family investment firm that is committed to advancing research in the field of autism and Fragile X Syndrome. "The financing will be used to fund... Local real estate market for lab space slows
By Chris Reidy, Globe Staff Some of the struggles of local biotechnology companies are spilling over into commercial real estate market, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle, a financial and professional services firm specializing in real estate.... Houghton Mifflin Harcourt launches virtual sampling
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston company whose business is textbooks and other educational products, said that it has launched a virtual sampling program for nearly a thousand of its K?12 curriculum offerings, providing teachers and school administrators nationwide with a... Herb Chambers opens BMW dealership in Sudbury
Automotive dealer Herb Chambers is set to open the doors today to the just completed Herb Chambers BMW of Sudbury, according to a press release "The 70,000 plus square-foot dealership is the third largest dealership of Chambers? 45 locations and... Togday in Globe Business
Housekeepers lose Hyatt jobs to outsourcing When the housekeepers at the three Hyatt hotels in the Boston area were asked to train some new workers, they said they were told the trainees would be filling in during vacations. On Aug.... Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Pagliuca, Connors halt effort to buy Globe
By Beth Healy, Globe Staff Stephen Pagliuca and Jack Connors have officially halted their effort to buy The Boston Globe, Connors said today, with Pagliuca?s announcement that he is running for the US Senate planned for tomorrow. The move... Billerica firm lands government contract
American Science and Engineering Inc., a Billerica company specializing in X-ray detection solutions, announced the receipt of a service contract award for up to $28.2 million from the US government to provide service and maintenance for the company's Z Backscatter... | 
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