Archived: The Top 10 Massachusetts Business Stories of 2017
A generational reset of the nation’s tax code, a controversial employer assessment to fund health insurance for poor…
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Archived: A Positive First Step for Manufacturing Education
The Baker Administration last week took a first step toward addressing the shortage of skilled workers in Massachusetts…
December 18, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Employer Confidence Flat; Labor Shortage Remains a Concern
Employer confidence in Massachusetts remained essentially unchanged during November as companies apparently began to bump up against a…
December 5, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Survey Shows Wage Growth Slowing in 2018
It seems that Massachusetts employers embody all the ambivalence and contradictions that have marked the longest economic recovery…
December 4, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Would You Buy Your Own Business?
Editor’s Note ” The following article was written by Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz, CEO of Next Stage Solutions in Burlington,…
November 30, 2017
Read MoreArchived: DraftKings CEO Sees Bright Future
The worlds of sports, media and gaming are likely to coalesce during the next several years and the…
November 17, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Reduced Employer Access to Criminal Records Harms Ex-Offenders
Update: The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill last week that will narrow employer…
November 13, 2017
Read MoreArchived: AIM to Senate – Control Health Costs, Reform MassHealth
Editor’s note – The following are excerpts of a letter that AIM sent to Senate President Stan Rosenberg…
November 8, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Business Confidence Hits Another High for 2017
Employer confidence in Massachusetts hit another high for 2017 during October as economic growth accelerated and companies remained…
November 7, 2017
Read MoreArchived: State Issues Regulations on Employer Health Assessment
The Baker Administration today released draft regulations for the new employer health assessment designed to close a budget…
November 6, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Video Blog | Startup Provides Internet Access in the Developing World
Editor’s Note – How do you provide Internet access to people in developing countries where there is no power…
November 2, 2017
Read MoreArchived: AIM, Citing Safety Concerns, Opposes Criminal Justice Bill
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) this morning announced its opposition to the state Senate’s criminal justice reform bill…
October 25, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Health Reform Must Address Employer Costs
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) is pleased that the state Senate on Monday conducted a hearing on a…
October 24, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Employers Renew Commitment to Pay Equity
Editor’s Note – Joanne Hilferty is President and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries in Boston…
October 20, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Four Companies Earn Global Trade Awards
Associated Industries of Massachusetts today announced that its 22nd annual AIM Global Trade Awards will go to a…
October 16, 2017
Read MoreArchived: There’s Life in the Massachusetts Manufacturing Sector
Today is Manufacturing Day in the United States as the nation celebrates the economic contributions of companies and…
October 6, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Business Leaders File Suit Against Proposed Income Surtax
AIM President and Chief Executive Officer Richard C. Lord is among five prominent business leaders who filed suit…
October 3, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Employer Confidence Rebounds
Massachusetts employers are as optimistic as they have been all year about the overall economy and prospects for…
October 3, 2017
Read MoreArchived: AbbVie – Employer Remains Determined to Make a Difference
Editor’s note: The global pharmaceutical company AbbVie will receive a 2017 AIM Next Century Award on Thursday at…
October 2, 2017
Read MoreArchived: TechSpring – Collision Space for Health-Care Technology
Editor’s note – TechSpring at Baystate Health will receive an AIM Next Century award at the association’s Western…
September 19, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Speaker Calls for Employer Policy Engagement
The first time Robert DeLeo spoke to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts after being elected Speaker of the…
September 15, 2017
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