Archived: Speaker Backs Unemployment Rate Freeze, Reforms
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo today called for freezing Unemployment Insurance rates for 2013 and examining structural…
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Archived: Japan’s Eventful Month Underscores Opportunities for Massachusetts
An eventful month in Japan provides a timely reminder that the Asian nation remains a key trading partner…
December 21, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Top 10 Massachusetts Business Stories of 2012
The year 2012 was one of questions, not answers.
December 20, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Aging Boomers Drive Profound Changes in U.S. Economy
“For decades we have known that the retirement of the baby boomers would be a monumental event for…
December 13, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Normalization of Trade with Russia will Help Massachusetts Exporters
Approval by Congress of Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with Russia will create new market opportunities for companies…
December 13, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Tops Nation in Cost of Health Insurance
Massachusetts is once again the most expensive state in the nation to buy health insurance, according to a…
December 12, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Growing Number of Companies Refuse to Hire Smokers
Will the smoke-free workplace soon become the smoker-free workplace?
December 12, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Forecasters Predict Favorable Winds for Massachusetts, U.S. Economy
The U.S. economy should enjoy favorable winds once it navigates the impending fiscal negotiations in Washington, forecasters predicted…
December 7, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Manufacturers Create Path for Skilled Workers
At a time when manufacturing employers are struggling to find skilled workers, a unique initiative from the Massachusetts…
December 6, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Freeland: Public Colleges, Universities Play Key Economic Role
The Commonwealth’s public colleges and universities are “a neglected resource” with an economic role that is “far greater…
December 5, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Fiscal Deadlock Erodes Employer Confidence in November
An election that did little to break the nation’s fiscal deadlock eroded the confidence of Massachusetts employers during November…
December 4, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Employers Face State, Federal Unemployment Tax Hikes
Massachusetts employers will begin yet another year on January 1 facing massive increases in both state and federal…
November 30, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Employers, Officials Seek to Boost Manufacturing Sector
Editor’s Note – Brian Gilmore is Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at AIM and a member of…
November 28, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Are Employers Re-Defining Compensation Norms?
Perhaps it is uncertainty surrounding the January 1 fiscal cliff, which has cast a pall over business spending…
November 26, 2012
Read MoreArchived: UMass President: University an Efficient Provider of Education
The University of Massachusetts remains the most cost-effective producer of the educated work force needed to sustain the…
November 16, 2012
Read MoreArchived: AIM President Named to Commission to Oversee Health Costs
Associated Industries of Massachusetts President Richard C. Lord has been named to represent employers on the board of…
November 14, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Companies Seeking Local Tax Benefits Must Now File with State
Manufacturers and other companies entitled to local property-tax benefits must now file online with the Massachusetts Department of…
November 14, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Video Blog | The Future of Manufacturing in Massachusetts
Barry Bluestone, Professor Professor of Political Economy at Northeastern University, spoke to the AIM Public Affairs Council and…
November 13, 2012
Read MoreArchived: State Extends Tax Deadlines for Companies in Sandy Disaster Areas
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue said today that it will extend the deadline for certain corporate tax filings…
November 8, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Medical Marijuana Vote Creates Hazy Challenge for Employers
The implications of Tuesday’s vote by Massachusetts residents to eliminate state criminal and civil penalties for the medical…
November 8, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Takes Remarkable Look at Public Higher Education
In 2010 Massachusetts Higher Education Commissioner Richard Freeland proposed, and the Board of Higher Education embraced, the Vision…
November 7, 2012
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