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Boston Globe, WSJ.com Launch Blogsites for Women
Though reeling on many fronts, some U.S. newspapers are starting to explore whether blogs can offer a way to hold onto audience segments that are fragmenting faster than the polar ice caps. Several new efforts target specific subgroups of women readers. The Boston Globe has launched a...
VCs Are Bracing for a Bleak Landscape in 2003
Venture capitalists who were optimistic in 2002 about an improving landscape in 2002 have long since recanted and are singing a much darker tune as they look ahead to the year 2003. At the beginning of the year 2003, venture capitalists who have had to tighten their belts in recent...
Bio-IT Firms get Nowhere in a Rush
The bio-IT sector has been heralded by some as the 'new' internet craze; bio-IT companies have tried to market their products by warning life sciences development units that they risk being left behind should they choose not to spend on new technologies to support their findings. However, this article shows...
Before Bouncing Back, Ask Pointed Questions
Marketing and brand managers should take note: Turning the tap back on and picking up where they left off is not the best solution. Article justifies that whether the goal is to drive awareness for a new product or service, raise familiarity with a new audience, improve customer satisfaction, heighten...
Camps Face off on 'Transparency'
Following the disclosure of UTIMCO's private equity fund performance, the San Jose Mercury announced that it has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to force Calpers to do the same. As the debate intensifies over public disclosure of venture capital returns, two opposing camps are forming, this article discusses in...
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Hatch pens a ballad to Kennedy
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Orrin Hatch, the conservative Utah Republican, has written hundreds of songs on patriotic themes -- with such titles as "Freedom's Light" and "I Love Old Glory" -- as a way of paying tribute to his country. But his latest trip down Tin Pan Alley...
Five Wolf Greenfield Attorneys Named "Boston's Best Lawyers"
Edward Gates, Lawrence Green, George Greenfield,Steven Henry and David Wolf were named to the 2008 list of Boston's BestLawyers by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-reviewpublication in the legal profession. Greenfield is senior counsel and the rest are shareholders with Wolf,Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., a Boston law firm...
Coachella Valley Prepares to Rock When Spotlight 29 Casino Welcomes George Thorogood and the Destroyers With Buddy Guy
COACHELLA, Calif., July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- This is one concert that is bad to the bone, and has the Coachella Valley preparing to rock like never before. Spotlight 29 Casino is welcoming George Thorogood and the Destroyers with special guest Buddy Guy for an incredible night of the Blues...
Double-Take® Software's Performance, Customer Service and Products Earn Global Recognition
Software Company Named Finalist in American Business, U.K. Storage and MITX Awards; Ranked in Top Ten of Boston Globe's "Globe 100" SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. -- Double-Take[R] Software (NASDAQ: DBTK) today announced its standing for four prestigious awards based on technology advancement, customer service, and company performance. As a finalist...
The Boston Globe Announces Dates for 2009 Boston Globe Travel Show
Event Builds on Huge Success of 2008 Show BOSTON -- Building on the incredible success of the 2008 Travel Show, The Boston Globe has announced the dates for the 2009 event. The 2009 Boston Globe Travel Show, the ultimate destination for consumers and travel professionals alike, will take...
Pack the bags: Travel packages help ease sting of higher prices
As the song says, forget your troubles, come on get happy. Summer and sunshine are here and, despite the price of gasoline and those annoying new airline fees, the urge to travel remains strong for most of us. Here is a potpourri of summery offers: -- Travelers...
Jazz not the only NBA team interested in Maggette
The Corey Maggette sweepstakes are on, and the Jazz are just one in a pack of plenty of teams with interest in the longtime Los Angeles Clippers swingman. The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that the NBA-champion Celtics already have made a contract offer to Maggette, one of...
Celtics, Spurs, Heat join bidding for Maggette
The Corey Maggette sweepstakes are on, and the Jazz are just one in a pack of plenty of teams with interest in the longtime Los Angeles Clippers swingman. The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that the NBA-champion Celtics already have made a contract offer to Maggette, one of...
Gentler failure: our children isn't learning
What's the best way to deal with chronically failing schools? In Massachusetts, apparently, the answer is to come up with a kinder word for failure. The Boston Globe reports that the phrase chronically underperforming, currently used to describe the city's worst schools, may soon be scrapped in favor of priority...
The Boston Globe Appoints Robert M. Powers Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs
BOSTON -- The Boston Globe announced today the appointment of Robert M. Powers to the position of vice president, communications and public affairs, effective July 1, 2008. Responsibilities of the new position include external and internal communications, as well as community relations. Mr. Powers will report to Steven Ainsley, publisher,...
Aramark cited for health violations at Fenway Park food concessions
BOSTON -- Cited for at least 15 health code violations, Aramark Corp. failed a city inspection this season at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, for operating unsafe food concessions on opening day, according to a report in the Boston Globe. The violations, which the team...
Schilling surgery yields encouraging signs
BOSTON, Massachusetts AFP — Boston Red Sox hurler Curt Schilling had season-ending shoulder surgery on Monday, but surgeon Craig Morgan said he was encouraged by what he saw. Morgan told the Boston Globe that the procedure to repair a degenerating biceps tendon and tears in the rotator cuff...
US schoolgirls 'make pact to have babies'
WASHINGTON AFP — A group of US schoolgirls in the Massachusetts fishing town of Gloucester made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together, a report has said. Time magazine reported Thursday that 17 girls at Gloucester High School are expecting babies "more than four times...
Women Cancel Weddings Within Hours of Boston Globe Op-ed Regarding State's Alimony Laws
BOSTON, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Within hours of an op-ed piece appearing in the Boston Globe that condemns Massachusetts' out-of-date and lopsided alimony laws ("The Chilling Effect of the State's Divorce Laws," June 13, 2008), Mass Alimony Reform received a phone call from a woman who had planned to...
People aren't good at doing things they dislike
"People aren't good at doing things they dislike. Like asking me to judge the Hiss America contest--if your heart's not in it, you don't do a very good job." --Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, a Democrat who is gay, on persuading Republicans to bail out the economy (Boston...
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