Friday, June 27, 2008
Bay Copy chief executive will lead trade group
Bay Copy, a Rockland company specializing in providing document images for local businesses, said today that Ray Belanger, its chief executive, has been voted president of the Select Dealer Group. The Select Dealer Group is a national trade organization...
Brigham's Ice Cream agrees to sell to H.P. Hood
Brigham's Ice Cream Inc. of Arlington today announced it has agreed to sell its product lines to a subsidiary of HP Hood LLC "in a move that brings together two of the region's biggest and best-loved ice cream brands."...
Delta Dental will offer individual coverage
Delta Dental of Massachusetts announced today that it is offering individuals the opportunity to purchase dental benefits directly from Delta Dental. Previously, Delta Dental said its coverage could only be purchased through an employer as part of an employee...
Super 88, Mass. AG reach wage settlement
Super 88 Market, a local supermarket chain, has agreed to pay $200,000 in restitution and fines to settle allegations that it failed to pay some employees minimum wages and overtime pay, the office of Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley...
Stow grants cable franchise for Verizon FiOS TV
Verizon Communications Inc. said that the board of selectmen in Stow has granted a cable franchise for Verizon's FiOS TV service. FiOS TV is the company?s new fiber-optic television service, which Verizon claims offers a better-quality picture, more high-definition...
Evergreen Solar expands and prices notes offer
Evergreen Solar Inc., the Marlborough maker of solar panels, said today it has widened the scope of its public offering to up to $325 million in notes due 2013, from $300 million, and set an initial price of $12.11...
Sonus Networks adopts shareholder rights plan
Sonus Networks Inc., a Westford company that makes networking hardware and software, said late yesterday that its board has adopted a three-year stockholder rights plan to help protect shareholders and the company from an unwanted takeover. The board adopted...
Millipore unveils Missouri expansion
Millipore Corp. today unveiled a $3.4 million expansion of its Missouri facility, the company's headquarters for its drug discovery business unit. Based in Billerica, Millipore provides technologies, tools, and services for bioscience research and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The expansion of...
Mobile website targets wine lovers on the go
For the wine lover who can't bear the thought of traveling from home without a personal sommelier, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar claims to have come up with the next best thing. The chain, which has a restaurant...
Foxwoods Resort Casino lays off 200 employees
The tribe that owns the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., says nearly 200 employees have been laid off. A spokeswoman for the Mashantucket Pequots says the layoffs of middle-managers and some hourly employees are part of what she...
Boston Sports Club is coming to Westborough
Boston Sports Clubs, a fitness-center chain, said it plans to open a 32,000-square-foot health club this summer at Bay State Commons, a "lifestyle center" in Westborough. The club will feature a swimming pool, basketball court, and dedicated cycling and...
Progressive offers insurance to local boaters
The Progressive Group of Insurance Cos. today announced that it is offering boat insurance for Massachusetts residents who shop online at www.progressive.com. Ohio-based Progressive said it began writing car insurance for online shoppers in Massachusetts in May and has...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Southwest Airlines adds flights at T.F. Green Airport
Southwest Airlines Co. is giving T.F. Green Airport two more daily flights to Florida starting Nov. 2, the Warwick, R.I., airport announced today. The low-cost carrier is increasing its daily departures to Orlando to six and to Fort Lauderdale...
Smith & Wesson sees no big impact from gun ruling
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. expects only a modest increase in sales as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding an individual's right to own guns for self-defense. But a spokesman for the Springfield-based gun maker says...
Boger addresses chamber's life sciences forum
Joshua S. Boger, president and chief executive of the Cambridge biotechnology company Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., discussed some of the company's experimental drugs at a life sciences forum this morning sponsored by the Greater Boston Chamber of Boston. Part of...
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