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There is no shortage of numbers to measure the stress endured last year, during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Climbing unemployment, sinking sales, and growing bankruptcies all contributed to the grim calculation. And then there’s this: The Globe 82.
Great Depression - Recession - Unemployment - Mental health - Health
In many ways, TJX Cos. , the multinational off-price retailer based in Framingham, outmaneuvered the recession. As other merchants cut back on advertising, TJX stepped up its marketing, using network television to educate customers about the bargains it offered.
TJX Companies - Business - Framingham Massachusetts - Marketing and Advertising - Marketing
How far ahead of its time was the Wii, Nintendo Co.’s wildly successful video game console? It was so far ahead that it’s taken Nintendo’s chief rivals four years to catch up.
Nintendo - Wii - Sony - Video game console - Video game
Teens and tweens can be fickle shoppers. But when the economy is bad and parents are cutting back on spending, young people can be nearly impossible for retailers to reach.
Youth - Health - Oceania - Australia - Conditions and Diseases
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday amid a 2 percent jump in Japan as economic indicators suggested the global slowdown isn't as severe as feared.
Asia - Japan - Stock market - Business - Investing
It was front page news four years ago when Dr. Robert Haddad was forced from his job as head of the region’s Catholic health care system, over allegations that he had sexually harassed several female employees. In a five-hour meeting that stretched past 1 a.m., the organization’s board voted to fire Haddad, but left him the choice of resigning.
Catholic - Health care - Caritas - United States - Health
HAVERHILL - On the once-contaminated site of a decaying shoe factory, a thriving neighborhood is growing with the opening of hundreds of chic apartments, part of a renaissance in this Merrimack River mill city, which has seen plenty of hard times.
No, the economy isn't roaring ahead. And no, companies aren't making lots of job offers. But a fresh batch of economic data Thursday at least eased summertime fears that the economy might be on the brink of another recession.
Recession - Economy - Economic - Programming - Social Sciences
The New England economy fared better than the nation as a whole in recent weeks, as businesses in several of the region’s key industries reported upbeat results, according to a Federal Reserve survey released yesterday.
New England - Federal Reserve System - United States - Business - Economy
WINCHESTER - Anne Lang, head of human resources at Winchester Hospital, pulls out a simple, black box and flips it open. Inside is a small but telling stack of reasons why this 229-bed community hospital is the state's top place to work.
The company developing the world’s first “flying car’’ said yesterday that low-volume production of the hybrid vehicle will take off in Massachusetts, perhaps by the end of next year.
Massachusetts - Flying car - Woburn Massachusetts - Hybrid vehicle - Technology
