• Business Trends newsletter April 30, 2008

  Headlines: Fewer than one in 10 businesses sell for a price even near expectations; $350 million in new economic activity; 2,000 new jobs; A vote of confidence in Dennis: Cape Cod Five opens new branch; Consider Dennis’ demos; Celebrating Dennis: A special publication this summer; Making a difference on Cape Cod; What are the priorities of young professionals?; Think green; Can New Bedford and Fall River make up for H2B shortage?; Local employment picture appears brighter than nation’s; New workers’ comp rates; Team Cape Cod/Pan-Mass Challenge; and Comcast boosts Internet speeds for Business Class customers

• Business Trends newsletter April 11, 2008

  Headlines: Economic forecast for second half of 2008; Plymouth foreclosures cloud positive signs in home market; A cold wind in March for Cape housing market; Stampede to the exit … catastrophic losses pending; A snapshot of the economy; Getting your press release seen by businesses – Plug In – Get Connected; Come see what's in bloom in Plymouth County; and Marketing to baby boomers, second-home owners and women

• Business Trends newsletter March 24, 2008

  Headlines: A glass-half-full view of the apparent recession; SBA honors Cape Cod Young Professionals; Get connected; Mark your calendar for Oct. 15-16; OpenCape; Barnstable on the move; Changing face of law; Beacon Hill and Washington updates; and Artful Pairing of Wine & Food.
  

• Business Trends newsletter March 13, 2008

  Headlines: Cape home sales up in February; Plymouth home sales up in February; but so are foreclosures; New T.F. Green/Amtrak bus service; may transport summer workers; Can the state help on the summer labor front?; Business Connect scheduled for October 15-16; Employment picture is stable; Learn more about businessconnector.biz; Fighting latest home insurance rate proposals; The exodus of young people on Cape Cod; Lodging figures add up; Calling all Geek Girls; People and companies in the news

• Cape Business Trends newsletter October 29, 2007

  Headlines: Women: A powerful market; Cape demographic trends; A new employer-assisted housing program; Holiday retail sales forecast; H2-B visa process may soon go electronic; Employer action required on Social Security mismatch; Health & Wealth newsletter; Hot jobs and corporate taxes; Recent polls on sales tax holiday and casino plans.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter October 12, 2007

  Headlines: The housing market; Seismic shifts that will affect your business; Women as customers and clients; Where the jobs are; The Fair Plan; Economic summit; Health care reform: An employer's guide; Patrick files casino legislation; Are you thinking green?; If you are a home-based business.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter September 17, 2007

  Headlines: The New Cape Cod; Home sales numbers look up; But proceed with caution; Health care cost inflation; Employers and insurers want ban on billing for treatment errors; Succession planning seminar; Grand plans emerging for Middleborough casino; Cape Codders rate the issues; Health & Wealth; Giving back to the community; New auto insurance carriers coming our way?
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter August 2, 2007

  Headlines: Many thanks; The jobs picture; Women returning to the workforce; Protecting your business from theft; June’s housing numbers are in, and the conclusion is…; Sales tax holiday; State budget ends year in the black; The new Cape Cod; Beacon Hill news; and Business headlines.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter August 16, 2007

  Headlines: A new executive director for the Cape Cod Commission?; Sotheby brand extends to the Lower Cape; A new hotel for the Cape?; Stronger roots for a Middleboro casino; Succession planning is critical; Real estate update; Technical difficulties.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter July 13, 2007

  Headlines: How much do they earn?; Boomer elites; Future of the Cape Cod Commission; Insurance update; Wind energy; Housing: Mixed signals; Cape Cod Cooperative heads east; Business confidence; Air travel survey; and Upcoming events.

• Health Insurance: The clock is ticking for Cape businesses

  As the deadline of July 1 draws nearer, employers are becoming more concerned about the ultimate effect the new Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act will have on their businesses. With all the uncertainty about effective dates, formulas, numbers of employees to be counted and positions excluded, it is not surprising that employers are still asking the most basic questions: What do I need to be doing? How am I supposed to do it? When do I have to do it? How much is it going to cost me?

• Cape Business Trends newsletter May 31, 2007

  Headlines: Summer season outlook; Real estate readings; The baby boomers are coming; East Harwich: A model for the entire Cape; Latest on health insurance; Tax incentives for public transit; Health care on Cape Cod: What’s new?; and The Club at Yarmouthport announces corporate membership.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter April 26, 2007

  Headlines: Join our marketing guru on Wednesday; Demand for long-term care growing fast; Signs of progress on employment front; Some positive notes on the real estate front, too; TD Banknorth’s co-president moves to Cape Cod Five; Promote your company via newsletter sponsorships; Women and business, finance, and leadership; Commissioners complete 21st Century Task Force report; Deaths on the job; and Upcoming events.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter April 19, 2007

  Headlines: Adjusting to the housing downturn; Customer service, from A to Z; Expanding from Plymouth County to the Cape; Expanding from the Cape to Plymouth County; Survival kit for Cape employers; What’s happening in Harwich; Pay-as-you-go auto insurance?; Cape.com’s future; Planning for retirement.
  
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter April 4, 2007

  Headlines: The new Cape Cod; The changing town of Harwich; Employment picture; State of the state: Sales taxes soft; Marketing to the baby boom generation; Developments; Insurance rates; A moment to brag; Hone your business skills
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter March 22, 2007

  Headlines: Marketing to an important demographic; A delay in health insurance law; Employment picture; Restaurants adjust to changing times; Cape Wellness Expo this weekend; Beacon Hill change could benefit Cape; Five sentences retailers should avoid saying; and Comings and goings.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter March 7, 2007

  Headlines: The summer outlook; Whither tourism promotion dollars; Connecting the dots: Should second-home rentals be taxed?; On the housing front; Best places to live; Hot topic: Health insurance deductibles; Higher business taxes; and Chatham named one of America's Dozen Distinctive Destinations

• Cape Business Trends newsletter February 22, 2007

  Headlines: BizWiz coming on March 6; The foreclosure story; A whiff of recovery?; Tedeschi selling its shopping centers here; Yarmouth’s changing population; Selling to the baby boomers; One way to reach second-home owners? Stay open for them; Golf season arriving.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter February 8, 2007

  Headlines: Expect higher energy bills; Housing inventory on rise again; On the commercial side; E-commerce can beat the winter retail blahs; Yarmouth: an emerging home depot; When will we have answers on health insurance?; Health insurance as lure to attract, retain employees; Depositing your checks via computer; and BizWiz is only a month away!
  
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter January 24, 2007

  Headlines: Sign of the times; Move to tax seasonal rentals gaining momentum; Dealing with unhappy customers; Health insurance for everyone not so easy; Women and business; Tax revenue picture not terribly optimistic; Will gas tax help plug looming state deficit? Upcoming events.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter January 18, 2007

  Headlines: Exit 6½ could aid health-care facilities; Speaking of Sandwich; Remodeling and knock-downs; Discount card for prescription drugs; Mortgage rate forecast; Taxing and spending; Upcoming events.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter January 11, 2007

  Headlines: Summer rental outlook; Sandwich’s bedroom-community work profile; Whither housing; Will we need to storm-proof homes to get insurance?; Beacon Hill: Latest on health insurance; tax revenues; Business confidence; MassBenchmarks Index indicates slow growth; Upcoming events .

• Cape Business Trends newsletter January 4, 2007

  Headlines: Sandwich: The Cape Begins Here; Reverse mortgages: Are they right for you?; Beacon Hill: Minimum wage, child labor laws and taxes; Tourism: A mixed bag; Retailers’ resolutions for 2007; Who can afford to rent on Cape Cod?; A population increase, albeit a small one; Housing: Light at end of tunnel?
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter December 20, 2006

  Headlines: To landscape or not to landscape; Meet the Sandwich Association of Financial and Legal Professionals; Auto insurance rates to drop nearly 12 percent; Home insurance pain spreading across state; Extending rooms tax to short-term home rentals; Sovereign job cuts; Did you know?; Happy New Year!
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter December 13, 2007

  Headlines: Fed keeps key rate at 5.25 percent; A growing consensus: Worst of housing slump may be over; Rates for merged NStar go up on Cape; Cape Light Compact electricity rates to drop; Cranberries captivate Europe; Speaking of Europeans, they’re coming in droves; Get more exposure for your business at BizWiz 2007; Upcoming events.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter December 6, 2006

  Headlines: The holiday retail season; More consumers using debit cards; Measuring economic activity; Reading the housing tea leaves; OpenCape receives funding; Cape Chamber launches redesigned Web site; Business Connect follow-up; Upcoming events.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter November 29, 2006

  Headlines: Employment numbers hold up in October; labor force growing modestly; Planning your health-care costs for 2007; Is there an upside to the downturn?; Will homeowners cut back their remodeling budgets?; Looking beyond housing, the news is pretty good; Governor-elect Patrick and renewable energy; Planning for disaster; Around the Cape; and Upcoming events.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter November 21, 2006

  Headlines: Majority support new health insurance law, even if it means higher taxes; Health insurance providers are still uncertain, however; What will tomorrow’s workforce look like?; New $5 million challenge grant attracts another $1 million for Cape Cod Hospital; A rising tide for construction; Inflation news and the housing market; Canada's TD Bank to become sole owner of TD Banknorth; and Upcoming events.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter November 8, 2006

  Headlines: Voters to ballot questions: no, no and no; Health insurance reform – are businesses prepared?; What can you expect in 2007?; Single home sales volume down, but prices hold; Changing times on the Lower Cape; Chamber news from around the Cape.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter October 26, 2006

  Headlines: Cape Business Connect update; Inventory of unsold properties drops; How are home prices behaving?; What are the builders saying about the housing market?; Cape’s employment numbers steady over the last year; Gubernatorial race update; We’re smoking less and eating less; and Calendar: Cape Cod Hospital ribbon-cutting and more …
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter October 12, 2006

  Headlines: Register early for Cape Business Connect on Nov. 17; Tackling workforce housing; The cost of driving; Whither inflation? Ask the Fed at Business Connect; Exit strategies; Bring your questions about the new health insurance law; Weekly unemployment benefit rises.

• Cape Business Trends Newsletter October 5, 2006

  Headlines: Top of the news; A break in the clouds? Stay tuned; Marketing to 50+: A bit of science; Get ready to pay unemployment insurance electronically; Modest business confidence; Trying to help small businesses; and Keep up with the news.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter September 20, 2006

  Headlines: The latest housing market trends; Signs of confidence point up, but …; Business Connect: Building your brand; More insight on Cape salaries; Who’s coming to Cape Business Connect?; Romney vetoes bill to impose mandatory penalties on wage disputes; What to expect at the Sagamore Rotary; Upcoming events.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter September 13, 2006

  Headlines: How local salaries stack up statewide; Growing your business; What to expect on the restaurant front; Become a member of the Business Connect community; Health insurance update: How it will affect your business; The law at work; Nominate a woman entrepreneur; Upcoming events.
  

• Cape Business Trends Newsletter September 5, 2006

  Headlines: Three reasons to register now for Cape Business Connect 2006; Lodging numbers: Cause for optimism?; Commercial banking on the rise; Summer scorecard: A choppy performance; Where the wealth is; Upcoming events.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter August 24, 2006

  Headlines: Home sales: No panic button, but trends should be watched ‘very closely’; Closer to home; Where might the market go from here?; AG recommends 10 percent auto insurance decrease; The good side to rising interest rates; Employment trend tricky for Cape; Business Connect 2006 update.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter August 17, 2006

  Headlines: Latest Census trends; State health insurance plan update; Women in business; A landmark to us, profits to them; FAIR plan rate hike; Employers to pay the same for unemployment benefits; Retailers: Sales tax holiday “looked successful.”

• Cape Business Trends newsletter August 10, 2006

  Headlines: Proposal: Re-engineer the Cape Cod Commission; Good news: Your house hasn’t gained value for a year; Business Connect: Growing your business; Dennis: Did you know …; If you plan to shop, do so this weekend; Small businesses: Increasingly cautious, but revenues are up; Beacon Hill: Expedited permitting & new health insurance law; Chambers on the Web.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter August 3, 2006

  Headlines: Shaky housing market; Business Confidence Index gains, but don’t get too excited; The Law at Work; Cape Cod Commission review panel brews recommendations; Minimum wage battle; July tax receipts up 5 percent, but sales tax trends worrisome; Who’s in the news?; New bank on the horizon; What’s your next marketing move?
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter July 26, 2006

  Headlines: The Canadian summer; Housing update: It's all down; State of the state; Job numbers; What's happening?; Foreclosures in perspective; Business Connect 2006 update; Dennis in focus: Meet the McCormick family.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter July 20, 2006

  Headlines: How’s the summer economy?; The real estate picture: Insiders’ views; Headlines for the week; Update: Cape Business Connect – Nov. 16-17; Personal Finance – Advice from the experts
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter July 12, 2006

  Headlines: Putting the residential market in perspective; While residential real estate ebbs, commercial prices hold up; Call it Cape Wealth; The latest on Dennisport redevelopment;
  West Dennis village next for revitalization; Beacon Hill compromise on minimum wage; So, you’re a small business …; How is the summer faring?; Business Connect 2006.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter July 5, 2006

  Headlines: Insurance misery continues; CanalSide Commons close to reality; Cape property sales; Good news on employment front; But many other jobs go unfilled; Is Circuit City coming to the Cape?; Bus service to T.F. Green closer to reality; The cost of health insurance for everyone; Higher minimum wage set by House.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter June 27, 2006

  Headlines: Economy holds up over first half of year. Will it continue?; Businesses cautious at best; Weekly real estate update; Economic impact of Otis Air Base closure; Foreclosures update; Summer blackouts a possibility; Shifting growth and saving open space; What's on your book list this summer?; Speaking of Business Connect …; Personal finance; Better access into Hyannis; In the news.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter June 19, 2006

  Headlines: How do your compensation packages stack up?; Weekly real estate; Bus service to T.F. Green; You're invited; Pro basketball team; Health care reform; Economic and job stimulus.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter June 12, 2006

  Headlines: The disappearing 15-year mortgage; Real Estate update; Environmental regulation; Cape Cod Commission; Surviving 100 years in business; On Beacon Hill; Private bus service to T.F. Green; In the news.
  

• Cape Business Trends newsletter June 5, 2006

  Headlines: Real estate panic, no - patience, yes; Real Estate update; Summer Forecast; Winning a client on the golf course; Cost of gasoline; The startup period.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter May 30, 2006

  Headlines: Rising foreclosuse puts Cape in spotlight; Employment trends; Interest rates; Real estate update; Minimum wage to rise; New health insurance; Local Headlines; Looking ahead; Latest Permits and Corporations.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter May 22, 2006

  Headlines: Baby boom retirements; Housing inventories rise; On the commercial front; Health insurance for all; Family leave legislation; Barnstable business friendly; Speeding up permitting; Murray could parlay budget; Fishing regulations restrictive; Grow your business; Did you know?; Retail Details; Golf and work.

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• Cape Business Trends newsletter May 15, 2006

  Headlines: Residential inventories rising - Upper Cape resists price declines; Health insurance law; Cape Cod Commission; Employment; The Falmouth economy; The banking sector; Credit unions; One-stop shopping; Cranberry crossroads; Technology hotline; Wage and family leave legislation.

• Cape Business Trends newsletter May 8, 2006

  Headlines: Latest home sales trending down; Population trends; Employment trends; Retail sales trends; Wealth and income trends; Cost of living; Consider the second-home owners; Business growth; Find it at CapeBusiness.net...

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