In this issue: Cape’s unemployment rate rises; Plymouth County unemployment increases 3 percent; State jobless rate continues to rise; Obama to aid small businesses; Refinances on rise while sales, foreclosures fall in Plymouth; Navigating through the economic crisis; Need marketing help? Read on; Law at Work: Performance appraisals; See the results of our poll on canal bridge tolls; Market your company by making news; Plymouth Business EXPO; Celebrating the arts; News and Moves
 

In this issue: Home sales report: Cape Cod; Cape Business launches communications and marketing division; Cape Codder opens first fractional ownership club in Massachusetts; Monday Marketing Toolbox seminar at the Harvest Gallery; Tolls on the Sagamore and Bourne bridges?; Credit unions facing hefty tab; Recession strategies: Cape Cod Coop CEO’s advice to businesses; Statewide bankruptcy cases doubled in two years; Despite the recession, building permits are still being issued; Banking deposits for Plymouth County banks; Calling all entrepreneurs: A weekend for you; What are people earning?; Real Estate 2009; New COBRA regulations
 

In this issue: The new law every business needs to know about; Recession-busting strategies - A bank CEO’s advice to businesses; Changes at Kinlin Grover; Why oppose the proposed increase in room taxes?; Business confidence edges up in January, but ...; Social media networking: Is it right for your business?; Showcase your business; Personal bankruptcies up

In this issue: Only positive housing news: fewer foreclosures; A better real estate story in Plymouth County; The new law every business needs to learn about; State economy predicted to decline by 3.1 percent this quarter; How many of your actual customers see your ads?; Town by town jobless rates on Cape Cod; Despite recession, many new companies arrived in 2008
 

In this issue: Local jobless rates rising; Does housing on the Cape and South Shore show positive signals?; Controlling your company’s health care costs; Find your customer most efficiently; What Beacon Hill is telling business for 2009; How does your salary match up?; Stats and more; The bottom line of green is black; Performance appraisals during tough economic times; Showcasing small businesses; Are you a Geek Girl?
 

In this issue: Tourism 2009: Anxiety tempered with optimism; Refinancing boom a boon to local banks; Third Mondays Marketing Toolbox seminars; Survey results: Second-home taxes; What you don't know can hurt your business; Cape and Hyannis Chambers form unique partnership; Social media marketing means business; The bottom line of green is black; Five steps to train your staff

In this issue: Home sales and price trends for Cape, Plymouth County; Bank deposit trends: Where are consumers going?; Get ready to spend more on your company’s health insurance; Third Mondays: Marketing Toolbox seminars; Recession-busting strategies; Tourism Forecast 2009; Chambers step up promotion in tight economy; Hyannis Country Garden turbine launched; Meet the newest members of BusinessConnector.biz

In this issue: In memoriam: Patrick Butler, Fred Adams; Local unemployment rates rise; Local banks escape worst of financial crisis; ready to lend; Join us at the Travel Industry Symposium; Room taxes on second homes: Could it cook the golden goose?; Buliding permits; Meet the newest members of BusinessConnector.biz; Cape Business Marketing Toolbox; Does the new computer security law apply to you? If so, watch out

In this issue: Recession-busting strategies; Will you face higher health insurance bills in January?; Smart tips for holiday celebrations; Beating the recession: Let our Marketing Toolbox work for you; Last-minute tax advice for 2008 – and planning for next year; Can your business qualify for lending in the current economy?; Get your company’s message to thousands of local businesses; Massachusetts well-positioned to weather the downturn; Blog it!

In this issue: The Fed’s latest take on our local economy; Plymouth housing sales 10 percent below last year; foreclosures slow; Greening your operations can save money in tight times; The Community Bank delays stock offering due to slow economy; Parker takes over fisheries trust, Nickerson to direct hook fishermen; Cubellis chosen to redevelop Cordage Park in Plymouth; 7 of 10 employers in state offer health insurance; Weekly economic commentary: Steven Andrews, Sovereign Bank Capital Markets

In this issue: The Fed’s latest take on our local economy; Plymouth housing sales 10 percent below last year; foreclosures slow; Greening your operations can save money in tight times; The Community Bank delays stock offering due to slow economy; Parker takes over fisheries trust, Nickerson to direct hook fishermen; Cubellis chosen to redevelop Cordage Park in Plymouth; 7 of 10 employers in state offer health insurance; Weekly economic commentary: Steven Andrews, Sovereign Bank Capital Markets

In this issue: The Fed’s latest take on our local economy; Plymouth housing sales 10 percent below last year; foreclosures slow; Greening your operations can save money in tight times; The Community Bank delays stock offering due to slow economy; Parker takes over fisheries trust, Nickerson to direct hook fishermen; Cubellis chosen to redevelop Cordage Park in Plymouth; 7 of 10 employers in state offer health insurance

In this issue: Cape home sales dip deeply in November; Owner of Boston Herald now will oversee Cape Cod Times; How did retailers do on Black Friday?; Can a trust fund save Cape fishermen?; Beacon Hill Update; Massachusetts is nation's most 'competitive' state; Green jobs can spur Cape economy

In this issue: Alert to retailers; Our Retail Details blog; Home sales and prices: Better on the Cape than elsewhere; Young professionals on Cape Cod; Cape Cod Focus to tackle region's quality of life; Cape Cod's labor picture

In this issue: Cape housing: Are we close to a floor?; Plymouth home sales bounce back; foreclosures keep rising; Profit Green: How Country Gardens will save money on its wind turbine; Don’t get run down by a cycle; Build it and they won’t come: Circuit City not opening in Hyannis; Upcoming events; Who’s doing all the spending? Women; Marketing in 2009 will require a bold new approach

In this issue: Business Connect update; Meet the visionaries behind BackOffice Associates and Plymouth Rock Studios; Time to rethink your office environment; Marti Barletta helps companies get smart about women; Cape home sales up, but prices down; The unemployment picture

In this issue: While Wall Street wavers and Congress debates …; Summer scorecard; Vacation rentals; Commercial credit; Planning your health-care costs for 2009; Coordinating financial planning for your business and family; Plymouth County housing numbers; If you plan to expand your business on the Cape …

In this issue: Sign up now for Business Connect 2008; The newest home prices; Cape Cod’s quiet revolution: the Young Professionals; Facing higher health insurance costs; Expanding the reach of MLS for Cape housing; Could Bourne see a $400 million hotel/conference center in its future?; News from BusinessConnector.biz

In this issue: Business Connect 2008: Reserved seating now available; Housing: Are we close to the bottom?; Business confidence slumping; Save power, save money; Proposed health insurance changes could hurt; and People and businesses on the move

In this issue: Business Connect 2008 update; Reduce energy costs with seven easy steps; Can a GPS save you money and stress?; Delta Capital Group joins national business brokerage; Falmouth Hospital cited as performance improvement leader; Eye on Plymouth; Latest news from BusinessConnector.biz; and Upcoming events

In this issue: State economy slows in second quarter; Cape Cod Healthcare cuts 169 jobs to stem $25 million operating loss; Business Connect: Marketing to women, especially if they are baby boomers; More than 163,000 Mass. households will struggle to pay heating oil bills; Want to sell more? Avoid these pitfalls.

In this issue: A preview of Business Connect; The latest news; On the home front; On the work front; On the banking front; Special offers and events from BusinessConnector.biz members.

In this issue: New name, same great information; Position your company for growth; Promote your business, generate leads; Where is the economy headed?; Watch our economic panel OnDemand; Are the banks lending to business?; News from BusinessConnector.biz member companies; Business Excellence Award winners; Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce officers, board of directors named; Sandwich firm wins $17 million federal grant; Do you offer a 401(k) to your employees?; Cape Cod Cooperative Bank names two new corporators; New Cape Cod Healthcare CEO arriving soon; Sea Watch brokers commercial sale in East Falmouth for $2.5 million; Jobs: Amerisave in Brewster seeking loan officers

In this issue: Business Connect 2008 tickets now available; Save taxes, build wealth, secure your legacy; Has the Cape’s housing market stabilized?; Five months of improved conditions for Plymouth housing; Gas prices: The good news for Cape Cod; State employment picture remains better than elsewhere; Hollywood East; BusinessConnector.biz headlines; New head for Sandwich chamber; merger proposed with SAFLP

Headlines: BusinessConnector.biz: Promote your business, generate leads; Economic conditions here, not there; The Cape’s housing front; And in Plymouth County, the story is foreclosures …; The jobs picture remains strong; If you had to sell your business, who would buy it?; Entrepreneurs: Ready, set, go; Community banks faring well in a subprime environment

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

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 .

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?

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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