2007 Nov/Dec

  • Spotlight on … Lori LaBarge of LaBarge Homes, ABWA’s Woman Entrepreneur of the Year

    For the second year, the American Business Women’s Association of Cape Cod has collaborated with Cape Business to honor the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. This year’s award was bestowed on Lori LaBarge of LaBarge Homes.
    During the past year, selected nominees were profiled in Cape Business, and the ABWA board of directors selected LaBarge as the winner. The criteria used by the board in determining the winner include a woman who:
    • Promotes the professional endeavors of people through education and community participation;
    • Supports the advancement of people in their workplace and community, encouraging flexibility, creativity and freedom;
    • Supports professional development and growth through networking;
    • Demonstrates true leadership, building team spirit, enthusiasm and community visibility and participation; and
    • Demonstrates the ability and willingness to help others, and who gives and shows compassion so that others can live in harmony with work and family.
    In conferring the award, ABWA President Denise Dever said, “Lori seemed to embody the spirit of what a woman entrepreneur should be – recognizing service synergies of two growing businesses and coming up with a plan to broaden their service scope to meet their clients’ needs.”

  • Hot jobs: Health care and finance among the best fields

    With a July 2007 unemployment rate of just 4.1 percent, the Cape has more than held its own in 2007 – more than one full percentage point below the state average.

  • Barnstable County Wages and Salaries

    To view or download a PDF listing a variety of Barnstable County wages and salaries, click here.

  • 10 steps for your estate plan before year’s end

    It is vital that you take the time to review your estate plan and make sure it is complete and up to date. Here is a list of 10 steps you can take before year’s end to ensure your revocable trust-based estate plan will work at peak performance:

  • It's time in the market, not timing the market, that counts

    What’s in a day? Actually, it turns out, quite a bit when it comes to the stock market. With the recent increase in market volatility, we decided to take a look at the impact of short-term market activity versus long-term results. Simply put, the chance of investing in the market on a day that closes higher is as good as the chance of a coin toss landing heads up.

  • Commencement Day

    College graduation begins a new era – not just for the student but the parents, too!

  • Putting the long-term care industry on its head

    Baby boomers are demanding more for their parents.

  • What will happen to interest rates?

    The Federal Reserve’s recent lowering of the federal funds rate is good news if you are a borrower. If you are a saver, it is a different story.

  • Afraid you’ll outlive your retirement savings?

    Look at a gift to the Harvard Endowment and establish a charitable remainder trust to create a retirement income stream.

  • Older workers prove a boon for businesses

    At Snow’s Home and Garden in Orleans, you’re likely to be served by employees who have backgrounds as engineers, scientists and judges. Now, past age 55, they’re combining work with semi-retirement on Cape Cod.

  • What’s happening with TV?

    By now most people know that television is going digital, and many have heard about an analog shut-off date in February 2009. There is a widespread belief that this analog deadline will render traditional TV sets useless. Fortunately, this is not the case.

  • Winter in the Cape Cod garden

    Summer may be long gone, but that doesn’t mean your garden won’t still benefit from some attention. Gardening is a year-round activity, especially on beautiful Cape Cod.

  • Your health portfolio: Creating a plan for wellness

    Health is not the mere absence of disease, anymore than wealth is the absence of poverty. To cultivate abundant health across the span of your life you will want to consider proactive creation of a health portfolio.

  • Choosing a health club

    Selecting a health club is a no brainer, right? At first thought, it would seem that what you want in a health club is all of the things you don’t have at home: free weights, weight machines, all kinds of cardio equipment, one stop shopping for a complete workout. Simple, right?

  • Better health through reduced stress

    The phone keeps ringing, your computer is on the fritz and you’re trying to fit 25 hours of activity into a 24-hour day. So your stress levels go up, along with your blood pressure.

  • A clear-sighted future for baby boomers

    By now many boomers have gotten their first reading glasses and have struggled to adapt to needing more light to read.

  • Realizing his Cape Cod dream

    No retirement for this corporate executive: At 65, Dave Roberts buys a Truro winery with his wife and his children.

  • Trading in Bordeaux futures for fun and profit

    Today, demand – especially for fine wines – often exceeds the supply; thus, the growth in wine futures: investors willing to speculate on the quality and price of wines not yet produced.

  • One for the road: Tour company offers travel with a focus on wine

    While Cape Cod is a destination that many people travel to, its residents also travel from the Cape to a variety of locales, domestically and internationally.

  • What really drives performance in your organization?

    Business owners are increasingly asking these questions: What is it that really drives performance and profitability, and how can we identify, quantify and measure all the assets of our company so that we can increase its performance?

  • Mid-Cape Home Centers: Reinventing to stay ahead of the curve

    Recently, top local chefs congregated in a demonstration kitchen at the new Complete Home Concepts in Plymouth to share their cooking prowess with scores of local businesses. The scene was a far cry from the simpler roots of an Orleans lumberyard founded in 1895 by a seafaring captain, Oscar Nickerson, whose first full year in business recorded $9,200 in sales.

  • Q&A with … Peter Francese

    Peter Francese, director of demographic forecasts for the New England Economic Partnership, recently spoke to the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce Economic Summit on “Challenges and Opportunities” for the region. This Q&A is extracted from his remarks.

  • Health & Wealth Directory

    We are pleased to share our Health & Wealth directory – an array of businesses and establishments ready to serve you year-round.

Health and Wealth Directory

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