2008 Nov/Dec

In a small business or home office, you can save energy, paper, time, money, your health and the environment with a few steps

What kind of question is “Did you remember to breathe today?” Luckily, we don’t need to actually remind ourselves that it’s time to inhale, time to exhale, time to inhale…. We breathe automatically, without having to think about it.

Cape Cod Healthcare Dietician Lisa Casey, M.Ed., RD, LDN, CDE, prepared this as part of a much longer list of tips for the healthy eaters – use this information the next time you maneuver the aisles of your grocery store. It’s all part of Cape Cod Healthcare’s Health Education Program, which also includes 90-minute classes. To learn more, call (877) 729-7200.

Elizabeth Highfield approaches her work as a trust officer working for Cape Cod Five Trust and Asset Management by thinking first and foremost about her two children who are under the age of 5.

1.  We all know that taxes have to go up to pay for the biggest bailout in history, so converting now means the very real probability of paying less in tax.

As the fall leaves change color and the winter weather approaches, the majority of business owners who have a December year-end should be focusing their attention to getting ready to close their books.

In designing and implementing an estate plan, there are many tools that can be used to meet competing wealth preservation goals. The following article is designed to help you identify how a properly designed estate plan can positively impact you and your family.

The ability to change one’s mind is an integral part of human nature. Our opinions vacillate about jobs, relationships, cars and homes. So why should estate planning be any different? Unfortunately, a recent Massachusetts case demonstrates that altering a will later in life can jeopardize whether or not your intentions are carried out efficiently and effectively – if at all.

Is there anything positive about a lagging economy? Quite possibly, especially if you or a friend or relative are considering investing in a Cape Cod vacation rental home. Hundreds of full-time Cape Codders actually own another home here for investment purposes.

Forget the gold watch, the rocking chair, the fading into the sunset.

Buildings large and small save money by using more energy-efficient materials and systems. Can your company improve the bottom line by being green?

From her ninth-floor office in the center of Boston, Vicary Graham is very much at the top of her profession. At 48, she is president of one of BNY Mellon Wealth Management’s biggest regions, a trusted adviser to some of the richest families across New England and leader to 150 professionals who oversee some of the firm’s $158 billion in private client assets.

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In tight economic times, consumers look for financial benefits to justify environmentally friendly spending

Restaurants, offices, hotels and businesses can reduce waste, toxic chemical use, energy and water consumption

Bourne company’s devices monitor everything from electric use to water level via the Web to save customers money

Plymouth County real estate sales in November remained on roughly the same pace as in recent months, with the volume of deeds down 10% from 2007, reported Register of Deeds John R. Buckley, Jr. Through eleven months of 2008, Plymouth County has recorded 6,912 deeds, down from 7,709 during the same period last year.

The town of Plymouth is a hub of the South Shore, both economically and culturally. Plymouth County Business spoke to officials from the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce to get their insight on the town’s challenges and opportunities, as well as a vision for the future.

For The Market located at The Pinehills, it is back to the future.

Peter Holden considers himself  “one of the lucky ones.” Even as a youngster growing up in Arlington, he already knew he wanted to dedicate his life to health care.

Quietly, without fanfare, businesses that began on Cape Cod a century or more ago are becoming a regional force by expanding throughout Southeastern New England.

Wareham-based SMH Electronics is also turning increasingly 'green'

Born in a basement, Industrial Communications has evolved into a dynamic communications enterprise

David Kirkpatrick can boast 200 films in his repertoire. Yet, with a lifetime of artistic and financial success behind him, he is marching to a new vision, returning to childhood roots where his family once vacationed in Plymouth - when he only dreamed of Hollywood.

It's about choices, values and happiness in life