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| | | Staples continues rebuild; Q3 sales slide | | | | As Staples works to implement a new program taking it away from retail to a more service-oriented and middle-market direct to business format, the company's income and sales continued to slide in the third quarter of the year. | | | | Read more >> | | | | Mass. jobless rate falls to 3.3 percent | | | | The Massachusetts unemployment rate declined for the fourth consecutive month in October, falling to 3.3 percent. | | | | Read more >> | | | | Retailers predict 3.9 percent holiday sales boost | | | | While not as robust as last year, retail sales this holiday season should be strong in Massachusetts, according to new survey results. | | | | Read more >> | | | | Airbnb ad urges taxation of short-term rental hosts | | | | With the presidential campaign in the rear-view mirror and the airwaves now free of political ads, Airbnb is taking advantage of the void to press its own campaign to get Massachusetts to regulate and tax its short-term rental industry. | | | | Read more >> | | | | |  Like us on Facebook for our latest business news |
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| | | Question of the Week | | | Tuesday we asked: Massachusetts voters have swept legal marijuana into the state by a margin of 54 to 46 percent, allowing adults 21 and older to possess and grow marijuana at home starting on Dec. 15. While questions remain about its implementation, it is clear that businesses will have to deal with the new law as well as state officials. | Will your employees be able to use marijuana? |  | - We do not allow alcohol use on the job and consider marijuana an equivalent as far as impairing judgement. We have not been drug testing but may have to begin once marijuana is available.
- My employees are enjoined from using alcohol and tobacco during the work day. They will also be enjoined from using (recreational) marijuana during the same period. My house ... My rules.
- Third offense incapacitated by alcohol and or drugs means expulsion.
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