| |
| |
| |
| |
|
| Cumberland Farms reopens expanded store in Hopedale | | Cumberland Farms in Hopedale has reopened and now occupies a much larger space after purchasing three abutting homes for its expansion. | | Read more >> | | Easter Seals open Worcester assistive technology center | | The Easter Seals opened an assistive technology center in Worcester last week to help people with disabilities explore and test technology to increase independence. | | Read more >> | | MBTA awards rail car contract | | The plant owned by CRRC will turn out 152 new Orange Line cars and 252 Red Line cars, completely replacing those two fleets. | | Read more >> | |
| Like us on Facebook for our latest business news |
|
| |
|
| Question of the Week | | Can't answer the question in your email? Click here to view as web page before commenting. | A September report from the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council said although men and women are entering the life sciences sector in equal proportion, the gender gap in the industry grows at all career stages, with women comprising 24 percent of C-suite positions and 14 percent of board seats. Should life sciences companies do more to promote women into executive positions? No. There are already equal opportunity laws on the books and the best person gets the job.
No. The situation will resolve itself in a few years as more women are entering the field.
Yes. Companies should interview at least one female candidate for every executive opening.
Yes. Firms should have a gender mix in executive positions similar to the mix for their entire workforce.
| |
|
| |
|
| |
