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WORCESTER – Fidelity Personal Investing President Kathleen A. Murphy gave a financial investment forecast in which millennials make up nearly half of the workforce, baby boomers are retiring at 10,000 a day and women, as a whole, are going to see the biggest...

WORCESTER – How does a business grow to $17 billion in annual revenue and the top of the Fortune 500 list with little public notice? According to Thomas P. Joyce Jr., president and CEO of Danaher Corp., it’s the shared purpose of the company’s...

WORCESTER – Harpoon Brewery CEO and co-founder Dan Kenary told the Worcester Economic Club Wednesday evening that business leaders should work to make capitalism a team sport by changing the system in places that would better spread wealth, stamp out greed and...

The Worcester Economic Club, which recently embarked on its 114th season, is one of the oldest such clubs in the country. And it’s completely virtual — there’s no building, no office. The club exists solely in the form of dues, which until this year have...

WORCESTER – Investment strategist Jim Paulsen believes the country’s eight-year, slow economic recovery will continue but its character will change. He spoke about the recovery and other matters during a Worcester Economic Club meeting held Wednesday night at the...

WORCESTER — It’s going to be a difficult year for investors, or as financial journalist Ron Insana calls it, “the year of living dangerously.” Mr. Insana, senior analyst and commentator for CNBC and MSNBC, and host of a nationally syndicated radio show, spoke at the...

WORCESTER – The shrinking middle class, the loss of millions of manufacturing jobs and a spike in death rates among whites ages 45 to 50 can help to explain Donald Trump’s popularity. Using headlines to illustrate her point, Nina Easton, a longtime Fox News “All-Star”...

WORCESTER – A step back from his former position as top official in the FBI’s Boston Field Office allows Richard DesLauriers the chance to look at his career and to reflect on the high-profile cases he once worked. The conviction of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar...

WORCESTER – With the Federal Reserve poised to raise interest rates for the first time in 10 years, the effect upon the stock market and economy will be negligible, according to Richard B. Hoey, senior economic adviser for BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Mr. Hoey...

WORCESTER – John M. Maguire’s friends and family questioned his sanity when he told them he was leaving his post as chief operating officer of Panera Bread. “They all said, ‘What, are you nuts? You gotta fix Friendly’s!'” the chief...