Start your week informed with Business Monday from The Republican.
A visitor looks at an electric stock board at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Monday, June 27, 2011. Asian markets dropped early Monday amid fears of a spreading European debt crisis after a ratings agency placed Italian banks on a review for a possible downgrade. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.9 percent to 9,595.18.In this week's Business Monday from The Republican:
Lit Mezze Lounge and Nightclub seeks to bring big-city style to small-town Amherst
Patrons will have a dress code to follow that he describes as “dress to impress” and “Bohemian chic.” That means no hats, flip flops, running shoes, tank tops or torn jeans. Read more »
Denver-based Frontier Airlines checks out of Bradley International Airport
The announcement comes a year after Frontier started offering twice-a-day, nonstop round-trip flights to Milwaukee on weekdays and one such flight each Saturday and Sunday. Read more »
Many Connecticut manufacturers looking to hire, but worry skilled workers in short supply
On average, the manufacturers surveyed expect their workforce to grow by 3 percent to 6 percent over the next five years. Thirty percent of the manufacturers said they plan to hire full-time employees, 6 percent plan to hire part-time workers, and 13 percent plan to hire temporary workers by the end of the year. Read more »
Winklevoss brothers to accept $65 million settlement from Facebook founder Mark Zuckenburg, but Boston entrepreneur Wayne Chang claims half is his
Chang states he and the Winklevoss twins had a business partnership that entitles the Boston entrepreneur to half of the Facebook shares and cash doled out in the Winklevoss’ settlement, which transferred ownership of ConnectU to Facebook Inc. Read more »
More Business Monday:
• Voices of the Valley: Barbara Belz Brazee, Vivid Hair Salon & Spa, Westfield
• Hiring gains for men in Massachusetts suggest the 'man-cession' may be giving way to a 'he-covery'
• Children of Northampton merchants mind the store while parents take first time off in 5 years
• Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts honors graduates of Leadership Institute for Political Impact
• Survey shows more women than men feel stressed over finances
• Urban League sees Boston convention a chance to boost city's national reputation among minorities
• Business groups oppose NLRB ruling allowing streamlined union organizing
• Editorial: new cigarette warning labels represent newest offensive in big government's war on vice
• Commentary: Death, taxes and economic 'uncertainty'
Notebooks:
• Boston Business Journal Business bits: Massachusetts 45th in income growth, dispute costs Biogen $50 million, BJ's Wholesale worth $3 billion, and more
• Business etc: MassDevelopment issues $2.6 million bond for Ashfield Stone, Wilbraham & Monson starts work on new athletic field, Newman's Own Foundation aids CHD Disability Resources, and more