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JUNE 10, 2014

The noncompete agreement—a key tool employers use to keep talented employees from jumping ship to join competitors—is under scrutiny in Massachusetts, where the governor wants to ban them. Massachusetts Gov. The post Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses appeared first on Associations Now.'

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APRIL 19, 2017

As technology advances, what used to be a simple repair is now much more complex, often involving computer troubleshooting as much as a mechanical work. The legislation is modeled after a 2012 Massachusetts law that requires automobile industry vendors to sell repair and diagnostic software.

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JULY 9, 2021

Another example of wishful thinking disguised as conventional wisdom: Claire Cain Miller at the New York Times says there’s no evidence that chance meetings at the office boost innovation. Even though I’m Massachusetts born and raised, I’m not a snob about canned clams—they have their place. Office myth. Fri 7/9 at 12 p.m.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Part of the problem may be that the technology was ready before the public was. In April 2013, a number of New York City parents, including City Council candidate Jelani Mashariki, loudly pushed back against the program at a town hall. What happened? “The people are not going to have it and we are going to fight back.”

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Associations Now

JANUARY 21, 2016

Ready, set, takeoff” may be a possibility, all thanks to a new algorithm by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) designed to prevent planes from needlessly idling to maximize fuel savings and minimize passenger frustration. “In Imagine if sitting on the runway before taking off was eliminated altogether.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

And while Boston may have had it the worst so far, other places like Chicago, Nashville, and Upstate New York have been dealing with ice, snow, and dangerously cold temperatures. (Even worse: More snow and frigid temps are on the way.). Meeting planners can work around anything. Battling the Elements.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Berkeley even got a few famous alums together to promote the event in a viral video: Such campaigns are becoming more common in both the United States and Europe, as alumni associations and their parent schools try to attract new audiences.

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