New England Business articles

Recent articles from New England Business

A so-so performance as profits collectively decline. (Top 100 Service Companies) (directory)
May 16, 1988... Leading the unprofitable service companies this year is Public Service Co. Of New Hampshire, which reports a loss of $486 million. New England's top 100 service companies posted a collective 17% increase in revenues but an 8% decrease in net income compared with the 100 listed...

A sterling performance. (C. Williams Carey and Town & Country Jewelry Manufacturing Corp.) (company profile)
June 6, 1988... A STERLING PERFORMANCE Thirty-three years ago, C. William Carey was a kid with a pack of ideas about jewelry wholesaling. Every year since, he's been ringing up profits. By MARK MCLAUGHLIN In August of 1975, a 17-year-old youth approached G. Dana Bill, then a loan officer at...

An able scout, bootstrap financier always on the lookout for new acquisitions. (William H. Binnie) (company profile)
June 6, 1988... AN ABLE SCOUT, BOOTSTRAP FINANCIER ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW ACQUISITIONS BY LISA McGURRIN About five years ago, when a friend asked William H. Binnie how the LBO business was doing, Binnie was a bit puzzled. He had no idea what LBO meant. Today, he laughs at the irony of the...

Semicon credo: you must act like a winner if you're going to break a losing steak.
June 6, 1988... SEMICON CREDO: YOU MUST ACT LIKE A WINNER IF YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK A LOSING STREAK HIGH TECH BY DANA BOTTORFF Semicon Inc. of Burlington, Mass., had always been a comfortable, thriving company. Co-founded in 1961 by two life-long partners, it grew at a healthy rate to $40 million...

Back to record profits; New England's top industrial companies produced record combined profits last year - but 71 of them were pulling the wrong way. (Top 250 industrials) (directory)
June 6, 1988... Back To Record Profits New England's top industrial companies produced record combined profits last year-but 71 of them were pulling the wrong way. By ARDYS J. KOZBIAL New England's top 250 industrial companies collectively racked up $188.8 billion in sales in 1987 a respectable...