New England Business articles from October 1986

New England Business archives from October 1986

The professional stockpickers. (mutual fund portfolio managers; includes definitions of investment terms)
October 20, 1986... The Professional Stockpickers "He was a young man with conservative clothes and neatly trimmed hair who had a degree from a business school or perhaps only a liberal arts education and who, assessing his chances for a quick fortune, had...

The development of Rosalind Gorin. (real estate developer in Boston)
October 20, 1986... The Development of Rosalind Gorin Raymond Flynn, mayor of Boston, was concerned; viewers of the local Boston newscasts on June 29 could see that by the furrow on his brow. The cameras caught the furrow when he entered the dilapidated...

Leaning on older workers; the over-55 crowd is emerging as an invaluable labor pool as employers find the pool of younger workers drying up. (includes directory of New England's top 150 employers)
October 6, 1986... Leaning on Older Workers About a year ago, Omni Communications couldn't find enough workers to keep pace with its growth. The Lynn, Mass., telecommunications company had been expanding at a good clip for several years and expected more...

Hybrid fuel oil distributor plays the game by different rules. (Oil Express) (company profile)
October 6, 1986... HYBRID FUEL OIL DISTRIBUTOR PLAYS THE GAME BY DIFFERENT RULES The way Michael K. Yacobian manages his fuel oil company rubs some people the wrong way. When Yacobian, manager of Oil Express in Newton, Mass., a full-service oil dealer,...

Maine man displays knack for novelty while barreling down the road to success. (Bradbury Barrel Co.) (company profile)
October 6, 1986... MAINE MAN DISPLAYS KNACK FOR NOVELTY WHILE BARRELING DOWN THE ROAD TO SUCCESS Time was when making the wooden barrels to hold Maine potatoes was as thriving a business as growing the spuds. But when the state's potato industry trailed...

Penguin Group offers software simplifier, toy and jewelry lines. (company profile)
October 6, 1986... PENGUIN GROUP OFFERS SOFTWARE SIMPLIFIER, TOY AND JEWELRY LINES Mort Reisfield, second vice president at Shearson Lehman Brothers, rarely travels outside of the metropolitan New York area to attend presentations of new companies. But when...

Patricia B. Seybold; "It's man against machine; I enjoy the mystery of it." (president and CEO of Patricia Seybold's Office Computing Group Inc.)
October 6, 1986... Patricia B. Seybold Patty Seybold compares the study of computer systems to comparative literature. "It's very much the same intellectual exercise,' she says. "The writer has a certain intention in the words that he chooses, and...