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Newsroom Please direct all press inquiries to 617-778-1507. Mass Insight Report Outlines Vision for New Medicine Hub; Translational Medicine Center Key to State's Future — Massachusetts has a world-class life sciences cluster, but global competition, inconsistent collaboration between industry and academia and the lack of a talent strategy threaten the Commonwealth’s leadership status, according to a groundbreaking report released today by Mass Insight Corporation’s Global Mass 2015 initiative. (2/25/08) Download full report (4 MB) Consumer Confidence Nosedives, Q1 2008 (pdf) — The Massachusetts Consumer Confidence Index plummeted 20 points, the largest one-quarter drop in seven years. (2/13/08) Consumer Confidence Down, Q4 2007 (pdf) — After edging up during the third quarter, Massachusetts Consumer Confidence Index dropped 3 points in Q4. (11/19/07) College Presidents, Industry Leaders Join State Street CEO Ron Logue to Discuss Global Strategies for Massachusetts — A breakfast forum hosted by State Street Corp. CEO Ron Logue at the company's Boston global headquarters featured expert perspectives from the state's industrial, academic and government communities on how to position Massachusetts as an innovation gateway to Asia. (7/11/07) Commuter Attitudes report (pdf) — Mass Insight's Annual Commuter Attitudes Report, which polled Massachusetts residents on issues related to the state’s transportation infrastructure. (5/24/07) Consumer Confidence Edges Up, Q2 2007 (pdf) — The Massachusetts Consumer Confidence Index increased 5 points to 97 during the second quarter of this year, even as national consumer confidence fell. (5/16/07) Foreign student trends — Massachusetts is the only one of the top five destination states for foreign students to see a drop in total economic impact between 2002 and 2006. (7/11/07) Summary Report | Full report data and charts Greater Boston Chamber, Mass Insight Call for Coordinated State Strategy for Financial Services Growth — Massachusetts is a worldwide financial services hub but the lack of a coordinated state strategy and fierce global competition threaten the industry’s 180,000 job base, according to a new report released by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and Mass Insight Corporation’s Global Mass 2015 initiative. read the executive summary or download the full report>> (3/28/2007) Consumer Confidence Down, Q1 2007 (pdf) — After reaching a four-year high last fall, the Massachusetts Consumer Confidence Index dropped 9 points in the first quarter. (3/1/2007)
Conference to help forge biz ties to China, India — December 2008 will identify ways Massachusetts can continue to grow and protect its prominence in the life sciences, financial services and energy industries. (Boston Business Journal, 2/29/08) Report:
State needs to transform itself into "new medicine" hub —
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version] State poll: Business conditions improving - Consumer confidence index up 5 points in Mass. —BOSTON - Consumers in Massachusetts became more confident about local business conditions in the past three months even as the outlook nationwide became more pessimistic. (Jon Chesto, Patriot Ledger, 5/17/07) Massachusetts Loses Ground as Finance Hub — Massachusetts is losing ground as a hub for banking, insurance and mutual funds as outof- state corporations have acquired Boston-based companies and shifted jobs elsewhere. (Bloomberg News, 3/28/07) City's financial services sector at risk, report says — High costs, complicated regulatory and tax structures, and stiff competition for back-office jobs from low-cost areas in the United States and overseas threaten Boston's longtime position as a center of the financial services industry, according to a report to be released today. (Boston Globe, 03/28/07) Chamber study: Hub (of finance) no more? — Boston is losing its edge as a financial center amid growing competition from around the country and the world, a report to be released today concludes. (Boston Herald, 3/28/07) Mass. biz leaders call for new institute to boost financial services — Local business leaders are calling for the formation of a public-private institute that will identify the sector's trends and opportunities (Boston Business Journal, 3/30/07) State told to schmooze financial service field: Report says Mass. must be more aggressive if it wants to stay competitive — Government and private sector leaders need to step up their efforts to protect the state’s position as a hub for the financial services sector (The Patriot Ledger, 3/28/07) Group urges Patrick to be 'global governor' — Two university presidents, speaking for a group of prominent business leaders, are urging Gov. Deval Patrick to develop a comprehensive economic strategy involving substantially beefed-up economic contact with China, India and other Asian countries. (Boston Business Journal, 2/19/07)
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