Hub Pen Continues to Expand Team

Hub Pen Company, Braintree, Mass., hired two new employees and promoted another worker recently. Hub Pen named Glenn Walker its Web systems administrator and Madelyn Voong as human resources coordinator while Vickie Freeman was promoted to customer service representative.

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With a Name Like “Honest Company” You Should Be

We’ve written in this space before about the unique challenges faced by a product when a celebrity endorser goes off the rails. Now, as Jessica Alba’s Earth-friendly Honest Company is just about to launch in Target stores, there are new reports that some products imported by the company from China have been previously blocked by the FDA as unsafe.

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Business Lessons from Mickey Mouse

I recently returned from a few days at Disneyland. My wife and I agreed to be chaperones for Grad Nite. On Grad Nite, Disneyland is open until 2 a.m. with just high school graduates and their chaperones. (It sounded like a good idea at the time.) I’m sure this goes on at locations all around the country, but being from Southern California, Disneyland is the place to be.

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3M Appoints New Senior Vice President

3M, St. Paul, Minn., appointed Nicholas C. Gangestad to senior vice president and chief financial officer this week. Effective immediately, he replaces David W. Meline, who is departing for another large, publicly traded company.

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