Archive for July 2019

Liverpool FC’s CEO, Peter Moore, was "born and bred" in Liverpool but worked at Reebok in the Boston area in the 1990s. Prior to Liverpool’s exhibition match at Fenway this weekend, Liverpool CEO Peter Moore spoke with BBJ Editor Doug Banks about his former roles not only at Reebok but also in Silicon Valley, and…

In New Bedford, Mass., once the “textile capital of the world,” across the street from where the looming Joseph Abboud factory churns out 1,000 suits daily, a much smaller firm is looking to change the face of licensed sports apparel. Read More

New Hampshire’s Attitash Mountain Resort, Wildcat Mountain and Crotched Mountain are among the 17 resorts changing hands as part of a $264 million deal. Read More

Whittier Street Health Center will pay close to a quarter of a million dollars to three former employees to settle allegations of anti-union activity after a lengthy fight between unionized employees and management. The settlement agreement, signed mid-July, addresses complaints that union local 1199SEIU filed with the National Labor Relations Board, which alleged that the…

Though it collected all of the financial benefits, Thermo Fisher ultimately fell short of reaching the goal of 500 full-time employees. Read More

The private equity firm is a relatively new one — it raised its first fund of $1.5 billion in May. Read More

UMass Boston is offering its second round of voluntary buyouts in two years to faculty and staff, as the public research university faces a projected $14 million deficit. Read More

Massachusetts Democratic leaders finalized a fiscal 2020 budget agreement over the weekend to end a weeks-long stalemate and authorize $43.1 billion in state government spending over the next year. Read More