Archive for August 2019
Under new local exec, HSBC aims for Boston’s global businesses
The bank’s head of New England corporate banking, a newcomer to Boston, wants to make HSBC a bigger name in Boston executive suites and boardrooms. Read More
Read MoreBain executive joins biotech startup Cerevel’s C-suite
Cerevel announced Wednesday that Bain Capital principal Orly Mishan has moved from a space on the company’s board of directors to become its new chief business officer. Read More
Read More40 affordable apartments coming to Cambridge’s Porter Square
Rockland Trust provided a $17.7 million financing package for the project. Read More
Read MoreCollege of the Holy Cross to deploy salad-making robot on campus in September
Starting this September, students, faculty and visitors of College of the Holy Cross in Worcester will be able to order customized salads that will be assembled on the spot by Sally, a boxy machine invented by California-based food robotics startup Chowbotics. Read More
Read MoreAmid Mass. campus closure, CEO sees progress in technical school’s turnaround
By ‘right-sizing’ some campuses nationwide, including one in Massachusetts, the long-time top executive at Universal Technical Institute has stemmed quarterly losses from nearly $12 million to nearly break-even, with an expectation of turning a profit soon. She spoke to the Business Journal about what’s next. Read More
Read MoreTwo of the state’s largest insurers sign agreement to merge
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan on Wednesday signed an agreement to merge, a deal that would bring together the state’s second and third largest insurers, creating a powerhouse to rival Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. A deal would bring together Tufts Health Plan’s 2,841 employees and also approximately 1.16 million members…
Read MoreBoston officials push for zoning change to allow Harbor Garage tower
The push to change Boston’s zoning code follows more than five years of meetings about the downtown Municipal Harbor Plan, which the state approved last year. Read More
Read MoreThe 2019 sales tax holiday is this weekend. Here’s how much it cost the state in 2018
Businesses and consumers in Massachusetts are gearing up for the annual sales tax holiday that arrives this weekend, when the state will forego millions of dollars in revenue in an effort to drive economic activity. Read More
Read MoreRenovation of Boston’s Hotel Alexandra gets zoning board’s OK
The historic property has long been an eyesore on the edge of Boston’s South End and Roxbury neighborhood. Read More
Read MoreXontogeny, accelerator launched by former Sarepta CEO, preps five new biotechs
After news that one of the biotechs at Chris Garabedian’s Back Bay-based accelerator, Landos, got a $60M Series B round, he says it’s incubating five others, one of which just closed a Series A round. Read More
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