Archive for August 2019

Happy Tuesday, everyone. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know to get your workday started, plus a topic that is guaranteed to split your office into two camps, so raise it at your own risk. Read More

When Boston University professor Ed Damiano set out to raise a new tranche of funding for a startup last year, his hopes were low: Diabetes device makers were struggling to raise money in a field that was being increasingly dominated by two players. Read More

The first brand-new Orange Line cars will enter passenger service Wednesday, MBTA officials announced, marking a key step in an ongoing project to replace the entire fleet with modern vehicles. Read More

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has revoked nine background check clearance certificates for drivers of ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft in wake of the scandal that’s engulfed the state’s Registry of Motor Vehicles since last June. Read More

The ruling puts increased pressure on illegal marijuana sales in the state as regulators work to grow the legal market for the drug. Read More

Steinberg spent the past 24 years at real-estate brokerage JLL before leaving earlier this year. Read More

As it kicked off what it hoped would be a week to celebrate "U.S. leadership in wind energy production," a national wind energy industry group is instead making the case against the federal government’s new delay of the Vineyard Wind project. Read More

The fall season doesn’t officially start until late September. But Canton-based Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. is getting into autumn a little early by putting its pumpkin spice offerings on the market next week, with a special sneak preview coming this week to select stores. Read More