Archive for August 2019

A federal jury convicted Timothy Sullivan and Kenneth Brissette, two Boston City Hall officials charged with extorting organizers of the Boston Calling music festival, of conspiracy charges. Read More

Sales figures show that customers continued to stay away from the grocery stores even after the strike ended. Read More

The cannabis industry could benefit from the economic-empowerment pathway. But the state must first double down on making it work. Read More

The sportswear giant on Tuesday said it had acquired Celect, a Boston-based company that uses data to predict retail behavior. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Read More

The closings include 21 Sears stores and five Kmart stores, according to Transform Holdco, the Eddie Lampert-run entity that won the bidding for Sears earlier this year. Read More

The developers looking to overhaul the South Boston Edison Power Plant outlined changes and updates to plans for the 15-acre site at a public meeting Monday night — a meeting that, at times, grew contentious. Read More

Boston is the city of champions, notorious for its high performing sports teams. But how does Boston’s Logan International Airport stack up compared to airports at other major cities across the country? Read More

Just months after bringing in $235 million in new funds, a Durham gene-therapy company has landed a big partnership in the first of many moves predicted by its executives. Read More

Rhythm’s drug was linked to an average weight drop of 12 and 25 percent in two groups of people with separate, rare gene mutations. Read More