Archive for September 2019

A move to outsource a mailroom contract for Globe Direct further dims any hope that the facility will become what was once envisioned as a way to boost revenue by becoming the “consolidator of choice” for printing in the region. Read More

A trip to Boston from Worcester could total more than $4,600 a year for someone who regularly commutes during the workday — more than 13 percent of the median household income in the state’s second-largest city. Read More

More than a year after the University of Massachusetts Amherst purchased a campus in Newton, faculty at UMass Boston are continuing to press system officials to address what they describe as competition with their school. Read More

Bina Venkataraman, also a fellow at New America and the director of Global Policy Initiatives at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, takes the place of Ellen Clegg, who retired last year. Read More

A Quincy woman has been sentenced to five years in state prison for trafficking women for sex at illicit massage and bodyworks establishments in Central and Western Massachusetts, according to the state attorney general’s office. Read More

Jonathan Kraft has been named chair of the Massachusetts General Hospital Board of Trustees, the hospital announced on Wednesday. Read More

Notarize Inc., a web platform that enables online notarization services, has added $17 million to its total funding to date, which now stands at approximately $45 million. Read More

Supporters are turning to the ballot after years of unsuccessful attempts to win legislative approval on Democrat-dominated Beacon Hill. Read More

Online estate sale auction house Everything but the House is closing five offices, including one in Boston, as its new owners refocus the business, but it will be keeping a majority of its employees. Read More

The CEO who built Exelixis and reshaped Biogen now wants to lead a nine-figure IPO for San Francisco’s Vir Bio. Read More