Archive for December 2019

Last year, Jim McCoy became chief revenue officer for Scout, an AI-driven recruitment marketplace platform that gives hiring companies a new way to connect with specialty recruiters. Read More

Massachusetts life science companies were involved in $34 billion worth of mergers and acquisitions this year. Experts say next year will be even busier. Read More

The Swiss drug giant is teaming up with Cambridge biotech Rheos Medicines in the startup’s first drug development collaboration. Read More

U.S. employees routinely give up about half of their paid time off on average. That’s bad for both productivity and the economy as a whole. Read More

Good morning. If you know anything about “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” don’t tell me anything. I am trying to avoid all spoilers before I see it this weekend. That said, here are the 5 Things You Need to Know to start your day. Read More

Harvard’s request for proposals for the 14-acre first phase of its enterprise research campus off Western Avenue in Allston sparked intense interest among the real estate development community. Read More

Victims of a 2018 Toronto mass shooting sued the Springfield-based gunmaker claiming it failed to introduce “smart gun” technology in the handgun used in the attack. Read More

It’s part of a large-scale mixed-use project in South Boston that National Development hopes will be “transformative.” Read More

The purchase of a defunct Newton college with plans to redeploy it as an outpost run by the University of Massachusetts Amherst is continuing to roil faculty at UMass Boston. Read More

Businesses have until Friday to apply for an exemption from the state-run program. If they don’t, they may be leaving more than a year’s worth of savings on the table. Read More