Archive for January 2020
Five things you need to know today, and a pledge worth making
Good morning, everyone. Another day, another debate. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know in Boston business news, plus sports, books, opioids, trivia and a vomit museum. Read More
Read MoreThese offices in Malden’s Opportunity Zone sold for $12M
The offices are located near the MBTA Orange Line Malden Center station. Read More
Read MoreLawyers given tough task: Improving industry’s mental health
The state’s highest court has named more than a dozen people to a committee that’s tasked with making recommendations for improving the legal sector’s mental health. Read More
Read MoreAlexion pushes ‘high-risk, high-reward’ ALS strategy amid competitive pressure
With competition encroaching, Alexion executives are pushing plans to more than double the company’s product portfolio in the next three years, including at least one “high risk, high reward” drug candidate. Read More
Read MoreAlexandria snaps up Newton complex for $235M
The deal comes as Alexandria is rapidly expanding its footprint outside of Cambridge’s Kendall Square. Read More
Read MoreCambridge becomes 4th Mass. community to ban face recognition tech
Wilford Durbin, policy adviser to the Cambridge Counsel, said that one of the biggest things the council was trying to accomplish by passing the ban is to give Cambridge residents the opportunity for a conversation about emerging face recognition technologies. Read More
Read MoreBozzuto Group targets Boston for growth this year
The company’s growth targets include Boston, Miami, Philadelphia and Chicago. Read More
Read MoreEncore Boston Harbor is down 200 employees amid ‘rightsizing’ efforts
Officials from Encore Boston Harbor have been saying they’d have 5,500 workers on staff when the $2.6 billion gambling resort opened in June. But headcount is far below that, and it’s unclear whether they ever hired that many to begin with. Read More
Read MoreWaltham biotech’s stock offering closes $50M higher than expected
The company sold about 1.4 million more shares that were part of an option held by financial firms involved with the public stock offering. Read More
Read MoreMBTA report: Battle for talent, retention is a ‘real barrier’
The MBTA, with its aging equipment, regularly struggles to provide reliable public transit service, frustrating its customers. But the agency also wrestling with the people side of the equation. Read More
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