Archive for January 2020
Crawford op-ed: The miseducation of Boston
Many times in order to confront injustice, one must move towards uncomfortable action. We also must call out the lies and question our own level of miseducation and our own buy-in to the lies that we hear every day. Read More
Read MoreWPI is researching ways to help your car survive salt-covered winter roads
Help may be on the way for those who have witnessed salt eating way at their car. Read More
Read MoreCBRE buys Newton telecom firm to boost network connectivity advisory services
Real estate powerhouse CBRE Group’s acquisition of a Newton-based firm comes as many U.S. mobile phone carriers are deploying 5G networks. Read More
Read MoreFiling shows DraftKings’ net loss ballooned in first 9 months of 2019
The company offered up an unprecedented look at its financials Monday through a new filing related to its plan to go public. Read More
Read MorePatriots Wild Card game boosted NFL viewership
The Titans-Patriots on CBS drew the best audience for the Saturday primetime Wild Card since Saints-Eagles in 2014. Read More
Read MoreCES 2020: 16 Mass. startups to watch at the Consumer Electronics Show
The state delegation includes heavyweights like iRobot, Boston Consulting Group, Dassault Systems and Woburn-based Monotype, which was acquired by private equity firm HGGC. Read More
Read MoreIndigo Ag yields $200M, plans expansion
Indigo Ag, the Cambridge-based agriculture-technology startup that uses microbiology research to help farmers replace chemicals and fertilizers and increase crop yield, has closed a $200 million funding round and says it should have a positive cash flow by end of year. Read More
Read MoreHere are the Mass. cities and towns with the highest tax rates for 2020
Residential property tax rates in cities and towns around Massachusetts continued to decline this year as commercial rates edged upward, indicating that more communities are shifting the burden of their municipal budgets onto local businesses. Read More
Read MoreCommunications firm acquires Scottsdale tech-focused marketing company
The Scottsdale firm has more than a dozen tech clients, including Benchmark Electronics, Arizona Technology Council and three data center storage associations in Silicon Valley. Read More
Read MoreLocal med device firm slashes CEO pay to $1 amid financial woes
Once considered one of the state’s fastest-growing public companies, a Woburn medical device company has made a series of substantial cuts over the last year in the hopes of bringing the company out of the red. Read More
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