Archive for February 2020
TripAdvisor shareholders eye Google, coronavirus ahead of its earnings
When the Needham-based travel metasearch company posts its full-year financials after the market closes on Wednesday, it will come after a year in which the company’s shares have been cut in half. Read More
Read MoreTripAdvisor shareholders eye Google, coronavirus ahead of this week’s earnings
When the Needham-based travel metasearch company posts its full-year financials after the market closes on Wednesday, it will come after a year in which the company’s shares have been cut in half. Read More
Read MoreUMass trustees pick Suárez-Orozco as Boston chancellor
The University of Massachusetts’ board of trustees voted Monday to approve Marcelo Suárez-Orozco as the next chancellor of UMass Boston. Read More
Read MoreBoston Foundation’s Catapult project launches in Chinatown
There will be 13,800 new openings for diesel technicians nationwide by 2028. A new project from the Boston Foundation is helping fill the gap. Read More
Read MoreAfter being acquired for $1B, Acquia hires top revenue officer from Fuze
A tech company that was scooped up in one of the biggest private equity acquisitions in Massachusetts last year has snagged an executive from Boston-based Fuze Inc., which went through a C-suite reshuffle and reportedly had layoffs in 2019. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and a word about acceptance speeches
Good morning, everyone. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know in Boston business news, plus some fun facts, what I’m watching on Netflix, and a few words on acceptance speeches. Read More
Read MoreThis once-faltering cancer startup just raised $117M. Here’s how it plans to spend it.
When Jan Skvarka joined Cambridge’s Trillium Therapeutics as CEO in September 2019, the company had a paltry market cap of $27 million and had been stuck in a drug development rut. Months later, the company may be bouncing back. Read More
Read MoreHealth IT company plans massive expansion with $42M raise
Boston-based health IT company Kyruus plans to grow its company by nearly 60 percent and broaden its software after an influx of $42 million in new financing. Read More
Read MoreBoston Business Journal wins top regional journalism honors
The New England Better Newspaper Competition and awards banquet, the largest journalism recognition program in the region, held its annual ceremony Saturday night at the Renaissance Boston Watefront Hotel in the city’s Seaport district. Read More
Read MoreTwo Mass. businesswomen selected to national ‘influencers to watch’ list
The executives were picked as part of The Business Journals’ Influencers series spotlighting 100 people to watch for what they, and their companies, might do in the year ahead. Read More
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