Archive for March 2020

Last week’s drop-off is even more stark when compared with the same time period a year ago, Read More

The ultra-low unemployment rate that Massachusetts has enjoyed for years is now under threat, according to a MassBenchmarks panel of economists. Read More

The announcement came a day after Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced construction sites in Boston would be closed effective Tuesday. Read More

TechTarget put a price tag on its acquisition of Data Science Central, which has seven employees. Read More

The new office is the first U.S. location for the Boston-based law firm that’s outside New England. Read More

Mnuchin said the individual cap will be a particular relief for small business owners and pass-through entities affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Read More

MIT’s Sloan School of Management had the highest overall rank among the state’s universities and their business schools in the 2021 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools list, coming in at No. 5. Read More

Steward Health Care said Tuesday that it will designate Carney Hospital in Dorchester to the treatment of patients infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus in what it said was the first such designation in the U.S. A spokesman for Steward said that one ward is up and running as of Tuesday, although there are no confirmed…

With more than 100 of its own employees battling COVID-10, Cambridge biotech Biogen pledged $10 million to help organizations locally and worldwide responding to the pandemic. Read More

At least 21.4 million square feet of new or renovated development was underway in the city of Boston prior to the construction shutdown. “We’re in uncharted waters right now,” said John Fish, CEO of the largest general contractor in Massachusetts. Read More