Archive for April 2020

Good morning, friends. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day, plus one local company whose people are making music together, apart. Read More

A day after President Trump called on Harvard University to return federal aid on national television, the Cambridge university has decided not to accept $8.7 million in funds allocated to it as part of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund within the $2 trillion CARES Act. Read More

The economic slowdown in the past couple of months could lead to long-term changes for Boston’s innovation industry, giving some tech startups the chance to stay independent, while pushing biotech firms toward acquisitions. Read More

Sperry president Joelle Grunberg will take on an expanded role. Read More

“This will do nothing to protect people from the coronavirus, and certainly do nothing to protect our economy,” Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said. Read More

Southern New Hampshire University is creating a campus-based education model that would only cost $10,000 per year, down 61% from its current tuition rate. Read More

Biogen previously said it expected to ask the FDA to approve its Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab in “early 2020”. Read More

Good morning, friends, and Happy Earth Day. Here are the five things you need to know to start your day, plus a whole new world of home schooling and child care. Read More

To date, barely more than 500 Massachusetts businesses have been approved for loans through a U.S. Small Business Administration pandemic relief program that’s served as a lesser-known cousin of the Paycheck Protection Program, with the loans totaling nearly $104 million. While the PPP has received more attention, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program has also…

The Boston Business Journal joined its sister paper in San Francisco for this exclusive video call examining how biotech is reacting to the virus. You can see the replay here. Read More