Archive for April 2020
Congress readies more PPP funding for small businesses. Here’s what you need to know.
The dizzying rollout of the program — and the prospect of supplemental funding — has left small businesses with a number of questions on its details. We asked experts for the answers. Read More
Read MoreGov. Baker to tap business community to examine reopening economy
“Doing it wrong could create more hardship for everyone in the long run," Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said of reopening the state’s economy. Read More
Read MoreMassachusetts schools to be closed for remainder of academic year
Massachusetts students will remain home for the rest of the school year to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Read More
Read MoreCollege presidents say higher ed could change for good
Colleges and universities did in weeks what they couldn’t do for years, and might never have done: They moved entire curricula online. That was just one of the ways higher education might change forever, these college presidents told the Business Journal. Read More
Read MoreBusiness clients are angry with Santander over PPP rollout
By the middle of the week following the program’s April 3 launch, each of the top nine deposit holders in Massachusetts was accepting applications for the PPP, with one exception: Santander. Read More
Read MoreArmy Medical Corps helps staff state-run hospital
As the number of positive cases of the virus continues to escalate in state-run hospitals, the U.S. Army Medical Corps has partnered with Tewksbury Hospital to provide essential staffing aid. Read More
Read MoreOp-ed: Minority businesses hit hardest by COVID-19
In both Massachusetts and nationally, minority-owned small businesses make up the backbone of our economy, and our ability to help them pull through the COVID-19 crisis will predict our overall economic recovery. Read More
Read More‘You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do’: Biotech workers assist with COVID-19 response
Years before Cynthia Cassandro joined Cambridge biotech Voyager Therapeutics, she was a nurse working with AIDS patients in New York City. Since late March, she has been volunteering with the Medical Reserve Corps and Rhode Island’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team, screening entrants at an emergency response command center in Rhode Island for signs and symptoms…
Read More#WFH Chronicles: The myth of the organized day
Working from home means building your own structure and making yourself stick to it. It’s not in my nature. Is it in yours? Read More
Read MoreGov. Baker signs bill granting moratorium on evictions and foreclosures
Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill that bars evictions and foreclosures from moving forward in Massachusetts until after the Covid-19 state of emergency is lifted. Read More
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