Archive for May 2020

Just a year ago, a wave of mergers and acquisitions were reshaping the region’s employee-benefits sector. This year, disruption has taken a very different shape, in the form of the coronavirus. Read More

Good morning, friends. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know to start your Friday, plus Ed Kane’s new groove, more Covid-19 cases, Suffolk’s new dorm, a restaurant telethon and face masks as fashion accessory. Read More

The coronavirus upended daily life in Massachusetts and across the country. We asked CEOs to weigh in on what the future holds for life post-pandemic. Read More

As the weeks drag on in this work-from-home adventure, it may be time to up our game. Read More

If Massachusetts and other New England states continue to develop offshore wind projects that each have their own cables connecting the offshore arrays to the onshore power grid, transmission costs will be higher, there will be more marine life disturbance and greater environmental impacts, and the existing grid could need significant upgrades sooner, a Brattle…

City development officials okayed Suffolk University’s plan to convert the former Ames Hotel into a 300-bed student dormitory. Read More

The startup aims to help combat global food shortages through satellite technology. Read More

Essential businesses like National Grid and Stop & Shop, white-collar offices like Ernst & Young, Putnam Investments and Goodwin — they plan to handle employee temperature checks in different ways, if they even do them at all. Read More

The vote marks the first time a woman and a Latina has helmed the board of the powerful real-estate agency. Read More

The legislation shows that small-business concerns are top of mind. Read More