Archive for May 2020

Healey helped to grow the Beverly asset manager into an industry giant while serving as a philanthropic leader in the Boston area. Read More

Congress and the SBA have offered different definitions of a "month." Read More

While traditional claims appeared to level off, for now, the number of gig workers, self-employed and others making unemployment claims under a special pandemic program grew. Read More

Drug giant Merck & Co., preparing to wage war against viruses like Covid-19, has added a dime-sized tool to its arsenal. Read More

Instead of giving out raises this year, Michael Feldman plans to hand out bonuses, potentially using his surveying firm’s $1.1 million PPP loan. Here, he explains why. Read More

"A lot of VCs, historically, like to know people over meals and drinks, and coming in and spending whiteboarding sessions. Those things are really, really difficult to replicate on Zoom, but that doesn’t mean that you still can’t build trust, you just have to do it in other ways." Read More

The Boston City Council heard testimony on Wednesday from health care workers who argue employers should presume that if they get sick with coronavirus, employers should presume they got it while on the job. Read More

It was the right decision in the spring to close schools and urge residents to remain indoors, and yet we know that means our city’s smart and hard-working students are paying a price. Read More

After decades in business, 70-year-old Adriana De Stefano learnt a lesson: Sales slowdown can be fixed the moment the first summer air whiffs enter the doors of Caffè Paradiso, thanks to customers gathering around her gelato stand. This year, she’s aware that her Italian coffee house in Boston’s North End will need something more than…

The MBTA has implemented new temporary safety measures across the transit system that have drastically reduced the number of passengers allowed on buses and trains before they’re considered crowded. Read More