Archive for July 2020
Jos. A. Bank parent plans to close up to 500 stores
The parent company of several popular menswear chains is closing up to 500 stores nationwide, as it looks to cut expenses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
Read MoreState Street, Eastern to give at least $10M to execs’ antiracism fund
The fund was launched last month by 19 executives of color in Boston. Read More
Read MoreEditorial: Mass. needs to shine a light on Covid test wait times
Public health officials need to track and publicly report information on the average wait time for results of Covid tests from non-hospitalized patients. Read More
Read MoreAutonomous boat startup Sea Machines reels in $15M
Sea Machines, the Boston-based developer of self-driving technology for boats, has raised a $15 million Series B round. Read More
Read MoreIRobot shares fall as company lowers hope of extending Chinese tariff relief
The global pandemic is also making harder for the company to diversify its manufacturing operations at a time reducing China exposure is key. Read More
Read MoreRegulators aim to keep taxes from out-of-state telecommuters
A Rhode Island resident who commutes to work at a Massachusetts company sees their income from that job taxed by the Bay State. But what if that employee is no longer commuting and is working for a Massachusetts company without ever leaving their home in Rhode Island? Read More
Read MoreBiogen shakes up C-suite with new finance chief
The biotech is replacing its current chief financial officer Jeffrey Capello. Read More
Read MoreBoston’s tech talent ‘brain drain’ is acute as millennial growth lags, report shows
Boston’s tech talent may be top 10 in the nation, but it has slipped a position as it struggles to grow its millennial population and sees its graduates leave the region, leading to a "brain drain" that tops nearly every other major U.S. city, new data shows. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and a hot take on campus survival
Good morning, friends. Here are the five things you need to know to get your workday started, plus clean energy crowdfunding, a new book publisher, Provincetown trivia, singing engineers and a guy who thinks six local colleges could "perish." Read More
Read MoreFund managed out of Boston leads $40M investment into Ohio gene therapy startup
A gene therapy startup in Grove City has raised $40 million in venture capital to both bring biotech to market and manufacture genetic material for outside clients. Read More
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