Archive for July 2020

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., or HPE, is planning on laying off more than 140 workers in Westborough. A company spokesperson confirmed that employees affected by the layoffs were part of former "unicorn" company SimpliVity, which HPE acquired in 2017. Read More

Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at New York University, sparked controversy in the higher education industry in recent days after posting a list of 437 colleges and universities across the U.S., and labeling them as likely to “perish,” “struggle,” “survive,” or “thrive,” based on methodology he created. Read More

Pittsburgh-based PNC bank has received the regulatory green light to open 12 new sites in six weeks in metro Boston and Nashville. Read More

Baystate Health will partner with Kindred Healthcare to construct a new $43 million behavioral health hospital, one that will consolidate inpatient behavioral health care in a new centralized facility. Read More

Greentown Labs startup Raise Green has launched an equity crowdfunding platform for investment in clean energy projects, ranging from solutions like wind turbines and solar panels to infrastructural projects like micro-grids and community-supported agriculture. Read More

As Congress debates an additional small business stimulus package, support is growing for another PPP loan offering for harder-hit businesses. Read More

CVS Health Corp. is teaming up with other retailing giants like Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and The Kroger Co. on a mission to find a replacement for the ubiquitous — but often criticized — single-use plastic shopping bag. Read More

The new imprint aims to help local and regional business owners build their authority as thought leaders by writing and publishing books. Read More

The 800,000-square-foot building at 135 American Legion Highway, is expected to serve as a way to speed up Amazon deliveries from Amazon “fulfillment and sortation” centers. Read More

Of the 100 largest public companies in Massachusetts, PricewaterhouseCoopers audits 30 of them, including the one that paid out the highest fees last year. Read More