Archive for July 2020

What can or should Congress do with any unused money authorized for the PPP? Read More

The switch carries more significance than a change in venue for the test takers. Read More

The Department of Justice has given the green light to the FCC for the $4.3 billion sale of LogMeIn Inc. to private equity, clearing the way to one of multiple regulatory approvals that the Boston-based enterprise software company needs to score in its path to becoming a private company. Read More

Heads of the most prominent hospitals and doctor groups in the state urge lawmakers to help find and distribute personal protective equipment, and to maintain emergency telehealth reimbursements, to prepare for the next surge of coronavirus cases. Read More

Eliminating what those in power call longstanding public-private relationships, and what detractors might call cronyism and patronage, is key to creating a fair and just economy. Read More

The Boston Chamber’s Pacesetters program seems like exactly the sort of broadside against racial inequity that CEOs have pledged in recent weeks to seek out. But companies, Black-owned suppliers and the chamber itself acknowledge it has yet to live up to its promise. Read More

"This fraught moment provides Boston business leaders an extraordinary opportunity to elevate that legacy and once again shape the future of our city and nation for the better," writes the president of Reinventure Capital. Read More

Barrales Public Affairs will focus on issues impacting immigrants and communities of color — and it’s run by Black and Latinx executives with decades of experience. Read More

Vinay Mehra, who joined Boston Globe Media Partners as CFO in 2017 and was elevated to president shortly after, had his last day on June 30, Linda Henry said in a memo to staffers. Read More

For the first time since the pandemic started, the state is relying on federal loans for unemployment benefits. Massachusetts employers could ultimately be on the hook for billions of dollars in borrowing in coming years. At the end of 2019, the state unemployment fund had a balance of approximately $1.74 billion. The pandemic has forced…