Archive for July 2020

New outbreaks in places on the Cape, Nantucket and Western Massachusetts won’t change the state’s plan for reopening businesses and schools, Gov. Charlie Baker said. Read More

Outside of the Northeast, it can be difficult to find a Polar Seltzer in stores. Soon, that will change. Read More

The Business Journal spoke about the business implications of the facial recognition bans with Troy Lieberman, deputy leader of the data privacy and cybersecurity practice group at the Boston office of law firm Nixon Peabody. Read More

The parent company of Dunkin’ and Baskin-Robbins also said Thursday morning that net income fell 39% year-over-year from April to June. Read More

Good morning, friends. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know today, plus sports, VC financings, a 6-month sentence, lousy college news and cute animal videos. Read More

The pacts will come as a relief to law school graduates concerned the pandemic will limit their job opportunities in the short term. Read More

More than two-thirds of the companies on the BBJ’s annual list of the 50 largest corporate employers in Massachusetts are in either the health care, financial services or higher education sector. Read More

The House is teeing up its response to the Senate’s suite of climate-related bills for debate Thursday, meaning it could be handed off to a six-member conference committee by the end of the week to negotiate a final bill. Read More

Hercules Capital founder Manuel Henriquez was sentenced to one less month in prison than his wife was in March for their parts in the "Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal that rocked elite schools last year. Read More

In a letter to key lawmakers, the state Department of Energy Resources said it knows the best way for Massachusetts to move forward with the procurement of 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind power. Read More