Archive for July 2020

Beverley Johnson recently spoke with the Business Journal about how the organization aims to increase opportunities for minority-owned and female-owned contractors. Read More

As the co-owner of the wine shop Urban Grape in the South End, TJ Douglas is often the only non-white attendee at wine conferences and industry trips around the world. He thinks it’s about time for that to change. Read More

Schools from Massachusetts to Malibu have increasingly staked their financial futures on foreign-born students, a bet that has helped offset stagnant enrollment and in many cases declines in U.S. students over the same span. Read More

The Boston-based video tech firm reported its best sales quarter in history, spurring a stock jump of nearly 50% on Thursday afternoon. Read More

Op-ed: Changing the name of a product or applying money to the problem of racial injustice may only serve as a Band-aid in healing a much deeper issue. The business community must roll up its sleeves and develop programs with the city that effect real change. Read More

Harvard University told its first-year international students in a letter on Wednesday that they will not be able to come to the Cambridge campus this fall. Read More

If scheduled “sooner rather than later,” a longer sales tax holiday could “theoretically stimulate additional spending at businesses that desperately need increased cash flow,” according to a new report. Read More

A global pandemic pushes the local mall toward its day of reckoning Read More

If indeed the country needs trillions of dollars in additional stimulus money, cutting payroll taxes is not the way to go. Read More