Archive for October 2020
Boston mayor urges employers to offer paid time off for Covid-19 testing
Some 17 businesses and higher education institutions, along with all three of Boston’s major sports teams, have signed the new "Get The Test Boston" pledge. Read More
Read MoreBaker clamped down growth of the state’s costliest program. Then Covid happened.
The Baker administration has been successful in reining in state health care spending, which accounts for one-fourth of the state’s budget, but early data shows the coronavirus pandemic could cast a chill on that progress, according to a new report. Read More
Read MoreRaytheon sells cybersecurity company Forcepoint to California investment firm
Raytheon Technologies is selling its cybersecurity company to a California-based private equity firm. Read More
Read MoreCVS to add rapid Covid-19 testing nationwide
The locations will be added by the end of the year. Read More
Read MoreOp-ed: Life sciences can be a diversity leader in Mass.
"By attracting more young people of color into the field and then supporting them along the career path with mentorship and development, we can build a new paradigm," write Leslie Loveless and Candace Nortey of Slone Partners. Read More
Read MoreFacebook CEO says ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ to employees, gives them that week off
Forget just one or maybe two days off. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is giving all its U.S. employees the full Thanksgiving week off. Read More
Read MoreHow a struggling college in Philadelphia is betting on health care — and a potential merger — to right the ship
St. Joe’s President Mark Reed is not waiting on a miracle to turn his campus around. Rather, he is aggressively pursuing a strategy to take the 149-year-old Jesuit university in a new academic direction. Read More
Read MoreModerna receives $1.1B in deposits for Covid vaccine
Cambridge-based drugmaker Moderna Inc. has pulled in $1.1 billion in deposits for supplies of the vaccine it’s working on. Read More
Read MoreIn its home market, Boston Properties turns its focus to life sciences
The pivot is notable given that 53% of Boston Properties’ portfolio is composed of professional, legal and financial services tenants. Read More
Read MoreRockland Trust’s name to come off Seaport concert pavilion
Live Nation is on the lookout for a new company to sponsor the pavilion, even as concerts remain off-limits because of the pandemic. Read More
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