Archive for October 2020
In its battle to dominate online groceries, Amazon begins curbside pickup at Whole Foods
It’s yet another step Amazon is taking to bolster its online grocery business after the company was flooded with food orders at the outset of the pandemic. Read More
Read More‘Stop hosting big parties’: Gov. Baker says larger share of young people make up Covid cases
“We’re asking everybody to really stop and think about this, think about your loved ones, think about your parents, your grandparents, your aunts, your uncles, all those people who could get very ill and hospitalized if they get this virus,” Gov. Charlie Baker said. Read More
Read MoreBiopharma startups sign drug licensing deals worth $2.5B
Startups EQRx and Apellis Pharmaceuticals kicked off the week by making large licensing deals. Read More
Read More5 remain: Nonprofit Innovation Lab Pitch Finals on November 12 offering $100K in seed funding
Launched at the beginning of the year, the Nonprofit Innovation Lab offered 10 Rhode Island nonprofits the opportunity to transform their ideas into reality, enabling them to create greater social impact in response to addressing community needs. Read More
Read MoreDefense contractor aims to expand tech services with acquisition of Burlington company
The Virginia defense contractor detailed its plan to acquire a Burlington intelligence analysis firm. Read More
Read MoreRaytheon to shrink office space in push for ‘huge savings’
"For these last six months, as I’ve toured the country and visited facilities, where we’ve got literally a handful of folks working there, and everybody else is being efficient working remotely, it became very apparent, we don’t need all this space," CEO Gregory Hayes said. Read More
Read MoreFormer New Balance HQ sells for $72M
The office building is home to tenants including the Harvard Business School of Publishing and Major League Lacrosse. Read More
Read MoreGeneral Catalyst targets $500M for new blank-check firm
General Catalyst, the Cambridge-based investor behind Airbnb, HubSpot and more, is launching a new blank-check firm. Read More
Read MoreCanadian startup to open Boston office with $5.25M
Accomplice, a venture capital firm with offices in Boston, is leading the seed round of a Canada-born health tech startup planning the opening of its second office in the Bay State, the Business Journal has learned. Read More
Read More#WFH Chronicles: Is this thing on?
Working from home has made us learn a whole new way of communicating. We’re getting so good at it, it’ll be hard to go back. Read More
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