Archive for November 2020
GRAX wants to make sure companies are getting value out of their data
CEO Joe Gaska thinks readily accessible historical data can provide insight into a company’s future. Rather than keeping your data in a cloud somewhere and never accessing it, he said, it should be analyzed to measure growth rates and spot statistical anomalies. Read More
Read MoreMass. Senate joins push to change sales tax collection
While there are no broad-based tax increases, the Senate’s budget proposal would require many businesses to remit certain taxes collected during the first three weeks of each month by the end of that month. Read More
Read MoreQuest keeps ahead of the region’s Covid testing needs with innovation and hiring
Since March, the company has grown its capacity to be able to run 30,000 Covid tests in a single day, while handling more than 4.4 million non-Covid tests out of its Marlborough lab. Read More
Read MoreBeth Israel Lahey to explore acquisition of Joslin Diabetes Center
The state’s second-largest hospital organization has signed a letter of intent with Joslin Diabetes Center to explore acquiring the specialty diabetes hospital. Read More
Read MoreOp-ed: The Massachusetts economy is fragile. Go slow on new taxes.
Exclusive BBJ op-ed: The fragility of the Massachusetts economy requires a go-slow approach to new taxes on business, writes Eileen McAnneny of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation and Brooke Thomson of AIM. Read More
Read MoreRobyn Riseberg is trying out a new medical model to care for kids
This doctor wants to treat kids better. So she has created the first private, nonprofit pediatric medical office in Massachusetts — right in Boston’s South End. Read More
Read MoreBizSpotlight: Clemens Private Wealth Management Group
Gabrielle Clemens, Certified Divorce Financial Ana Read More
Read MoreA.W. Perry names former Disney exec as new president
Susan O’Day will replace former A.W. Perry President and CEO Rich Beal, who died suddenly this fall. Read More
Read MoreCureVac’s Covid vaccine has one key advantage over Moderna, Pfizer
The German biotech with U.S. headquarters in Boston said this week that its candidate has one big advantage that could bypass an issue its rivals are facing. Read More
Read MoreExpert view: Colleges will share faculty, consider mergers as competition from the private sector intensifies
Morgan Lewis Partner Ami Wynne sees a post-Covid world where more schools are sharing resources, including faculty, as a means to keep costs in check and strengthen their standing versus a growing number of private competitors. Read More
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