Archive for December 2020

The biotech went public earlier this year, and plans to move into a new space next year. Read More

In this exclusive BBJ op-ed, the head of the Mass. Business Roundtable shared the main takeaways of its conversations with its member businesses. Here is what they had to say about the lessons learned from 2020. Read More

Year-end is the perfect time to get rid of clutter from the past 12 months. This year’s purge has been something to behold. Read More

After working more than two decades at the Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc., Michelle Markowitz was given the chance last January to run the institution she loves, serving as interim head of the 650-employee nonprofit that provides education, job services and other programs for those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read More

A Business Journal analysis of bank deposits in Massachusetts shows substantial growth for the vast majority of the institutions on the Business Journal’s annual list. Read More

Gov. Charlie Baker sought to strike a proposal that would have banned police departments and public agencies across Massachusetts from using facial recognition technology. Instead of signing a police reform bill, which included the proposal, into law, he is sending it back to the Legislature, asking lawmakers to make several key changes. Read More

In order to get the millions of residents in Massachusetts working together to prevent the worsening of the pandemic, we need continued data, transparency and a shared sense that a sacrifice now will result in a better outcome later. Read More

The agency and contractor Keolis Commuter Services have so many Covid-related absences in their workforces that they will need to run fewer trains each day, they said. Read More

A number of fintechs, many who had never participated in government-backed lending prior to PPP, went against the grain and handed out funds until the U.S. Small Business Administration rang the program’s final bell on Aug. 8. Read More

A Massachusetts General Hospital physician has been arrested and charged with fraud after allegedly billing Medicare and private insurance $10.6 million for services out of his own practice that were never provided, federal prosecutors said. Read More