Archive for December 2020

The CEO of Foundation Medicine says "I want people to feel like they can get behind the mission, that they belong at FMI and will contribute to transforming cancer care for patients." Read More

The senior vice president, general counsel for Boston Scientific Corp. said, "I learned that if your home life is not OK, your professional life would not be OK." Read More

The donation will help dozens more students get scholarship dollars to the University of Maryland. Read More

U.S. Sen. Edward Markey is calling for an infusion of $10 billion to wipe away pandemic-related utility debt and to keep people warm this winter. Read More

While Massachusetts officials are rolling back some aspects of reopening, don’t expect a return of the eviction moratorium anytime soon. Asked whether he would consider resuming the moratorium, Gov. Charlie Baker said the state should have enough resources for tenants and landlords behind on payments to avoid another hold on evictions. Read More

Trade group leaders in Mass. expressed a measure of relief on Tuesday that the Baker administration’s new Covid restrictions fell short of a widespread shutdown, while still expressing concern for struggling businesses, especially those required to close. Read More

The Westwey Club, which opened this fall offers a mix of flex desks and private offices on the 11th floor at 1 Turks Head Pl. Read More

New poll results show most Massachusetts residents are willing to take a COVID-19 vaccine, but many want to wait for others to go first. Read More

The bans enacted by foreign governments might have pricey consequences on software companies based in the U.S. Earlier this year, India banned 59 mobile apps — including Bytedance’s video-sharing app TikTok, and Tencent’s messaging app WeChat. About 30 of the 59 Chinese apps were customers of Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM), which ended up…

“We’ve continued to see (coronavirus) spread in the workplace,” Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said Tuesday. Read More