Archive for December 2020

Less than two weeks before T officials vote on whether to slash portions of bus, train and ferry service to cope with a pandemic-fueled budget deficit, the MBTA Advisory Board concluded Thursday that the agency’s plan poses unwarranted long-lasting risks. Read More

Cambridge-based biotech firm Moderna is planning a clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine with children ages 12 through 17. Read More

Amazon began leasing the 1 million-square-foot warehouse in June. Read More

Lowell General Hospital is setting up a field hospital to handle COVID-19 patients as Massachusetts faces a second surge of cases. Read More

After approximately one year and a half in operation, Wayfair Inc.’s first-ever, full-service retail store in Natick is closing its doors in a move the one analyst called "rational" in Covid-19 times. Read More

We have been told to work from home — by our employers and really strongly urged by our local and state government leaders. That is an expense for every worker in this country. Read More

In Pennsylvania and states elsewhere, the financial reckoning brought on by Covid-19 has exacerbated structural challenges — stagnant or falling enrollment, cuts to state aid, budget imbalances — that have long plagued public university systems for years. Read More

Good morning, friends. Here are the five things you need to know to get your busy business day started, plus SBA PPP loan data, in detail, new economic indicators and new Christmas music for your playlist. Read More

The startups were all approved for loans from the federal program earlier this year before receiving tens of millions each in private investment, raising questions about whom the program was intended to benefit. Read More

The sorry state of community news in Massachusetts is why state legislators ought to support an amendment to form a special commission to study the problem in Massachusetts, and recommend some possible remedies. Read More