Archive for January 2021

Framingham-based USR Parent Inc., which owns Staples, is offering $40 per share in cash for Boca Raton-based The ODP Corp., or Office Depot. Read More

One of the state’s largest life science companies says it plans to split into two separate companies, both located in the Boston-Cambridge area. Read More

More than half of the 35 women’s colleges in the country posted five-year enrollment declines heading into the pandemic, with a dozen institutions posting double-digit drops. Read More

Good morning, friends! Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know, plus funds raised, Covid cases rising, NBA games postponed and more than one look into the economic crystal ball. Read More

Four-year-old company Starburst is planning on using a new $100 million round of financing to hire over 100 people in Massachusetts over the next 12 months. Read More

An open letter to Gov. Baker: Why you need to sign the climate bill. Read More

The Cambridge drugmaker’s announcement carries on a history of making headlines the day before the industry’s largest annual conference. Read More

Hours after UMass Memorial Health Care said it’s investigating whether "one or more" employees had participated in a pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, the health system said one employee had been terminated. Read More

The Baker administration, in partnership with the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, announced four grants totaling $1.5 million to broaden coronavirus testing methods in the months ahead. Read More

So far, Vestigo Ventures has invested in more than 20 companies, many of them from the world of artificial intelligence. Read More