Archive for January 2021

Rather than look back at what 2020 had to say, let’s look ahead to what we hope 2021 does. Read More

Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc.’s parent company has agreed to be acquired by the parent of Silicon Valley Bank in a deal valued at approximately $900 million. In buying Boston Private, the California-based lender is seeking to bolster its existing private banking and wealth management offerings. Read More

A handful of chief executives at Boston-based companies signed a statement Monday urging members of Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College without delay. Lawmakers are scheduled to vote on Wednesday to ratify the Electoral College results in November’s presidential election. Read More

Betty Francisco writes that 2020 was the year Latinos made their mark in Massachusetts business and policy. In this op-ed, co-published with El Planeta Media, she call on leaders to prioritize Latino participation in the economic recovery. Read More

Moderna said it will increase its production of the coronavirus vaccine in 2021 from 500 million to 600 million doses, with a goal to increase that number to nearly 1 billion doses. Read More

The 150,000-square-foot building is the headquarters for RoundPoint Mortgage, and the first project at a 350-acre former Charlotte Knights stadium site that is being developed by Lincoln Harris and The Cato Corp. Read More

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan said they have officially merged, combining the state’s second and third largest insurers into one. Read More

Haven announced on Monday that it would disband, with Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. set to solve the health care problems the company had been grappling with each on their own. Read More

The acquisition by the Wilmington-based contract research organization is its second in the past five months. Read More

Despite the bump in funding, industry advocates say the new stimulus is just a fraction of what they had hoped for. Read More