Archive for January 2021

Exclusive Boston Business Journal research: A look at the top 100 Massachusetts law firms shows the ups and downs of Boston legal. Read More

While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Read More

Good morning, friends (unless you’re over 75, in which case you’re probably still frustrated). Here are the five things you need to know today in Boston business, plus a touching tribute, an Olympic torch, and a bit of ambush marketing you won’t want to miss. Read More

On the company’s most recent earnings call, Boston Properties CEO Owen Thomas laid out the central dilemma faced by business leaders when it comes to commercial office space in a post-pandemic world. Read More

The largest health system in Massachusetts has begun making more of its appointments virtual in an effort to make room for public vaccinations to begin at hospital sites as early as next week. Read More

Richard Florida has studied cities and urban economies for 40 years, and not once had he come across any mention of the effects from a pandemic. Read More

The dollar amounts awarded vary by size and were based on an institution’s enrollment and stated need in responding to the Covid-19 crisis. Approximately 3,500 schools are in line to receive stimulus checks, with the median payout hovering just above $2.4M. Read More

MassMutual has reached a deal to buy one of American Financial Group Inc.’s major business units for $3.5 billion. Read More

This Boston lawyer is a Miami native whose favorite activities are snowboarding and playing ice hockey — activities that have paid dividends in his business development too. But figuring out how to solve people’s problems is what Christopher Pardo likes most about his job. Read More