Archive for February 2021

Rick Dimino writes that the commonwealth could spend upwards of $200 million on temporary repairs to the Mass. Pike, disrupting traffic for several years and yielding nothing but a patched-up structure that would need to be replaced anyway at a higher cost. Read More

Wilmington-based biomanufacturing services firm Charles River Laboratories Inc. has agreed to acquire a Tennessee-based contract biomanufacturer for nearly $900 billion. The massive deal is expected to close in the first quarter of this year. Read More

CEO Rick Faulk said in an interview that the company will hire between 50 and 75 new employees across sales, marketing and engineering over the next year. Read More

People over the age of 65 and those with certain health conditions can start receiving the vaccine as soon as Thursday, allowing more than a million new people to be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts. Read More

Three groups — the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, the Greater Boston Latino Network and Amplify Latinx — filed an administrative complaint with federal agencies on Wednesday. They allege that a new study shows the city has discriminated against Black- and Latinx-owned businesses in granting public contracts. Read More

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AllWays Health Partners has received a double digit rate increase for the second quarter, after the Division of Insurance initially rejected a proposed 14.58% increase. Read More

Jim Heppelmann, CEO of Seaport-based PTC Inc., said during a virtual event on Tuesday that face-to-face collaboration remains important. His remarks came during a hour-long virtual event organized by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and moderated by Rapid7 Inc. CEO Corey Thomas. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you need to know today in Boston business, plus chess champions, pirates, dinosaurs and young, fresh voices in journalism. Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day. Read More

The executive order, expected to come down later this week, follows a city-commissioned report, obtained by the Business Journal, that found that women- and minority-owned businesses are significantly underrepresented in city contracting work. Read More