Archive for February 2021

The Boston advertising industry is in trouble right now. We have to put egos aside and fix the problem. Read More

Years of discussion and numerous state studies finally brought about the potential for lasting change for two thorny health care issues that had been plaguing the state when Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill last month: behavioral health care and surprise billing. Yet that progress has left many other longtime goals for state health care…

Demand for Peloton’s bikes and treadmills has surged amid the pandemic, when more people are working out at home. Read More

We checked in with several of the state’s largest engineering firms to ask about their growth strategies for 2021, and whether there are particular markets where they’re seeing opportunities for growth? Read More

The business of economic development, recruitment and site selection traditionally has been an intense, hands-on process replete with travel, opulent dinners and plenty of pressed palms with local business and political leaders. The coronavirus put an end to that overnight. Read More

Boston-based Brightcove is the latest company in Massachusetts to downsize its real estate footprint as the pandemic has kept tech employees working remotely. Read More

The company is already adding more space after opening another South Florida office just a year ago. Read More

Life sciences giant Merck is buying Pandion Therapeutics, the autoimmune disorder-focused biotech that went public last July in one of the largest IPOs of 2020, for $1.85 billion in stock. Pandion’s stock price nearly doubled upon the news of the Thursday morning announcement. Read More

Researchers from several Boston institutions have joined Google to create an open-access database of Covid cases in an effort to help policymakers, hospitals and companies make decisions around the pandemic. Read More

Elyssa and Jeff Kotzen are working together to disrupt how locally grown and made foods get delivered to your table. Read More