Boston Speaks Up with The Urban Grape CEO TJ Douglas

TJ Douglas is the founder and CEO of The Urban Grape, a wine store in Boston’s South End neighborhood known for its proprietary Progressive Scale, a system of sorting wine by its body, instead of by varietal or region. Douglas has led The Urban Grape to becoming one of the most successful independently owned wine…

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Boston exec to take over Australian asset manager

Nick Good, once a top State Street Corp. executive, has taken over as global CEO of the Australia-based asset management firm Pendal Group, though he will remain in Boston. Pendal may be headquartered in Sydney and listed on Australia’s stock exchange, but its leadership sees the U.S. and Europe as hugely important to its future.…

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Here’s Boston’s plan for a modified Phase 4 reopening

Boston’s version of the state’s Phase 4, Step 1 has lower limits on public gatherings, allowing 60 people inside and 100 outside, rather than 100 and 150 respectively. The city will also wait to move beyond the restrictions going into place Monday until its test positivity rate holds below 2.75% for two weeks in a…

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