Archive for March 2021

A group that says it represents more than 800 drivers for ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft plans to rally at the Massachusetts State House in opposition to a bill it says would keep them low-paid and deny them rights. Read More

Chief executives from a handful of large local companies shared "secrets of the middle market" during an online event hosted by the Business Journal. Read More

This is the second acquisition announced by the Palo Alto unicorn since raising $250 million in a funding that gave it a $2 billion valuation last fall. Read More

If an on-demand, in-home ice cream machine sounds like it comes from the mind of an ambitious child, you’re not too far off the mark. It was just a few years ago that Matthew Fonte and his daughters were writing in “invention journals” instead of reading traditional bedtime stories — that routine had become boring,…

Worcester’s Becker College is facing a precarious enough financial situation that officials at the Department of Higher Education believe the school "is unlikely to sustain full operations through the next academic year." Read More

A biotech consultant who advised on Cambridge gene therapy firm Dimension Therapeutics’ potential acquisition in 2017 has pleaded guilty to charges of insider trading. Read More

Massachusetts will allow teachers to move to the front of the class for vaccine distribution, allowing 400,000 more people to receive the vaccine starting March 11. Read More

Massachusetts is first in the nation in hourly earnings growth among small businesses, and Boston has hit a 10-year high in February, according to a new report. Read More

A new local coalition has launched in Massachusetts saying it plans to advocate for "flexibility" as well as "increased benefits" for gig economy workers. It’s backed by large national companies including Uber and Lyft, as well as local industry groups and nonprofits, just as debate over the status of such workers is being examined in…