Archive for April 2021

Uber announced a $250 million driver "stimulus" this week to incentivize drivers to get back on the road, just as ride-haling companies are facing an increasing push from lawmakers and many drivers to provide benefits on an ongoing basis. It also comes after drivers have been in short supply in Boston and other major cities…

Boston-based Rapt, a reusable fabric company, is looking to replace the use of traditional wrapping paper. Read More

Patients, clinicians and policymakers alike have cheered on the recent telehealth transformation. The new landscape increases convenience, safety and access to care. But to truly succeed, this movement must accelerate equitably across communities. Read More

Over the past six years, we’ve seen LGBT-owned businesses grow their payrolls and make themselves known in larger numbers. Over the past five months, this same community has weathered the impact coronavirus on their livelihoods. Read More

Some venue operators and eligible businesses will have to wait in line. Read More

Depending on the context, Amazon is two different employers, both growing at breakneck speed around Greater Boston: one handing out six-figure salaries to software engineers, the other a warehouse company that’s raising the ire of local worker advocates. 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. Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings.…

The Marlborough-based women’s health medical technology company plans to acquire a privately held Finnish developer of molecular diagnostic tests and instrumentation for $795 million. Read More

A week ahead of the House’s expected fiscal year 2022 budget reveal, the Baker administration said it has worked up new spending projections to account for a federal-level change that could drive up costs by more than $1.4 billion. Read More