Archive for May 2021

Gig workers for e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. should be classified as employees rather than independent contractors, according to Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey. Read More

Somerville-based Neural Magic, which last year accused Facebook Inc. of trade secret misappropriation, has a new chief executive. Brian Stevens, a former chief technology officer at Google Cloud (Nasdaq: GOOG), said he became chief executive of seed-stage startup Neural Magic in April this year. Read More

The CEO and family of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications has given $50 million to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in support of pancreatic cancer research. Read More

Bain Capital is moving forward with its $1.1 billion life sciences fund — the private equity firm’s second such fund — by investing in a local cancer startup that emerged from stealth only four months ago. Read More

Cannabis companies and advocates are demanding that lawmakers restrict or otherwise review the fees municipalities are charging dispensaries that operate in their town, saying the lack of oversight has allowed municipalities to recoup excessive fees from the businesses. Read More

The proposed changes, part of the Senate’s $47.6 billion budget measure, set up a potential showdown with the House of Representatives in the coming weeks. Read More

This is when the hotel industry hopes to see its own $20 billion grant program. Read More

Lexington-based Mimecast said on Tuesday it is working with executive search firm Spencer Stuart to find a chief technology and product officer. The new executive will be leading the product management and engineering teams, which the company plans to unify. Read More

Two Brown University students have launched an app to help aspiring and collegiate soccer players create workouts and training sessions to stay fit during the offseason. Read More