Ginkgo Bioworks to go public in $17.5B SPAC deal

Ginkgo Bioworks bills itself as "the organism company," making custom microbes by programming cellular DNA. As a public firm, Ginkgo plans to continue that work, with ambitious plans to expand into "every physical goods company." Read More

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Payroll company continues its rollup strategy

A Texas-based payroll services company that purchased a Foxborough company in February is continuing to roll up small payroll and staffing companies. The latest acquisition focused on garnering a larger client base from a Kansas-based company. Read More

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Weight loss app Lose It mulls 100% remote work in exchange for salary cut

Last summer, Boston-based Lose It! was one of the tech companies considering dropping office space altogether in the wake of the work-from-home trend. With a two-year lease for the Tremont St. office now renewed, CEO Patrick Wetherille said the company is now thinking about another cost-cutting option: giving interested employees the chance to keep working…

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