Archive for May 2021

British regulatory authorities have opened an inquiry into AstraZeneca’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of Boston’s Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN), on the basis that the transaction could negatively affect competition. Read More

In separate announcements, enterprise AI unicorn DataRobot Inc. and cloud security company iboss Inc. said they added finance executives to their teams. In both cases, the new executives have public-company expertise, and their respective CEOs have recently shared with the Business Journal their future plans to hit the public markets. Read More

The private equity giant’s real estate team has worked on two funds with broad investment mandates since coming aboard in 2018. Now, it’s targeting an asset class that has grown more attractive to investors during the pandemic. Read More

Angel investing, which many had expected would take a hit during the pandemic, grew across many key metrics — except when it comes to gender: Women angels continue to be a small minority among investors. Read More

Gov. Charlie Baker proposed keeping some pandemic-era policies such as remote public meetings and expanded outdoor dining in place beyond the state of emergency’s end. Read More

Bay State College, a for-profit school with campuses in Boston and Taunton, received a warning from its accreditors this month. Read More

Should the trend continue, the smaller-than-expected claim volume would likely affect how much employers are asked to pay into the system next year. Read More

Affectiva’s acquisition comes shortly after several Massachusetts tech businesses announced merger and acquisition deals. This year, online liquor store Drizly Inc., speech recognition firm Nuance Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN) and sales tax management system TaxJar Inc. were acquired by, respectively, Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Stripe Inc. Read More

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