Archive for June 2021
At some Boston law firms, new hires will earn $200k or more
Ropes & Gray made its move Wednesday, nearly a week after a competitor in New York was the first to hike associate salaries. Read More
Read MoreTwo cannabis dispensaries face fines of quarter-million dollars each
Cannabis companies Tilt Holdings and Sira Naturals could face fines of more than a quarter-million dollars each for alleged violations of state licensing rules. Read More
Read MoreSuffolk U. receives $3M gift for employee training
Suffolk University has received a $3 million donation from a former Bank of America CEO and his wife to endow a new student training employment program. Read More
Read MoreBiogen’s other Alzheimer’s drug fails in late-stage trial
Less than two weeks after the historic approval of Aduhelm, a different Alzheimer’s disease drug developed by Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) has failed in a late-stage clinical trial. Read More
Read MoreSalem joins growing Bluebikes bikeshare program
Bluebikes is making its farthest reach out from Boston, with Salem joining what has become an 11-community network with more than 3,000 bikes and over 300 stations. Read More
Read MoreCureVac vaccine struggles in trial, particularly against variants
CureVac NV (Nasdaq: CVAC), headquartered in Germany with a U.S. office in Boston, announced on Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine candidate was just 47% effective against "any severity" of the disease in an interim analysis, failing to meet the criteria the company had initially laid out. Read More
Read MoreTo be hired at SEI is like ‘joining the family’
SEI, named a 2021 Boston Business Journal Best Place to Work among small businesses, keeps its employees tied to one another with virtual events such as cooking classes and what they call “courageous conversations.” Read More
Read More‘It’s about the people, not the building’ at New York Life
A flexible mindset was needed to help New York Life, which has been around for more than 175 years, adjust to working through the pandemic. Read More
Read More‘Strong office culture’ carried CyberArk through Covid
CyberArk is more than two decades old, but failing to stay up on the industry’s latest changes isn’t an option for a cybersecurity company no matter its age. Read More
Read MoreAqueduct Technologies looking beyond office perks
One of the best perks at Aqueduct Technologies is an annual all-expenses-paid trip for top-performing employees. Last year, the coronavirus pandemic made the trip impossible. Not to worry. This year, two years worth of winners went. Read More
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