With Needham HQ set to reopen, IDG trades hands for $1.3B

The ownership swap comes as IDG is set to officially reopen its new office in Needham on June 14. The company leases its new space, the former campus of Seaport-based PTC Inc. (Nasdaq: PTC), from Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE: BXP). "This acquisition, plus the new headquarters, plus the new strategy, plus the fact that now…

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Yale University stirs dissent on campus, among alumni with abrupt change to board elections

The situation underscores tensions buildings on campuses nationally as students, faculty and alumni have increasingly levied demands concerning a range of social and economic issues that often conflict with traditions at a given university. Likewise, schools have been put in the unenviable position of balancing those efforts without alienating donors or losing sight of their…

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