Archive for July 2021

Boston College is among schools nationally that are quickly reacting to a new policy in college sports that allows student athletes to benefit from endorsements and other income-producing deals that had long been prohibited. Read More

Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of biotech and life sciences news in Greater Boston by Rowan Walrath. Read More

Of the $406.6M made the fintech industry took the lead in funding this month with over $250M raised in aim to help emerging small businesses. Read More

Just as Boston Children’s Hospital is completing its massive $1 billion expansion, the nation’s top children’s hospital is set to embark on a $434.7 million community expansion project. Read More

Larry Gennari writes that you can learn a lot about someone playing Monopoly. Our economy, like a great board game, works best when everyone has a chance to win. Read More

Starting today, the NCAA is allowing college athletes to earn income from their name, image and likeness in all 50 states. Read More

Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know today, plus the IPOs of 2021, Shark Tank startups, e-scooters and thoughts on thought leadership. Read More

Community hospitals have long banged the drum on Beacon Hill that they are underpaid compared with their peers. But this week hospital CEOs made a new argument: Such underpayments perpetuate racial health disparities and must be corrected. Read More

Berkshire Bank CEO Nitin Mhatre described the Boston market as “very important” to the bank in a recent interview. He wants the bank to grow substantially locally, but he plans to do so through a “banker-driven” rather than “branch-driven” strategy." Read More