Archive for August 2021

The New England Revolution and Black Owned Bos. have partnered to bring local, Black-owned businesses to a pop-up market on Saturday. Read More

Roughly 55% of U.S. colleges reported enrollment declines between the 2016 and 2020 academic years, including more than 500 schools that saw double-digit declines. Read More

While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings.…

A Boston startup that recently raised seed funding is making the case that to store Bitcoin, users need a physical wallet — and its version looks like an old-fashioned cellphone. Read More

Life sciences workers tend to trust the science developed by their own industry, so their vaccination rates are naturally high. But creating a mandate would send a message beyond a company’s labs: that vaccines are necessary for a shot at anything resembling a normal existence. Read More

In Massachusetts, on-time graduation rates for college students ranges from 38.2% to 68.3%. With appropriate programs in place and with commitments from colleges and businesses to help educate, support, and employ students and graduates, we can do better. Read More

Stoughton-based Franklin Sports Inc. is a third-generation family business that has gone from regional sporting goods to being a baseball batting-glove brand competing in the big leagues of sports apparel and equipment. Read More

In the company’s first earnings call as a soon-to-be-publicly traded firm after its merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, Ginkgo Bioworks’ CEO and co-founder Jason Kelly didn’t spend most of his time focused on finances. Rather, he spent much of the call explaining to analysts the business model for the 12-year-old biotech company in terms…

Experts share some tips and advice about how (and when) to ask for more money. Read More

Employees of the Framingham-based retailer, one of the state’s largest employers, had been expected to come back to the office in early September. Read More