Archive for November 2021
Ranked: 30 cities where real estate investor activity was big in Q3
Wall Street is buying up homes across the country. That’s not news — but investors are continuing to gain market share amid an extremely competitive national housing market. Read More
Read MoreViewpoint: Why Moderna won’t share Covid vaccine rights with the nation that paid for its development
A quiet months-long legal fight between the U.S. National Institutes of Health and drugmaker Moderna over COVID-19 vaccine patents recently burst into public view. Read More
Read MoreBC student aims to be the ‘Facebook of advertising gift cards’
Brooke Yoakam’s diigital gift card management app GiftPocket has more than 7,000 users. Read More
Read MoreTrammell Crow taps Sam Schaefer as Boston office lead
Schaefer was previously CEO of Hobbs Brook Real Estate in Waltham. Read More
Read MoreBuild Back Better’s Pell Grant provision prompts debate in higher-ed circles
A controversial provision in the bill is the caveat that Pell Grants, launched in the 1960s and the federal government’s largest source of need-based aid for students today, could not be used by students enrolled at for-profit institutions. Read More
Read MoreForm D Friday: Security startup led by former Akamai exec raises $6.8M
Form D Friday is a Boston Business Journal feature highlighting regulatory filings from Boston-area companies raising capital for new projects or expanding their businesses. Read More
Read MoreAmid shipping crisis, Port of Boston finds a little relief thanks to one big boat
“It doesn’t fix the situation, but creates a little bit of bandwidth in the interim for shippers to get to Boston,” Massport’s port director said. Read More
Read MoreBECMA president to become Mayor Wu’s chief of economic development
Segun Idowu, president and CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts, announced Thursday night that as of January, he will join the administration of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu as chief of economic development. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and a night for the record books
Good morning, Boston. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know to start your Friday, and what made last night so special (hint: it wasn’t just the lunar eclipse, although that was pretty cool too). Read More
Read MoreChris Bell has Perch rising to new heights
Bell could see early on that e-commerce was offering new ways for small businesses to compete, but technology couldn’t help overcome the challenge of trying to grow their operations. Read More
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