Archive for December 2021

The Boston Business Journal held four panel discussions with more than a dozen business leaders, executives and policy experts in its 2021 Race, Equity and Business event series. You can see replays of those exclusive events here: Read More

This summer, the town’s planning board approved a developer’s proposal to demolish the office building now on the 93-acre site and to build a “last mile” e-commerce fulfillment center. Read More

The high-skilled labor shortage is paralyzing companies, and restrictive immigration policy is preventing small businesses from using a key remedy — global talent. One small-business owner writes that it’s time to stand up and get Congress to reform outdated immigration-hiring policies. Read More

Plant-based meats, innovation in academia, and clean energy change all highlighted a strange, successful 2021 for innovation in Boston. Read More

When dozens of companies across the Boston area went public this year, they didn’t just add to the region’s notable corporations. They also made many of their founders and executives wealthy — at least on paper. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Happy Eve of New Year’s Eve. Here are the 5 things you need to know to start your Thursday, plus the estimated cost of the nurses strike, happy trash collectors, one unhappy dog, and my interview with the head of @NationalGridUS. Read More

Management and union nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital are resolving a record-setting nine-month strike. Yet the financial pain of the worker action is likely to linger, with the hospital spending an estimated $40 million or more on the strike over the last nine months. Read More

At 24, Pooja Ika is launching her own health insurer, becoming one of the youngest people to do so in Massachusetts. The company has so far raised $10 million in seed funding from friends and family, as well as investment and brand sponsorship from former Red Sox player David Ortiz. Read More