Archive for December 2021
From Tom Brady’s sale to a $13M condo: the most-read real estate stories of 2021
Tours through gleaming condominiums, offices and construction projects, renderings of projects to come and more — here’s a rundown of 2021’s most-read real estate stories. Read More
Read MoreMassachusetts cities, schools can buy rapid Covid tests under new contract
Tests will be available at prices ranging from $5 to $26, officials said. Read More
Read MoreBoston-area law schools see enrollment surge amid pandemic
Law schools tend to see higher interest during economic downturns. That trend appears to have been turbocharged by Covid-19 and related phenomena like the Great Resignation. Read More
Read MoreHow to split a $4 billion public-spending pie
The year began with the promise of billions of dollars in federal Covid-19 relief coming Massachusetts’ way. This fall, it didn’t look like Beacon Hill would be spending any of those dollars. Then they did. Read More
Read MoreAnother plant-based meat startup is about to burst onto the scene in Boston
Boston Meats is working on creating whole cuts of alternative meat that gets the texture just right. Read More
Read MoreFed action needed now before new Covid-related stimulus hits economy
When a little more than a third of all Consumer Price Index (CPI) components are now experiencing inflation above 6 percent, this is not the time for the Federal Reserve to be deliberate. Read More
Read MorePower player: National Grid CEO talks clean energy, venture capital and global climate efforts
BBJ Editor Doug Banks spoke with Badar Khan, president of National Grid’s U.S. operations, which serves over 20M people in Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. Read More
Read MoreMass General Brigham expansion would eke out small savings, report says
An independent cost analysis on Mass General Brigham’s $2 billion expansion has sided in favor of the health system, with a consultant saying the proposals would eke out small reductions in health care spending. Read More
Read MoreHere are the top 10 Massachusetts tech VC deals of 2021
For the first time, single VC rounds worth over $1 billion were closed in the Bay State — with more to come next year, according to one of the investors in 2021’s largest round for a local tech company. Read More
Read MoreThese were the top 10 VC deals in Mass. biotech in 2021
Life sciences companies in Massachusetts collectively raised more than $13 billion in 2021, according to data compiled by PitchBook. That’s by far a record high, driven in large part by the so-called Covid-19 bump. Read More
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