Archive for February 2022
SBA threatened with class-action lawsuit over rescinded RRF grants
More than two dozen small-business owners are asking the SBA to pay the grants they were promised. Read More
Read MoreTech companies still haven’t adopted diversity-boosting policies, say panelists
While some progress has been made in creating a more equitable and diverse workplace, many in the industry believe the promises remain largely unfulfilled. Read More
Read MoreBehind the deal: Why a Philly tech firm sold to Akamai for $900M after 19 years of bootstrapping
Linode didn’t need an exit when it made the decision to be acquired for $900 million. Read More
Read MoreFormer Staples exec gets 15-month sentence in ‘varsity blues’ scandal
A former Staples executive and resident of Lynnfield will face 15 months in prison after a jury found he had paid more than $200,000 to have his children listed as star athletes in order to gain them entry to top universities. Read More
Read MoreIn the Big Dig’s shadow: Boston builders take on new feats of engineering
Nearly 30 years after the Big Dig earned the status of Boston’s most complex construction project of all time, there continue to be complex feats of engineering underway in the city. Here’s a look at several of them. Read More
Read MoreViewpoint: Learning from the ‘Massachusetts Miracle’
The academia-driven economic turnaround in Boston known as the "Massachusetts Miracle" provides a blueprint for a similar journey in the region of northern Israel and its de facto capital, the city of Haifa. Read More
Read MoreForm D Friday: Plant-based meat startup raises $12M
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 MoreAfter 20 years, developer gives up rights to Eastie pier. Now it’ll host a floating bar.
The Massport-owned pier is slated to be home to a restaurant-and-bar on a 240-foot-tall ship for the next five years. Read More
Read MoreAlex Balcom: ‘I have a real passion for building companies’
The CFO of Nuvalent grew up with a natural passion for raising awareness for disease and for the science being advanced to treat it. Later, she developed a passion for finance. Today, she’s channeled all three passions into her career. Read More
Read MorePrysmian inks deal to manufacture offshore wind cables on Mass. South Coast
An Italian company that specializes in high-tech undersea cables for the telecom industry has signed a contract to purchase 47 acres at the former Brayton Point coal plant. The company will make cables for Avangrid’s Commonwealth Wind project. Read More
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