Archive for March 2022

At a time several companies have halted their reverse merger plans due to public markets volatility, Boston-based Starry Inc. moved forward with its plans to became a publicly traded firm. Read More

Employers should embrace expanded skills training, ESLanguage courses and IT assistance if they want to fill labor gaps long-term, according to a legislative "return to work" report. Read More

Less than four months after completing its acquisition of Cambridge-based Acceleron Pharma Inc. Merck & Company Inc. is laying off 170 former Acceleron employees. Read More

Two years into the pandemic, Ginkgo Bioworks is still relying on Covid-19 testing for most of its revenue — and as its partners scale back testing budgets and operations, it’s unclear how steady that stream of income will be. Read More

Until recently, downtown Boston was considered an unlikely place for lab space, but that perspective is quickly changing. Read More

U.S. News and World Report’s 2023 rankings were created using a survey of 192 medical and osteopathic schools. Read More

Harvard University fell out of the top three in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 best law schools list, tying for fourth place with Columbia University. Read More

Congress can and should do more to support small-business owners post-pandemic, said the senator. Read More

Before we get to voting, let’s learn a little bit more about the two companies competing for your attention. Read More

MassChallenge hired a Boston innovation specialist with a double mandate: dig deeper into hot tech areas, such as web3, and improve the state’s largest startup accelerator’s inclusion efforts. Damon Cox has joined the nonprofit’s executive team on March 9 in a newly created position. Read More