Archive for May 2022

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

When Fidelity announced plans to let employers offer bitcoin as a retirement savings option in 401(k)s, it said it would rollout more educational. This week, the Boston financial services firm announced a new blockchain and digital assets certification program. Read More

One of Arthur Jemison’s first jobs was as a regional manager at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Now he may be tasked with destroying the agency. Read More

After a yearlong plateau, the number of digital subscribers to the Boston Globe grew by 4% over six months. Read More

Most consumers have either resumed their pre-pandemic spending habits or plan to do so soon, according to a poll. Read More

There’s increasing talk of a recession. Construction costs have exploded. And the city has a new mayor planning a major shakeup in how Boston does planning and development. Is the city in for a sustained slowdown? Read More

M&T Bank, which recently acquired People’s United, tapped Grace Lee, a longtime Massachusetts attorney and treasury manager, to serve as Eastern Mass. regional president and head of New England government banking. Read More

The BlueSwell Incubator brings together founders, ocean experts, industry leaders and venture capitalists to develop bluetech projects. Read More

The demographic changes coming in a few years are going to increase competition for students among the nation’s thousands of U.S. colleges and universities, excluding the 100 or so wealthiest brand names in higher ed with very low admission rates. Read More