Archive for June 2022

The pandemic-era bull market drove the values of many companies to lofty heights. Here’s how those star performers are faring during a much more turbulent 2022. Read More

A key advisory committee to the FDA has voted overwhelmingly in favor of updated Covid-19 vaccines that target the omicron variant, paving the way for manufacturers including Cambridge’s Moderna Inc. to move ahead with their shots. Read More

Visible Hands, a Boston-based venture capital firm, has kicked off its first fund with $10.5 million. The firm is dedicated to investing in overlooked founders, including women-and minority-owned startups. Read More

Optimism about the national economy hit a 12-year low in a new survey of business leaders, but there is at least one silver lining — for now. Read More

Alexandria Park at 128, a life sciences campus in Bedford and Lexington that was once Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.’s flagship life sciences park on Route 128, has a new owner — and plans for a new name. Read More

The Boston-based startup made an app that helps with sleep insomnia by delivering personalized care based in behavioral therapy. Read More

Viewpoint: If we want a flourishing economy, we need to rethink the way our schools are set up to prepare our future workforce, writes Susan Patrick, president and CEO of the Aurora Institute. Read More

In Boston, youth employment has gone up 74.5% in the past year. After a sharp drop early in the pandemic, more than one-third of people aged 16 to 19 held jobs in May, according to federal data — the highest teen summer employment rate since 2008. Read More

Donald Sadoway has been recognized for his work on liquid metal batteries. Read More

With Roe v. Wade overturned, many major financial players in Boston plan to cover employees’ travel costs for abortions. Read More