Archive for August 2022

Nurses are seeing salary bumps closer to 5% per year, compared to the 1% or 2% that was the norm prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, as a labor shortage is reshaping their employment contracts. Read More

After meeting at Harvard University, two 19-year-olds from Burlington, Mass., and Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, are preparing to launch a new microfinancing app in Nigeria. Read More

Michael Benezra, who in 2019 co-founded nonprofit GK Fund with partners Andre Porter and Colette Phillips, told the Business Journal he has launched a venture capital fund. Read More

Gaming regulators will sit down with the state’s casinos, simulcast centers and slots parlor this week to get a better sense of what they have planned for sports betting. Read More

The Dorchester businesses argue the cannabis dispensary would disrupt their operations and thus should not have been granted approval. Read More

“We’re no longer in a period where we can say this is pandemic driven, it’s economically driven,” Niyum Gandhi, chief financial officer and treasurer of Mass General Brigham said. Read More

Some retailers got a jump on the weekend by taking deposits on products they’ll sell — officially — on Saturday and Sunday as consumers avoid the 6.25% state sales tax. Read More

The new Kendall Square institute plans to focus on robotics, artificial intelligence and intelligent machines research. Read More

Open Newbury Street, which closes the Back Bay thoroughfare to cars and trucks, will return for six consecutive Sundays later this month. Read More