Archive for December 2022
MGM Springfield awarded sports-betting license
The license gives the second casino in the state the green light to hold in-person betting sometime early next year. Read More
Read More$25 for a cannabis chocolate bar? Here’s why marijuana product prices are so high.
Several factors — including steep taxes, strict regulations, inflation and the struggles of launching a new industry — make it tricky to price cannabis products so they generate a profit. Read More
Read MoreAcquia promotes COO to CEO, plans to be ‘acquisitive’
Acquia Inc., known for its open-source platform Drupal, announced Monday the appointment of Stephen Reny as president and CEO. Reny says the company plans to make acquisitions in the coming year. Read More
Read MoreBon Me plans to open another Cambridge location
The Asian-inspired restaurant chain currently has eight brick-and-mortar restaurants in addition to its fleet of food trucks. Read More
Read MoreGovernor-elect Maura Healey names EPA attorney Melissa Hoffer state’s first climate chief
Melissa Hoffer, one of the Environmental Protection Agency’s top attorneys and a former energy and environmental leader in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office, will serve as the state’s first climate chief under Governor-elect Maura Healey. Read More
Read MoreMass. health secretary Marylou Sudders to step down
Sudders was appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker to lead the Executive Office of Health and Human Services in 2015. Read More
Read MoreWhy this global manufacturing co. has a desk at BU’s Business Innovation Center
The head of Boston University’s Business Innovation Center wants to create a different kind of innovation ecosystem, and he’s bringing in a global manufacturing company to help kickstart that evolution. Read More
Read MoreHere are the Mass. companies with the biggest stock gains in 2022
Most of them develop drugs. One of them imports and sells fossil fuels. Another one sells sand. Here are the top stock gainers of 2022 among Massachusetts public companies. Read More
Read MoreHarvard Square building sold for $81M in rare office deal
Beacon Capital Partners has acquired a prominent office-and-retail building in Cambridge’s Harvard Square for $81 million. The property is in a high-visibility location but has been hit with a series of retail closures. Read More
Read MoreMassChallenge offers space to laid-off tech workers
Starting in January, MassChallenge plans to give selected workers access to its 21,000-square-foot headquarters on Boston’s Fan Pier Boulevard. CEO Cait Brumme said that her team has been watching the day-by-day announcements around downsizings within the tech sector, which impacted thousands of workers in Greater Boston. Right before Thanksgiving, a decision was made. Read More
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