Archive for June 2023
ESPN spotlights Boston pizza joint for Black-owned business initiative
During the NBA Finals, ESPN is spotlighting a Boston pizza joint as part of its 2023 Champion Black Businesses initiative. Read More
Read MoreTed Love, now the chair of biotech’s big trade group, talks drug access, leadership and ‘crazy’ co-pays
Love was CEO of sickle cell disease drug maker Global Blood Therapeutics in San Francisco before its acquisition last year by Pfizer. He begins his two-year stint as chair of BIO’s board at a critical time for the life sciences industry. Read More
Read MoreHigh school alumni angel group celebrates more than $1M in investments
A local high school alumni angel investment group is celebrating its first anniversary and reaching more than $1 million in total investments. Read More
Read MoreFirst-quarter drop in deposits among U.S. banks worse than 2008
First-quarter 2023 deposits dropped a record amount across U.S. banks — the steepest fall since the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. starting collecting the data in 1984. The $472 billion outflow in deposits outpaced the drop that banks saw following 2008 financial crash. Read More
Read MoreBoston law firms say they’re holding steady on summer associate levels, associate hiring
The slow of the economy has seeped its way into all industries, in one way or another. For the legal industry, when a recession hits, historically it’s often the first year associates who are affected with a delayed start date. Read More
Read MoreCambridge closes in on 2035 mandate for some buildings to hit ‘net zero’
In Boston, large commercial buildings are required to reach "net zero" emissions by 2050. In Cambridge, they could soon be mandated to do the same by 2035. Read More
Read MoreLIV Golf, its players won big with PGA Tour merger
One can never underestimate the power of money when it comes to decision-making by humans. The marriage between the PGA Tour and LIV proves that. Read More
Read MorePGA Tour, LIV Golf agree to merge
The new organization brings to an end litigation that has divided the sport. Read More
Read MoreWu vows big changes at Boston’s vo-tech school. Will it work this time?
The mayor announced a major renovation and expansion of Roxbury’s Madison Park school. The institution has been beset by leadership turnover and poor performance over the years, and business groups have lamented how few students land jobs with local employers. Read More
Read MoreCalling Inflation Reduction Act ‘draconian,’ Biogen CEO hints at lawsuit
Biogen is looking at following in Merck’s footsteps by suing the federal government over the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug-pricing provisions. Read More
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