Archive for July 2023
Converse and a local nonprofit team up to teach students entrepreneurship through sneakers
A local nonprofit is working with Converse to provide an opportunity for students to design shoes. But it’s not just about developing creativity—it’s also meant to develop entrepreneurial skills. Read More
Read MoreHealth equity advocates oppose end of mask mandate at Dana-Farber
Dana-Farber plans to drop universal masking on July 31. Read More
Read MoreHYM, BPDA strike agreement on developing large Roxbury parcel
The term sheet covers rent owed to the BPDA from the mixed-use project, a key sticking point in negotiations over a site that city officials have long tried in vain to develop. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and a favor to ask
Here are the Five Things You Need to Know today, plus NAACP hotel rooms, 24-hour pingpong, Tupperware and 40 Under 40 deadlines Read More
Read MoreCommentary: Boston students deserve scholarship reform
A unified scholarship application system would help students apply for all available opportunities and help scholarship providers find more eligible applicants. Read More
Read MoreCEO turnover ramped up at Mass. public companies last year
There was an unusually high turnover of chief executives in 2022, as many companies looked beyond their own employees for their next leaders. Read More
Read MoreThe highest-earning CEOs in Mass. are — surprise! — mostly men
The ranks of the highest-paid chief executives in Massachusetts has always been largely a boys club. This year’s no different. Read More
Read MoreClean energy to the rescue: Cleantech companies help fill lab buildings
In the past six months, clean energy companies have leased hundreds of thousands of square feet in Greater Boston that had been marketed to biotech companies. Read More
Read MoreAs big banks repurchase shares, Brookline Bank focuses on growth
Banking giants like Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank announced buybacks this week, but Massachusetts-based Brookline Bancorp Inc. said it wants to focus on "organic growth" instead. Read More
Read MoreBMC official defends change to refugee housing policy
A BMC executive explained sheltering Haitian refugees in its emergency department was "not sustainable," at a biotechnology conference last week, and pushed back on the notion they relied on sending immigrants to Boston Logan International Airport. Read More
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