Archive for December 2023
Bluebikes extends naming rights through 2031, adds ebikes
The Boston area’s bikeshare program will be known as Bluebikes through 2031, and the network is adding its first of 750 planned ebikes. Read More
Read MoreDozens of new names opened on Newbury Street this year, and more retail news
Newbury Street added roughly two dozen new names in 2023, including some just in time for the holidays. Plus, Korean BBQ in the suburbs and Dunkin’ could take over a former Starbucks site. Read More
Read MoreYear in review: Upheaval marked the Mass. cannabis industry in 2023
Here were three of the biggest stories in the Massachusetts cannabis industry in 2023. Read More
Read MoreThe Petri Dish: ADHD-treating videogame cleared for teens, CRISPR exec resigns
Just six days after her company’s landmark sickle-cell drug was approved in the U.S., CRISPR Therapeutics’ chief medical officer resigned. Plus, other life sciences news you may have missed. Read More
Read MoreTufts’ top psychiatrist: ‘Dementia is the epidemic of our time’
Dr. Brent Forester, psychiatrist-in-chief at Tufts Medicine, says hospitals must prepare for a flood of mental health and dementia patients in coming years. Read More
Read MoreMBTA’s capital needs are ‘near insurmountable,’ says taxpayers foundation
"If the MBTA cannot return to safe and reliable service, the Boston economy cannot recover," writes. the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation in a new report. Read More
Read MoreFounder of SQZ is back with new startup focused on cell therapies
A year after leaving the company he founded, SQZ Biotechnologies, Armon Sharei has a new venture that has a similar approach to getting stuff inside cells. Read More
Read MoreVideo game giant Activision to open office in Boston’s Verizon tower
The company is subleasing some of the significant space made available by Verizon Communications Inc. at The Hub on Causeway. Read More
Read MoreBanks collapsed, law firms grappled with diversity in 2023
This past year saw bank failures and the aftermath, more bank branch closures, a merger of two Massachusetts banking giants and law firms grappling with the ban on affirmative action at colleges. Read More
Read MoreSantander pays $1.1B for stake in Signature Bank portfolio
The loans in the portfolio are backed by rent-controlled and rent-stabilized multifamily properties in New York. Read More
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