Archive for February 2024

After years of preparation and planning, FIFA has officially announced the 2026 World Cup match schedule for Boston and the other 15 host cities. Read More

The skincare company Biologique Recherche will open on Newbury Street in May as just its second U.S. location, and a Boston firm is expanding its hotel portfolio on Nantucket. Here’s more on that and other local retail news. Read More

An attorney for suspended Cannabis Control Commission Chair Shannon O’Brien says he’s not aware of any federal investigation into his client and has not seen the subpoena that the Boston Globe reported Thursday had been sent to state officials in the fall by federal prosecutors seeking information on O’Brien. Read More

Harvard Book Store is abandoning its plans to open a far larger location at the Prudential Center, saying in a message online that the expansion has proven “unsustainable.” Read More

Across its entire footprint, Citizens shut down 20 branches, eight of which were in Pennsylvania. Read More

James has signed a partnership with Boston-based DraftKings Inc. that taps directly into the NBA superstar’s expertise: football. Read More

The Lexington company sold more than 7 million shares of its stock at $15 each, the midpoint of its range, for total proceeds of about $110 million. Read More

The biotech is facing challenges in its executive suite after firing its CEO in December. Now, the company is giving up on a drug partnership with Novartis. Read More

The hospital chain said it has financing to keep its Massachusetts hospitals open in the short term as it considers transferring ownership of one or more of them. But the details around how such a transfer might happen remain murky. Read More

In the race to develop the newest, flashiest and most futuristic AI technologies, what ethical responsibilities do companies have to the public? That was the topic of discussion at a recent MassChallenge "AI Ethics Showdown" panel. Read More