Archive for May 2025

  A new property technology startup uses the same engine as games like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy, except instead of joining friends on raids for treasure, it allows you to collaborate with roommates, partners and contractors while looking for your next apartment.  Read More

  Good morning, Boston, and happy National Crepe Suzette Day. Here are the five things you need to know in local business news to start your Tuesday.  Read More

  Low-income community college students attending public higher education institutions could see a huge increase in state aid if Senate Ways and Means committee gets its way.  Read More

  Nearly 19% of home sales in metro Boston came with a seller concession in the first quarter of the year, according to new data from Redfin.  Read More

  The bank, part of Spanish financial conglomerate Santander Group, notified regulators of plans to close more than a dozen branches, including six in Massachusetts.  Read More

  Donald Ingber, the founding director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard, put it bluntly: “Killing science will strangle the economy.”  Read More

  The Trump administration has hit the brakes on enforcing Biden-era worker-classification policies.  Read More

  Boston chef Douglass Williams, who’s created the restaurants MIDA and APIZZA, has made a “ones to watch” list from the food industry’s James Beard Foundation.  Read More

  Small-business owners are using a variety of strategies to succeed at a time when the number of challenges they’re facing is on the rise. See how they’re doing it, and find out how an Atlanta executive spearheaded a critical health system’s survival, as part of this week’s coverage in The National Observer.  Read More

  What started as a solution for clumpy gym drinks unexpectedly became a hit with cocktail enthusiasts, prompting a major shift in Blendi’s marketing strategy and, most recently, national recognition.  Read More