Archive for July 2025

  Hoping to broaden its customer base, the Boston-based online furniture retailer is going all in what e-commerce experts call the “clicks to bricks” trend.  Read More

  Gov. Maura Healey announced the launch of a new $400 million plan called the DRIVE initiative to grow the research and innovation economy in Massachusetts as federal research funding is being cut under President Donald Trump.  Read More

  Last year, JP Morgan Chase set a goal of opening 50 new bank branches in Massachusetts by the end of 2027. So far this year, it’s already opened seven.  Read More

  Higher-education institutions are grappling with a convergence of declining enrollment, fierce competition to attract students and faculty, rising operation and maintenance costs, and the slashing of federal funding sources.  Read More

  The FDA approved the first AI-enabled medical device in 1995 for radiology. Three decades later, AI is expanding beyond hospital imaging centers into technologies that can diagnose neurological conditions using nothing more than a smartphone.  Read More

  A Boston real estate investment firm has paid $122 million for an apartment complex that’s played a central role in a dramatic remake of part of downtown Worcester.  Read More

  An advisory board cited costly repairs and low worker attendance as two factors that may lead the federal government to put a series of buildings in Boston for sale.  Read More

  In its analysis, released Monday, Red Sift examined data for 510 major U.S. banks.  Read More

  A new residential development north of Boston in Wakefield is part of a trend along Route 128. Properties that used to be home to offices are more likely today to become new homes.  Read More

  Companies struggling with employee retention may find an untapped resource in workers with disabilities, who tend to stay in jobs longer than their peers without disabilities.  Read More