Archive for September 2025

  In a lab that resembles a mix between a garment factory and a robotics lab, a team of researchers is developing a wearable robot to help patients with ALS or who have suffered a stroke to move their upper limbs, while simultaneously learning from their movements.  Read More

  The Fenway Community Development Corp. celebrated the completion of its newly-opened residential building on Wednesday, where all 27 units are affordable.  Read More

  The departures come a month after Nutter announced the largest hiring spree in the firm’s 146-year history.  Read More

  A Boston-based private equity firm just bought a third HVAC business in New England as demand for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly HVAC systems is on the rise.  Read More

  The national caregiving crisis has the potential to become a workforce and retention issue. We look at those forces, why accounting firms are making a significant change and more in this edition of The Playbook.  Read More

  Twenty years ago, Boston was watching the aftermath of the dot-com bubble burst, the Big Dig was near its end, and the city was stepping into a new era. At the same time, Massachusetts saw a wave of corporate philanthropic giving.  Read More

  Bob Rivers, executive chair at Eastern Bank, is the recipient of the BBJ’s social leadership award for, among other things, helping lead the successful 2018 campaign, that resulted in the country’s first statewide referendum statute protecting transgender.  Read More

  A number of small-business owners are taking a wait-and-see approach to AI adoption, experts say.  Read More

  High-profile bankruptcies are making waves, but business bankruptcies are on the rise overall amid a series of emerging threats.  Read More

  A Massachusetts mall owner has sold an upstate New York mall at public auction for $21 million after the mall was foreclosed upon this summer.  Read More