Posts by ericg

  The retailer Forever 21 is planning to close all 11 Massachusetts locations after filing for bankruptcy on Sunday.  Read More

  Bluebird Graphic Solutions in Woburn has created many well-known signs around Boston. Here’s a look inside the fabrication facility.  Read More

  Massachusetts has among the country’s lowest share of workers in industries being targeted by other countries, according to an analysis, with reciprocal tariffs largely aimed at industries where workers are more likely to support Donald Trump.  Read More

  The Boston area had the largest year-to-year population growth last year of any major metro area in the Northeast or Midwest, with a rate even exceeding the country as a whole.  Read More

  Get ready to have fewer open seats on flights later this year. That story and more in this edition of The National Observer.  Read More

  Brightcove Inc. is planning to lay off nearly 200 employees this spring, following its acquisition in February by Italian app developer Bending Spoons.  Read More

  The Ivy League university is making its undergraduate education free for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less, and tuition-free for families with incomes of $200,000 or less.  Read More

  UMass Amherst has started a matching fund program aimed at keeping research going on campus at a time when the federal government is working to cut back on such costs.  Read More

  A Boston biotech has surpassed a $1 billion valuation, making it the fourth company to reach unicorn valuation in as many months.  Read More

  MIT, the New England College of Optometry in Back Bay and two other New England colleges are under investigation by the federal education department for alleged civil rights violations.  Read More