Posts by ericg

  The cost of doing business, the cost of living, and the quality of infrastructure are all barriers to doing business in the state, according to the new report.  Read More

  Pioneer New England Legal Foundation claims that taxpayers who appealed their commercial property taxes to the city are being penalized without notice.  Read More

  Boston College facilities workers voted yes on a new union contract, establishing a training fund to increase upward mobility for workers and increase wages.  Read More

  CareerBuilder + Monster’s bankruptcy reflects a seismic shift in how employers are finding talent.  Read More

  Boston Mayor Michelle Wu focused on her administration’s efforts to reform city zoning in a luncheon Thursday in front of 200 businesspeople in Boston.  Read More

  Long term, state officials need to rein in Massachusetts’ out-of-control unemployment insurance system. Employers are paying too much.  Read More

  An analysis by Realtor.com of the top 50 housing markets in the United States found only three are considered affordable for median earners.  Read More

  When Ari Glantz looks back on his ten years with the New England Venture Capital Association, there’s a lot to remember: helping start Hack.Diversity, pushing for noncompete reform— and letting people pay to choose what shape he would shave his facial hair.  Read More

  Nearly all of Watertown’s growth in the last decade — including life sciences, retail and housing — have been on the city’s periphery. New zoning aims to change that.  Read More

  A report issued this week by state regulators shows Massachusetts banks have grown assets and deposits, but are preparing for economic downturn.  Read More