Posts by ericg
Five things: Cannabis jobs drop, pay-disclosure passes House
Here are the five things you need to know in Boston business news to start your Thursday, plus fat bears, cannabis job losses and the Boston connection to Banned Books Week. Read More
Read MoreThe Petri Dish: Flagship startup hires GSK leader; Biogen cuts digital health group
Also, almost two years after it agreed to buy Lexington-based Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $3.3 billion, Novo Nordisk has scored its first drug approval from the acquisition. Here’s news from the life sciences you may have missed. Read More
Read MoreCannabis company GreenCare Collective sued over claims of unpaid loans
GreenCare Collective is being sued by Renovation Capital over claims that the cannabis company failed to make loan payments and misled investors. Read More
Read MoreBU’s next president is a medical doctor who wants to expand research
Melissa Gilliam aims to expand the school’s research, and also would like to make BU more accessible and affordable for students. Read More
Read MoreBlack mothers in Boston have 3X the infant mortality rate of white mothers, study finds
The infant mortality rate for Black infants in Boston in 2021 was 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to a study by the Boston Public Health Commission. For white residents, it was 3.2 deaths. Read More
Read MoreMassachusetts House passes wage equity and transparency bill
The goal of the bill is to provide more resources to disadvantaged employees — including a requirement for businesses to specify a salary range with all new job postings — and to collect data about pay equity to eliminate the pay gap for women. Read More
Read MoreHow Revolution Medicines chased down EQRx’s $1 billion cash prize
Following product shifts, job cuts, a fateful regulatory decision and a precipitous stock crash, EQRx Inc. remained attractive, if for no other reason than its $1 billion dowry. Read More
Read MoreCar loans fintech is Bay State’s latest ‘unicorn’
Lendbuzz is the latest firm to join the so-called "unicorn" clique this year, thanks to an investment worth $345M. That makes it the second local new unicorn this week, after green hydrogen startup Electric Hydrogen Co. Read More
Read MoreForeign-educated workers losing out in Mass. economy, report finds
The Massachusetts economy is losing out on $2.3 billion in earnings and productivity every year because of the disconnect between employer need and foreign-educated worker skills, according to a new report. Read More
Read MoreMcAnneny, Chieppo: Voters should reject ballot effort to end MCAS
Eliminating the MCAS graduation requirement would move Massachusetts in exactly the wrong direction. Voters should reject the MTA’s ballot initiative, write Eileen McAnneny and Charles Chieppo at Pioneer Institute. Read More
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