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Healey urges employers to limit job postings requiring degrees
The governor signed an executive order calling on state government to only require a certain level of education for a job when "absolutely necessary," and called on the state’s employers to do the same. Read More
Read MoreBerkshire Bank looks to close more branches in coming years
Berkshire’s brand footprint is currently 96 branches across New England and New York with $12.4 billion in assets. Read More
Read MoreState to conduct cost probe of proposed Dana-Farber, Beth Israel deal
The Health Policy Commission will conduct a cost review of the proposed clinical affiliation between Dana-Farber Cancer Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, which includes building a new cancer hospital in the Longwood Medical Area. Read More
Read MoreHubSpot quietly conducts jobs cuts, mainly among content-design roles
Cambridge-based HubSpot has quietly conducted another round of layoffs — this time in content design roles. Here’s how many jobs were affected. Read More
Read MoreBizSpotlight: Complete Legal
L2 Services of Chicago, Boston, and New York, has Read More
Read MoreSage Therapeutics moves HQ, downsizes office space
Months after major layoffs at Sage Therapeutics Inc., the company is also making plans to cut its Cambridge office space by more than half. Read More
Read MoreAnalog Devices finds permanent CFO from Amazon Web Services
The new CFO of the Wilmington-based semiconductor firm is Richard Puccio, who led Amazon Web Services’ financial organization for almost three years. Read More
Read MoreBrigham and Women’s president leaves
Dr. Robert S.D. Higgins is leaving Massachusetts’ second-largest hospital to take a new job in Chicago. Read More
Read MoreBoston-based Yellow Wood acquires ChapStick brand
A Boston firm is buying the iconic lip balm brand in a deal worth approximately $510 million. Read More
Read MoreThe Petri Dish: Langer spinout partners with Astellas; Apnimed preps for product launch
One common thread in this week’s life science news is Robert Langer, the MIT professor of chemical engineering and serial entrepreneur who helped found over 40 biotech companies. Two of his spinouts made headlines this week. Read More
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