Posts by ericg

  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

  New tariffs are mostly unpopular with business leaders. But the president of a North Shore steel fabricator says it’s a chance to level a playing field that’s tilted against a U.S. industry.  Read More

  Boston’s planning board did something Thursday that it’s been doing a lot less of these days: approved a plan for a lab building. The eight-story building would feature an unusual combination of office, lab and industrial space.  Read More