Boston news

• Brigham finds new way to analyze sperm — with your smartphone

  22-03-2017 21:47 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found a way to analyze sperm samples from the privacy of your own home — by using your smartphone.Approximately 45 million couples in the world suffer from infertility, but analyzing male infertility is currently cumbersome, expensive and awkward. Researchers wanted a new way to test male fertility outside the clinic, making something as easy as an at-home pregnancy test.A Brigham-developed device, which can be attached to a smartphone
  
  Read more

• Meet the bank that financed 'virtually every Black business' in Boston

  14-04-2024 21:09 via bizjournals.com
  “There is not an institution that’s more steeped in Boston than OneUnited Bank ... The entirety of Black Boston is tied into the legacy of this institution.”
  
  Read more

• BBJ panelists talk affirmative action, job pipeline

  12-04-2024 19:01 via bizjournals.com
  
  The U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down affirmative action last summer has brought a chilling effect to some companies’ diversity efforts, panelists said at the Boston Business Journal’s latest Race, Equity and Business event.
  
  Read more

• First holder of a Mass. cannabis delivery license disillusioned with equity efforts

  12-04-2024 17:57 via bizjournals.com
  “The commission has over-regulated the social equity licenses to the point where they're worthless," Chris Fevry, founder of Your Green Package, said.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Chanda Smart believes affordable housing should be built by those who've lived in it

  12-04-2024 17:39 via bizjournals.com
  The chief executive of OnyxGroup, the development and brokerage firm she launched in 2021, is already in business with some of the biggest names in Boston real estate.
  
  Read more

• Here are all of the 80 Best Places to Work for 2024

  12-04-2024 17:31 via bizjournals.com
  The Boston Business Journal has unveiled all of the 80 Best Places to Work for 2024. Is your workplace on the list?
  
  Read more

• Honorees for Boston Business Journal Best Places to Work extra-large category

  12-04-2024 15:59 via bizjournals.com
  The Boston Business Journal is announcing the 10 companies that have made this year’s list of Best Places to Work for the program's extra-large category.
  
  Read more

• Largest office-to-housing proposal downtown wins BPDA approval

  12-04-2024 15:56 via bizjournals.com
  The agency's board also gave the greenlight to a team led by Related Beal and Dream Development to move forward with its proposal to build 402 apartments and condos on public land in Roxbury.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Five things: Commuting problems, Chestnut Hill land, golf courses and Boston City Hall: Brutal … or beautiful?

  12-04-2024 11:58 via bizjournals.com
  Good morning, Boston. Happy National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. Here are the five things you need to know in Boston business news to start your Friday.In the cover story of the latest Weekly Edition, Greg Ryan continues his reporting on traffic, commuting and the pain of getting to work — and what employers are doing about it.Greg also reports on the town of Brookline looking to rezone its part of Route 9 to be more like Newton’s — and a Boston-based real estate dev
  
  Read more

• Boston startup founder to run 29th consecutive Boston Marathon

  12-04-2024 11:52 via bizjournals.com
  “A lot of what drives success in entrepreneurship and running is doing things when you don't want to do,” said Boston entrepreneur Jason Burke.
  
  Read more

• South Coast Rail start date in question after delay

  12-04-2024 11:32 via bizjournals.com
  After previously delaying the start of South Coast Rail passenger service by about six months, MBTA officials now say they are reassessing the schedule and do not have an updated timeline.
  
  Read more

• Viewpoint: To stay on top, Boston must lead pharma’s transformation

  12-04-2024 11:00 via bizjournals.com
  Even as Boston takes pride in its status as the world’s largest biotech hub, it faces fierce and growing competition. Raleigh-Durham has long been seen as a threat to Greater Boston’s biotech dominance. But what it will really take for Boston to stay on top is more than edging out other cities. It will take a visionary understanding of the seismic shift that pharmaceutical companies are about to undergo.Healthcare is changing fundamentally, and Big Pharma is on the precipice of a who
  
  Read more

• Health Policy Commission declines to lower healthcare spending target

  11-04-2024 22:32 via bizjournals.com
  While some say the spending target is reasonable, others think it should have been lowered to crack down on healthcare costs.
  
  Read more

• Mass General Brigham on track to meet state-mandated cost-cutting goals

  11-04-2024 21:41 via bizjournals.com
  Mass General Brigham, the state's largest health system, is on track to save $176 million in healthcare spending after the state flagged it for missing affordability targets two years ago, according to the Health Policy Commission.
  
  Read more

• A tale of two Chestnut Hills: Brookline seeks to rezone Route 9 land

  11-04-2024 19:57 via bizjournals.com
  Town officials want its side of a half-mile stretch of the roadway to be more like Newton's just across the border. A Boston-based real estate firm is under agreement to buy a five-acre office park in the area.
  
  Read more

• Executive producer of GBH's Frontline wins CPB's Murrow Award

  11-04-2024 19:26 via bizjournals.com
  The award comes a month after “20 Days in Mariupol,” a documentary about the Ukraine War produced by Frontline and the Associated Press, won the Oscar award for best documentary.
  
  Read more

• Back Bay VC firm looks to raise $125M for 2nd fund, documents show

  11-04-2024 18:55 via bizjournals.com
  The plans for Asymmetric's new fund came about two and a half years since the firm closed its first fund at $105 million.
  
  Read more

• Suffolk Construction's "compressed MBA" trains underserved entrepreneurs

  11-04-2024 17:49 via bizjournals.com
  This year’s 21 participating minority-, women- and veteran-owned small businesses are paired with Suffolk mentors and participate in a four-week accelerator program that intends to help them learn best practices and land contracts with Suffolk.
  
  Read more

• Golf courses are still where business deals happen in Mass.

  11-04-2024 17:14 via bizjournals.com
  Amid new technology and demographic trends, some things never really change in business. And that can include the role of a golf course as a place to network, woo clients or build workplace camaraderie.
  
  Read more

• iRobot's founding CEO gets pay boost on his way out the door

  11-04-2024 16:54 via bizjournals.com
  Following the collapse of the Amazon deal, Colin Angle stepped down in January from the CEO role he held for more than three decades since co-founding the company.
  
  Read more

• Here are the Boston Business Journal's large Best Places to Work

  11-04-2024 16:02 via bizjournals.com
  Ten companies have made this year’s list of Best Places to Work for the program's category for large companies — those with between 250 and 499 employees in Massachusetts.
  
  Read more

• Five things: Tuition hacks, Best Places to Work, picketing nurses and MBTA woes

  11-04-2024 11:36 via bizjournals.com
  Good morning, Boston. Are you joining us at the Ritz-Carlton for our Race, Equity & Business event today? (There's still time to get $20 off by using promo code “5things"). Here are the five things you need to know in Boston business news to start your Thursday.Sure, colleges and universities are charging more than ever for tuition, room and board, but most students don't pay sticker price, Grant Welker reports. In a first, a cannabis company will become an official sponsor of a m
  
  Read more

• First Citizens invests in RI-based community development investment fund

  10-04-2024 02:10 via bizjournals.com
  Capital Good is a multi-state community development finance institution (CDFI) headquartered in Providence.
  
  Read more

• Here's how Mass. graduate schools rank nationally

  09-04-2024 22:21 via bizjournals.com
  Harvard Law School is tied for fourth-best nationally in new U.S. News & World Report rankings, while Harvard’s and MIT’s business schools both landed among the top six nationally.
  
  Read more

• Cannabis chair's long-anticipated suspension hearing postponed

  09-04-2024 22:21 via bizjournals.com
  Shannon O'Brien was suspended from the CCC since September, but is still being paid a $196,551 annual salary as she appeals her suspension.
  
  Read more

• Steward's proposed deal with Optum could harm patients, top hospital expert says

  09-04-2024 20:39 via bizjournals.com
  A top Massachusetts hospital expert raised alarms this week about OptumCare's proposed acquisition of Steward Health Care's physician practices, saying it could continue to raise healthcare costs while lowering quality of care.
  
  Read more

• Vertex CEO's compensation crosses $20M threshold in 2023

  09-04-2024 20:01 via bizjournals.com
  Reshma Kewalramani's 2023 compensation positions her to likely be the top-paid female CEO in the state, according to Business Journal research.
  
  Read more

• Fire at South Station Tower halts construction work

  09-04-2024 20:01 via bizjournals.com
  Suffolk executives called a safety-related meeting for Tuesday afternoon with union and subcontractor leaders at the company’s Roxbury headquarters.
  
  Read more

• Asset manager Aureus names new CEO

  09-04-2024 19:54 via bizjournals.com
  A new president and CEO has been named at Aureus Asset Management, succeeding Karen Firestone, who will transition to executive chairman.
  
  Read more

• State awards $10M in student loan repayment to mental health workers

  09-04-2024 19:53 via bizjournals.com
  The grants are part of the MA Repay Program, which is providing student loan forgiveness to build up the Massachusetts healthcare workforce.
  
  Read more

Follow @Boston__news on Twitter!