Massachusetts news

• A better self-diagnosis than Google? Boston-based Buoy has an app for that

  10-03-2017 20:45 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  When ill, an estimated 72 percent of Americans search Google about their symptoms before doing anything else. Andrew Le, for one, is sick of search bars telling people they have cancer.The resident at Harvard Medical School said that’s not even the only problem with online diagnostic searches. While in a former residency in the emergency room of Massachusetts General Hospital, he saw lots of patients show up in the emergency room that could have easily been cared for in a less intensive se
  
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• Waltham-based Radius Health faces 3-month delay on drug approval

  10-03-2017 20:28 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Radius Health suffered a setback Friday when the FDA delayed the potential approval of an osteoporosis drug that the Waltham biotech hopes will eventually take on Eli Lilly’s $1.5 billion a year treatment Forteo.Radius (Nasdaq: RDUS) said in a statement Friday that the agency had moved its target approval date for the drug, called abaloparatide, from March 30 to June 30. According to Radius, regulators told the company on Thursday that they needed more time to review additional information
  
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• After meeting Trump, Mass. bank leader bullish on Dodd-Frank changes

  10-03-2017 20:24 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank CEO Dorothy Savarese met with President Donald Trump and his top economic advisers at the White House on Thursday, and says she’s come away hopeful his administration will loosen regulations on community banks like hers.Savarese went to the meeting in her role as chair of the American Bankers Association, the trade group for the U.S. banking industry. She was part of a delegation meeting with Trump about changing how small and midsize banks are regulated. T
  
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• Starbucks traffic falls as competition in mobile ordering rises

  10-03-2017 19:27 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  While Starbucks Corp. was an early mobile technology adopter, it is now facing increased competition as more companies add and update mobile ordering platforms, which could be impacting store traffic."I guarantee in the U.S. there is no one else even close, as far as the number of mobile payments," Starbucks Chief Financial Officer Scott Maw said in November at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer and Retail Brokers Conference.While that may be the case, Starbucks foot traffic is slowing, accordin
  
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• ​UMass basketball coach, highest paid state employee, fired from job

  10-03-2017 18:59 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The highest paid state employee in Massachusetts was fired from his job Thursday, setting of a national search for a new head coach of the University of Massachusetts’s men’s basketball team.Derek Kellogg, who led the team for nine seasons, was let go by Athletic Director Ryan Bamford after the team lost to St. Bonaventure University in the second round of the Atlantic 10 conference playoffs.Kellogg was the highest paid state employee in 2016, earning $1.06 million, according to the
  
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• Developer to convert Bay State College property into luxury condos

  10-03-2017 16:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Chevron Partners, a Boston development and investment firm, has purchased a property in the Back Bay from a privately-owned college with the aim of transforming it into luxury condos.The company said it acquired 260-262 Commonwealth Ave. from Bay State College for $14 million. The 1880 double brownstone will be restored and redeveloped into five luxury residences called "Maison Commonwealth," according to Chevron Partners.A joint venture between Parisian developer Fulton and Bostonian Marcel&hel
  
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• ​Five things you need to know today, and a rough run for retail

  10-03-2017 12:32 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Happy Friday, Boston. It's been a rough week if you're in the parade business. As for the rest of the business world of Boston, here are the five most important things you need to know today.These companies made a boatload of money, but paid no federal income taxWith the corporate tax rate getting more attention under a Trump presidency than ever before, here’s a story for you: Eighteen companies — including two based in Massachusetts— paid no federal income tax from 2008 to 20
  
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• MFAC Receives Great Donation from Cheers Owner Kershaw

  10-03-2017 10:16 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Photos by Joe Prezioso
  Cheers owner Thomas A. Kershaw hands a check for $10,000 from Cheers for Children to Sir Braveheart of Mascots for a Cure, who were at Cheers on Tuesday as their second stop of 36 across the US to meet up with local team mascots and raise money for children.
  Cheers owner Thomas A. Kershaw recently donated $10,000 to Mascots for a Cure (MFAC) through his Cheers for Children Program. MFAC was on hand with two mascots and some twist and shout music to accept the check.
  MFAC i
  
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• Ward 5 Democrats to Hold Caucus

  10-03-2017 10:15 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Registered Democrats in Boston Ward 5 will be holding a caucus at the First Church of Boston (66 Marlborough Street) on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 10 a.m. to elect 19 delegates and 4 alternates for the 2017 Massachusetts Democratic Convention, where Democrats from across Massachusetts will gather to adopt a new Party Platform. The convention will be held on Saturday, June 3 at the Tsonga Arena in Lowell.
  “Our caucuses are a great opportunity to strengthen our Party’s organization an
  
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• Greenway May Lose 40 Percent of State Funding

  10-03-2017 10:15 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy is in danger of losing a substantial portion of its state funding but officials are meeting with the hope of maintaining the current funding structure.
  According to a front page story in Friday’s Boston Globe, the Greenway could lose 40 percent of its funding which is roughly $2 million of its $5 million budget. The Greenway, a group of parks that extend through Boston neighborhoods, has become a very popular gathering point for residents, people emplo
  
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• Downtown View:Class Divides?

  10-03-2017 10:12 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Karen Cord Taylor
  A few weeks ago I took the T over to Prudential Center. I wanted to check out Eataly, since I’d heard so much about it. Was it really a sign that tradition-bound Boston can handle the latest, greatest retail concept? Would it finally make the Pru cool? Would it edge out the North End as the most Italian place north of New York?
  I forgot those questions when I stepped off the escalator on the second floor. Instead I was overwhelmed with the sheer abundance of the place.
  
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• North End, Waterfront and Beacon Hill Eateries Participating in Dine Out Boston

  10-03-2017 10:10 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Phil Orlandella
  A total of nineteen eateries from the North End, Waterfront and Beacon Hill are participating in this year’s Dine Out Boston sponsored by the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) in partnership with American Express.
  This is the 16th year of Dine Out Boston and many Boston restaurants are providing diners an opportunity to enjoy the regions dining scene and participating restaurateurs the chance to bring in new guests.
  Now through March 10 and March 12-1
  
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• Art and Jewelry Auctioneer Lucy Grogan at BHWF

  10-03-2017 10:10 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Kathy Hull
  There are few things more exciting in the world of dusty antiques than finding a “gem” of unexpected value, as attested by the continuing popularity of PBS’s “Antique Roadshow.” On Tuesday, March 14, the Beacon Hill Women’s Forum (BHWF) welcomes Lucy P. Grogan, local fine art and jewelry appraiser and auctioneer, who has appeared several times as an expert on the popular TV show. The upcoming event, dubbed “Going Once, Going Twice: The 21st
  
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• ‘Creative Kitchens Tour’ Showcases Historic Beacon Hill and Back Bay Residences

  10-03-2017 10:09 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Dan Murphy
  When former board member Kitty Flather first conceived of the “Creative Kitchens Tour” in the spring of 2013 as a possible fundraiser for Beacon Hill Village, it immediately struck a chord as an event that would not only champion the nonprofit membership organization’s mission of helping neighbors remain in their homes as they age, but also one that showcases the historic 19th-century residences of both Beacon Hill and Back Bay.
  “We wanted to create a fun, c
  
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• MassDOT to Close Lane on Longfellow Bridge March 11

  10-03-2017 10:08 via beaconhilltimes.com
  MassDOT’s contractor, White-Skanska-Consigli JV (WSC), will close a single lane of Land Boulevard/Memorial Drive westbound in the vicinity of the Longfellow Bridge on Saturday, March 11. The lane will be closed from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM each Saturday. The closure is necessary to work on the foundation of the westbound sidewalk retaining wall. No detours are required for this work.
  For more information on the project, visit the website at www.mass.gov/massdot/longfellowbridge. View constructi
  
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• BLO Passes Revised Lederman Mem Plans

  10-03-2017 10:08 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Beth Treffeisen
  The Boston Landmarks Commission (BLO) unanimously approved the revised design for a permanent memorial and landscaped setting to commemorate Dr. Melvin Lederman, at a hearing held on Wednesday, Feb. 28.
  The memorial is honoring the Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon and Navy Commander Dr. Lederman who was killed while participating in field operations during the Vietnam War. He was best known as “Super Doc” by his compatriots and received a total of four Purple
  
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