Best of Boston

Best Turnaround

Bolt Beranek and Newman CEO George Conrades

Harley rider and former senior vice president at IBM, Conrades cruised into town and flouted conventional wisdom by selling off the company's profitable LightStream subsidiary. [...] read more»

1989 Best Turnaround

The Waltham-based Cabot Corporation has slashed and burned, selling off some of its western oil and gas reserves, paying greenmail to a menacing suitor, and refocusing on its chemical and northeastern energy business.

The numbers look better, and the firm is thinking of returning to downtown Boston, where all Cabots belong. read more»