Business
Jonathan Bush Resigns from Post as CEO of Athenahealth
Jeff Immelt is back at the head of the table. No, the former CEO of General Electric who helmed the company during a drastic revenue […]
A Boston-Based Company Has to Pay More Than Half a Million Dollars for Failing to Compensate Interns
Sure, experience is nice. And yes, a strong letter of recommendation can pay dividends. But really, if you’ve got hard-working interns in the building, compensating […]
Sweet! NECCO Has Sold at Auction for Almost $19 Million
NECCO has been saved, at least for now, and fans of the Revere candy-makers iconic wafers have the folks behind Dum Dum pops and Circus Peanuts to thank. […]
Toys “R” Us Laid Off Nearly 1,000 Workers in Massachusetts
The palace of play has handed out pink slips. The situation at Toys “R” Us is bleak, and effective May 14, nearly 1,000 people who […]
Here Are the Massachusetts Companies that Earned Their Way onto the “Fortune 500” List
General Electric may have the highest revenue among Massachusetts-based companies, but the power and health-care conglomerate saw its profits dive lower than any other Bay […]
After a Supreme Court Ruling, DraftKings Is Getting into Sports Betting
Immediately after the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on Monday that will permit states to allow sports betting, Boston-based DraftKings announced it will be getting into […]
The Plot to Destroy Your Favorite Seltzer
Spindrift founder Bill Creelman wants to upend the seltzer industry and do for carbonated water what Sam Adams did for beer. And he’s starting by asking what the competition is really made of.
With HQ2, Amazon Hopes to Avoid the Problems It Has Faced in Seattle
Amazon knows its propensity to be the popular kid you love to hate, and the e-commerce behemoth is hoping to avoid alienating people in its […]
Boston-Based Nift Aims to Strengthen Small Businesses
Forty-eight percent of Americans are employed by a small business. There are more than 639,000 small companies in Massachusetts. And one Boston-based startup wants you […]
Amazon Is Adding 2,000 More Jobs in Boston to Focus on Alexa, Cloud Computing
Boston may not end up as Amazon’s HQ2 bride, but we’ve certainly got the maid of honor title locked down. The jack-of-all-trades company announced Tuesday […]
Wynn Resorts Will Remove Steve Wynn’s Name from its Boston Harbor Property
Steve Wynn’s name will not appear in Everett. Four months after the Wall Street Journal published a bombshell report in which several women accused the casino mogul of sexual […]
On-the-Job Fatality Rates in Massachusetts Are Spiking
The on-the-job fatality rate in Massachusetts reached an 11-year-high in 2017, with fatal injuries and work-related disease among firefighters accounting for the deaths of 74 […]
Bostonians Are Less Enthusiastic about Amazon Than Other HQ2 Finalists
Amazon has cities dancing for HQ2. Newark offered the company $7 billion-worth of tax breaks. Philadelphia promised up to 4.2 million square feet of development […]
Former NECCO Executive Launches Crowdsourcing Campaign to Save the Company
The candy man, it turns out, cannot—or at least not alone. Revere-based New England Confectionery Co., the maker of the NECCO Wafer, is in peril. […]
Starbucks Will Close Boston Locations for “Racial Bias Education”
Starbucks will shutter more than 8,000 locations, including several in Boston, for an afternoon of “racial bias education” on May 29 following an incident in […]