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| 10.09.2024 | Benchmark Signs as Exclusive Senior Living Sponsor of 19th Annual Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival | Chef David Silva Serves Under the Tasting Tent at the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival
Acclaimed Benchmark Chefs to Lead Sold-Out Wine-Pairing Seminar & to Serve Fresh, Seasonal Fine Food at Popular Annual Culinary Event
WALTHA... |
| 04.09.2024 | Crypto-Fan Deaton Gets Chance to Battle Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate | A prominent lawyer in crypto legal circles, John Deaton, has won the Republican nomination in the Massachusetts Senate race, and he'll now face Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Sen. Warren, who is arguably the most influential crypto critic in Congre... |
| 28.08.2024 | National Politics | Kamala Harris’ election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president since 1836 | Past vice presidents who ran
When Gore ran in 2000, his advantages were similar to those enjoyed by George H.W. Bush. The economy was strong, the country was at peace and the president, Bill Clinton, had high approval ratings despite his re... |
| 24.08.2024 | Building Loyalty: The Heartbeat of Business Success | In the world of business, loyalty is the golden ticket. It’s the thread that weaves customers into a community. Without it, businesses drift like ships lost at sea. The good news? Cultivating loyalty is simpler than it seems. Imagine a bust... |
| 22.08.2024 | You Need Loyal Customers For Long-Lasting Success — and Finding Them Is Easier Than You Think With These Tips Here's how to use social media, email newsletters and public relations to build a communit... | How do you build a community of loyal customers? It's a question that likely haunts entrepreneurs and marketing managers. Here's the truth: It's easier than you think.
I grew a sports trading card YouTube channel to over 11,500 subscribers ... |
| 21.08.2024 | Creating connection with science communication | Before completing her undergraduate studies, Sophie Hartley, a student in MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing, had an epiphany that was years in the making.
“The classes I took in my last undergraduate semester changed my career goals... |
| 19.08.2024 | Benchmark Senior Living at Leominster Crossings Care Leadership Recognized As Being the Best in the Commonwealth | Anna Bilodeau, LPN, Resident Care Director for Benchmark Senior Living at Leominster Crossings Accepts the Mass-ALA 2024 Employee Leadership Award
Receives Massachusetts Assisted Living Association (Mass-ALA) 2024 Employee Leadership Award
... |
| 30.07.2024 | The Evolving Landscape of Health: COVID-19 and Cancer in America | In the vast tapestry of American health, two threads stand out: COVID-19 and cancer. Both have shaped lives, altered routines, and sparked a relentless pursuit of solutions. As we navigate this complex landscape, understanding the current s... |
| 30.07.2024 | The Resurgence of COVID-19: A Call for Vigilance and Action | As the summer sun blazes, a shadow looms over the United States. COVID-19 is making a comeback. Infections are rising in 44 states and territories, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Emergency visits for COVI... |
| 25.07.2024 | Editorials | Editorial: Remember the basics as COVID numbers rise | Infections are growing in 44 states and territories, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reports a 23.5% increase in emergency visits over the previous week for COVID during the week ending July 6.
Viral ... |
| 01.07.2024 | Austrian Airlines launches nonstop flights from Boston to Vienna | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Austrian Airlines starts its first nonstop flight service from Boston to Vienna today.
State of play: Petra Schneebauer, Austrian ambassador to the U.S., and other di... |
| 26.06.2024 | Verizon has gotten into some legal trouble | Verizon
One of the most vital services people rely on is the ability to call 911 during an emergency. Unfortunately, there’s been a worrying increase in 911 outages, with one happening as recently as last week in Massachusetts and reports o... |
| 21.06.2024 | The Supreme Court's Gun Decision Is Not a Victory for Women | This piece was first published in Slate on 6/21/24.
The U.S. Supreme Court today broke from its recent embrace of gun rights, leaving in place a federal criminal law that makes it a felony for anyone subject to a civil domestic violence res... |
| 11.06.2024 | Steward Health Care finds last-minute funding to stay open into fall | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
Steward Health Care says it secured $225 million in funding to stay open through its bankruptcy.
Why it matters: The Dallas-based hospital system, which operates eigh... |
| 07.06.2024 | The Epic Showdown: Boston Celtics vs. Dallas Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals | The basketball world is abuzz with excitement as the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks gear up to face each other in the highly anticipated 2024 NBA Finals. The Celtics, a storied franchise with a rich history of success, are on a mis... |
| 06.06.2024 | Duke Energy's influence grows in recruiting new business to North Carolina | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Landing advanced manufacturing jobs is becoming more energy intensive in North Carolina, while at the same time the state is working to reduce its emissions.
Why it matters: North Carolina is competin... |
| 04.06.2024 | Exclusive: FT leads C$4M funding for Canadian news outlet The Logic | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Canadian news outlet The Logic has raised C$4 million, CEO David Skok tells Axios, in a round led by The Financial Times' venture arm.
Why it matters: The fundraising is a vote of confidence for the u... |
| 04.06.2024 | Dallas' Dončić stands between Celtics and NBA title | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Nobody's had an answer for the Celtics through the regular season and playoffs. In the NBA Finals, the league's hottest young superstar gets his shot.
Why it matters: The Celts are four wins away from... |
| 23.05.2024 | Tap-to-pay finally coming to the MBTA | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The MBTA is finally going to roll out its contactless payment system.
Why it matters: The new system will allow riders to simply tap their credit cards or smartphones against new T gates and on-vehicl... |
| 21.05.2024 | Модернизация сетевой инфраструктуры: куда бежать | Привет! Я Михаил Кадер, занимаюсь в Positive Technologies архитектурой решений по ИБ. Но в этой статье я хочу поговорить не именно об информационной безопасности, а затронуть по-прежнему актуальную тему импортозамещения. Если быть совсем то... |
| 20.05.2024 | Benchmark at Mount Pleasant Announces Opening of Thornwood Welcome Center | Benchmark at Mount Pleasant Welcome Center
Senior Assisted Living Community Offering an Exclusive Sneak Peak of Assisted Living & Memory Care Ahead of Fall Opening
THORNWOOD, N.Y., May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Benchmark at Mount P... |
| 13.05.2024 | Harvard Yard encampment remains amid campus protest arrests | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
The pro-Palestinian encampment in Harvard Yard lives on, even as student protesters get booted off campus.
The big picture: This historic college town, one of the epicenters for U.S. campus protests a... |
| 06.05.2024 | Battle of the Titans: Newspapers vs. AI Giants | In a clash of titans, a group of newspapers, led by the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, have taken legal action against tech giants Microsoft and OpenAI. The newspapers, owned by Alden Global Capital's MediaNews Group, have accused... |
| 06.05.2024 | What's next after Steward Health Care's bankruptcy filing | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Steward Health Care's eight functioning hospitals in Massachusetts will remain open while the beleaguered company undergoes Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Why it matters: The hospital system's mov... |
| 06.05.2024 | LensLock Donates Body Camera Technology to New Hampshire Police Academy | Boston Globe Reports The New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Council Approved Equipment and Software Donations
CONCORD, N.H., May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Students attending New Hampshire Police Academies will soon get hands-on... |
| 04.05.2024 | Frank Stella, artist known for his pioneering work in minimalism, dies at 87 | Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87.
Gallery owner Jeffre... |
| 02.05.2024 | Massachusetts fights to keep talent, tech and investors | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Massachusetts is a leader in life sciences, academia and medicine, but competing states with nicer weather and friendlier economies are breathing down its neck.
Why it matters: When Massachusetts comp... |
| 01.05.2024 | Benchmark Senior Living at Split Rock Assisted Living Community Named One of the Country's Best by U.S. News & World Report for Third Straight Year | Benchmark Senior Living at Split Rock, a U.S. News 2024 Best Assisted Living Community
Resident & Family Member Feedback Earns Shelton Senior Assisted Living Community 2024 Best Assisted Living Excellence Award
SHELTON, Conn., May 1, 20... |
| 01.05.2024 | Eight US newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft for copyright infringement | - |
| 24.04.2024 | Middlebrook Farms at Trumbull Assisted Living Community Named One of the Country's Best by U.S. News & World Report for Third Straight Year | Middlebrook Farms at Trumbull, a U.S. News 2024 Best Assisted Living Community
Resident & Family Member Feedback Earns Trumbull Senior Assisted Living Community 2024 Best Assisted Living Excellence Award
TRUMBULL, Conn., April 24, 2024 ... |
| 24.04.2024 | Benchmark Senior Living at Billerica Crossings Assisted Living Community Named One of the Country's Best by U.S. News & World Report for Third Straight Year | Benchmark Senior Living at Billerica Crossings, a U.S. News 2024 Best Assisted Living & Memory Care Community
Resident & Family Member Feedback Earns Lowell Area Senior Assisted Living Community 2024 Best Assisted Living & Best ... |
| 24.04.2024 | The TikTok ban clears key hurdle while Perplexity AI continues to shake up search | Well, if you are a big TikTok fan and live in the United States, I have some bad news for you: A bill that would force a sale of TikTok or ban it in the United States passed the Senate. And the president is expected to sign it. Given that C... |
| 24.04.2024 | Benchmark Senior Living at Hamden Assisted Living Community Named One of the Country's Best by U.S. News & World Report | Benchmark Senior Living at Hamden, a U.S. News 2024 Best Memory Care Community
Resident & Family Member Feedback Earns Hamden Senior Assisted Living Community 2024 Best Memory Care Excellence Award
HAMDEN, Conn., April 24, 2024 /PRNewsw... |
| 17.04.2024 | Karen Read's murder trial in death of Boston officer ramps up | The murder trial of Karen Read kicked off yesterday, spotlighting a court drama that's become a major local obsession.
Why it matters: Public interest in the Read case has grown from a trickle of true crime die-hards to a torrent of mainstr... |
| 17.04.2024 | Vacations, planes, and high-speed trains are off limits if you're in too much debt in China | Tech Vacations, planes, and high-speed trains are off limits if you're in too much debt in China
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| 16.04.2024 | Perspective Play Gallery Exhibit Opens at Boston Children's Museum | Perspective Play is a collection of photographs taken while looking down from above athletic fields and courts by using a drone.
Drew Katz's Photographs Taken from a Drone Offer New Perspectives on Familiar Places
BOSTON, April 16, 2024 /PR... |
| 15.04.2024 | Benchmark at Rye Executive Director Receives Annual "President's Award" | Nick Barash, executive director of Benchmark at Rye, receives Benchmark 2023 President’s Award.
Nick Barash Honored for Values-Driven Leadership That Fosters Meaningful Connections at Assisted Living Communities
RYE, N.H., April 15, 2024 /P... |
| 15.04.2024 | The Atrium at Drum Hill Receives Benchmark's Annual "Ripple Award" | The Atrium at Drum Hill executive director, Michelle Bianchi, accepts the Benchmark 2023 Ripple Award.
Memory Care Assisted Living Community Recognized for Achieving High Associate Satisfaction Out of All 65 Benchmark Senior Living Communit... |
| 12.04.2024 | Iconic photos show the biggest moments from O.J. Simpson's 'trial of the century' | News Iconic photos show the biggest moments from O.J. Simpson's 'trial of the century'
Talia Lakritz and Geoff Weiss
2024-04-12T20:14:24Z
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| 08.04.2024 | Los estadounidenses que priorizan el clima son menos propensos a votar | Inscribirse para recibir el boletín semanal El Clima en la Boleta.
Cada lunes, en El Clima en la Boleta presentamos un tema para ayudarte a integrar el clima en la cobertura de la campaña de tu redacción. Considera compartir este boletín co... |
| 08.04.2024 | Climate-First Americans Are Less Likely to Vote | Sign up for the weekly Climate on the Ballot newsletter.
Every Monday, in “Climate on the Ballot,” we pass along a topic to help you integrate climate into your newsroom’s campaign reporting. Consider sharing this newsletter with your colle... |
| 06.04.2024 | Fiji's Island Adventures: A Paradise Unveiled | Fiji's lush landscapes, stunning beaches, and deep traditions attract travelers seeking a South Pacific paradise. From Tom Hanks' island to traditional villages, Fiji offers a unique blend of natural beauty and cultural experiences. With CO... |
| 04.04.2024 | General Electric's 132-year journey from American manufacturing icon to fallen giant | Tech General Electric's 132-year journey from American manufacturing icon to fallen giant
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| 04.04.2024 | oneZero earns 2024 Great Place To Work Australia Certification™ | SYDNEY, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- oneZero, a global leader in multi-asset enterprise trading technology solutions, is proud to be certified as a Great Place To Work® in Australia. The prestigious award is issued based on objective feedb... |
| 19.03.2024 | How Instagram got its mojo back | Tech How Instagram got its mojo back
Katie Notopoulos
2024-03-19T12:27:32Z
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| 18.03.2024 | Things to do | Sarah Tomlinson blends rock music, celebrity and ghostwriting in debut novel | What’s it like to be a ghost? Read Sarah Tomlinson’s debut novel and find out.
We’re not talking about the kind said to haunt houses. Tomlinson’s ghost is the publishing industry’s workhorse – a ghostwriter, the unnamed, well-paid but often... |
| 04.03.2024 | USD hires new athletic director from Oregon State | University of San Diego hired Kimya Massey from Oregon State University as its new athletic director following a months-long national search.
Why it matters: As the new associate vice president and AD, Massey will carve out where USD fits i... |
| 28.02.2024 | A new mom died after giving birth at a Boston hospital. Was corporate greed to blame? | Nabil Haque said he can still remember the moment his wife Sungida Rashid first held their baby daughter in her arms after giving birth at Boston's St. Elizabeth's Medical Center last October.
"It was a beautiful moment," Haque to... |
| 23.02.2024 | The Triangle's biotech growth has skyrocketed in the past decade | Data: CBRE; Chart: Axios Visuals
In less than a decade, the Triangle's biotech industry has more than doubled its lab space and added tens of thousands of new workers, as the region's profile among investors and companies soars.
The big pic... |
| 22.02.2024 | Harvard interim president condemns student groups' antisemitic image | Harvard University's interim president is calling an image posted by some of the school's pro-Palestine student groups "vile" and "flagrantly antisemitic."
Why it matters: Alan Garber took over as interim president of th... |
| 20.02.2024 | Student-loan borrowers can get the most 'debt relief possible' if Biden slashes balances for those facing these 3 repayment challenges, Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer say | Economy Student-loan borrowers can get the most 'debt relief possible' if Biden slashes balances for those facing these 3 repayment challenges, Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Schumer say
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2024-02-20T16:35:28Z
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| 13.02.2024 | Boston metro area vacancies among lowest in 20 years | Cutline: Data: Census Bureau; Note: Only includes vacant housing units that are for sale; Chart: Axios Visuals
Just 0.4% of Boston metro area homes were vacant and for sale at the end of 2023, per the latest quarterly census data.
Why it ma... |
| 29.01.2024 | CVS to Oklahoma: Let us steer people to our own pharmacies | You’re reading the web version of Health Care Inc., STAT’s weekly newsletter following the flow of money in medicine. Sign up to get it in your inbox every Monday. The 2025 Medicare Advantage Super Bowl
Federal law requires Medicare to publ... |
| 22.01.2024 | 5 times New Hampshire brought hallelujah wins for Iowa losers | Source: Axios Research; Chart: Deena Zaidi/Axios Visuals
The winner of the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primaries in recent competitive GOP presidential elections has typically had a good shot at becoming the nominee, even after losing... |
| 19.01.2024 | Clogged arteries: the unseen cost of road-blocking protests | Recent events in Israel and Gaza have sparked a wave of protests, with some activists in major cities using a familiar tactic: obstructing traffic.
While this seems to have been an effective strategy by protesters across the political spect... |
| 10.01.2024 | Students Call for More Climate Action After COP28 | 01/09/2024
By Brooke Coupal
In the futuristic city of Dubai, UMass Lowell students expanded their climate change knowledge on a global scale.
Junior William Lefebvre, senior Madison Feudo, recent graduate Aya Oulal ’23 and master’s student ... |
| 09.01.2024 | Wearables Pioneer, .simstechnology CTO Terry O'Shea to Introduce Future of Wearables During CES 2024 | .simstechnology Founder Sean Siembab and CTO Terry O'Shea at CES 2024 in Las Vegas.
The .simstechnology device is lightweight making it perfect for multiple outdoor activities, whether that’s going for a run, snowshoeing in a park, or walki... |
| 08.01.2024 | Why Barbara Lynch's restaurant empire is shrinking | Even famed chef Barbara Lynch can't keep her restaurants open in Boston.
Catch up fast: The Barbara Lynch Collective announced on Friday it will close three of its Fort Points restaurants — Menton, Sportello and Drink — because of an "... |
| 07.01.2024 | No pain data yet from Vertex, and sky high deal expectations at JPM 2024 | Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.
Greetings from JPM Week 2024! We’re coming to you live from San Francisco, where the industry’s biggest annual convo... |
| 04.01.2024 | Baby monitor videos yield evidence for long-suspected link between seizures and unexplained toddler deaths | The baby monitor didn’t go off. Any sound or motion in the twins’ room was supposed to set off an alarm — but in the wee hours of Nov. 27, 2022, Katie Czajkowski-Fell and Justin Fell weren’t woken up. They’d gotten it because of Hayden’s fe... |
| 13.12.2023 | Why lithium-ion isn’t the answer for long-term stationary energy storage | Why lithium-ion isn’t the answer for long-term stationary energy storage
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Lithium-ion has served as the trailblazing battery technology for moder... |
| 30.11.2023 | Diagnostic tests for rare conditions present a mathematical conundrum | Worried about your health? You can now avail yourself of noninvasive diagnostics that claim to screen for rare birth defects, cancer-associated mutations, and even Alzheimer’s. Even before the Covid pandemic, a 2018 paper reported that new ... |
| 29.11.2023 | Saudi VC loops Novo Nordisk, other biotech VCs into new longevity incubator | The Hevolution Foundation, a Saudi investment firm focused on aging science, said Wednesday that it is launching an incubator that will bring together experts from the scientific community, pharma, and multiple biotech VCs.
The incubator, c... |
| 21.11.2023 | Bayer’s new CEO was dealt a duo of ‘clearing events.’ Tough choices lie ahead | Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.
Good morning, everyone. Damian here with a look at an ambitious genomics startup, some cautious optimism on Wall Str... |
| 20.11.2023 | The FDA is at a crossroads on cell and gene therapies | Cell and gene therapies are the next frontier in medicine and promise long-sought hope for people living with incurable and fatal conditions. As their promise increasingly becomes reality, the FDA’s gatekeeping role is important.
To truly s... |
| 17.11.2023 | The return of biotech’s “bump factor” amid an economic downturn | Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox.
Hello, everyone. Damian here with a deep dive on a historic moment for genome editing, mixology tips from a biotech ... |
| 16.11.2023 | Boston Globe – After affirmative action ruling, one Boston VC firm is looking to redefine DEi | Despite gloomy statistics about the lack of diversity in venture capital funding, Adrian Mendoza remains optimistic that change is coming. Mendoza, with his wife Senofer Mendoza, runs a VC firm based in the Back Bay that focuses on funding ... |
| 14.11.2023 | ‘I never realized what people go through’: Doctor and former hospital CEO with Stage 4 cancer calls for greater empathy in medicine | PROVIDENCE – In late August, Dr. James E. Fanale was trudging through the Falmouth Road Race — walking up the hills, running down them — for seven miles. Fellow runners encouraged him to “keep trying” whenever he slowed down. But they could... |
| 12.11.2023 | 'Selling Sunset' agents are freaking out about LA's new mansion tax — but it's not just millionaires who should be worried | Economy 'Selling Sunset' agents are freaking out about LA's new mansion tax — but it's not just millionaires who should be worried
Juliana Kaplan and Eliza Relman
2023-11-12T10:22:01Z
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| 12.11.2023 | A Zip Code Could Determine a Baby’s Fate in the NICU and How Technology Can Change That | Seven neonatal intensive care units serve the entire state of Oregon. One of those NICUs, a Salem Health facility, is the only one of its kind serving both Marion and Polk Counties, a region outside of the Portland metropolitan area where h... |
| 11.11.2023 | Vacancy rate in Boston-area lab space climbs to 10-year high | As Massachusetts biotech companies slash jobs and face dwindling investments, it appears that the long-red-hot real estate market for life sciences space in the area is continuing to follow a similar downward trend.
Lab space vacancies in t... |
| 08.11.2023 | Robot crushes man to death after mistaking him for a box | VectorPortal/CreativeCommons
A robot crushed a man to death after apparently mistaking him for a box, South Korean media reported.
The tragedy occurred on Wednesday evening local time at a vegetable sorting facility in South Gyeongsang prov... |
| 07.11.2023 | Взламываем транспортные карты: чит на бесконечные деньги | Этот парень открыл все турникеты на станции. Вы до сих пор считаете, что все хакеры вредны?
Начну с простого вопроса: кто из вас пользуется общественным транспортом? А кому нравится за него платить? Если такие все же найдутся, то могут смел... |
| 01.11.2023 | An Airbnb guest said their host threw out all their stuff, even their passport, after mixing up the checkout date | Travel An Airbnb guest said their host threw out all their stuff, even their passport, after mixing up the checkout date
Mia Jankowicz
2023-11-01T12:56:40Z
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| 23.10.2023 | Fixing America’s health insurance woes is ‘actually very simple,’ says leading economist | Fixing the U.S. health care system can seem like a herculean task. But the solution is “actually very simple,” according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Amy Finkelstein.
In their recent book “We’ve Got You Covered: Reboot... |
| 11.10.2023 | Amazon Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit on Eve of Prime Day | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 11 October 2023, 11:10 am
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An Amazon Prime truck driver attempts a turn in Los Angeles, California on Amazon Prime Day, July 12, 2022. What started as a one-day-only eve... |
| 10.10.2023 | The Science Of Reading Isn’t Just ‘Phonics,’ But What Else Is It? | Media reports increasingly mention that knowledge is important to reading comprehension, but it's ... [+] not always clear what schools should do about that.getty |
| 07.10.2023 | 'The Exorcist' movies ranked according to critics — yes, even the prequels | Entertainment 'The Exorcist' movies ranked according to critics — yes, even the prequels
Eammon Jacobs
2023-10-07T11:54:01Z
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| 21.09.2023 | Thermo Fisher just opened a $180 million plant. Executives already are talking about expanding. | Thermo Fisher Scientific’s giant plant to manufacture gene therapies for drug companies is barely a year old, but executives at the maker of scientific tools are already talking about expanding.
Standing inside a cavernous unfinished sectio... |
| 20.09.2023 | 'Be a disciplined company.' How Klaviyo broke the IPO dry spell, according to its CEO. | Klaviyo's founders, employees, and early customers celebrate the company's Wall Street debut on the New York Stock Exchange floor. NYSE
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| 15.09.2023 | Dana-Farber blindsided Brigham and Women’s. The blowback will be strong | This column is from Trendlines, a business newsletter that covers the forces shaping the economy in Boston and beyond. If you’d like to receive it via email on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, sign up here.
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| 07.09.2023 | How health care systems can protect patients from sexual assault by providers | Health care providers have a sacrosanct relationship with patients. That unique position of trust also puts them in a position of power over their patients. Far too often — as exemplified by the recent case involving a New York doctor accus... |
| 07.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Toray’s $8bn foray into biomass tech, Paptic lands $25m, Israeli agrifoodtech heats up The Kitchen | This week, materials manufacturer Toray announced a mega-investment in cellulosic sugar and Finland’s Paptic secured funds to expand its sustainable materials portfolio. Meanwhile, Israeli agrifoodtech startups were all over the news this w... |
| 06.09.2023 | Nimbus Therapeutics raises $210 million in one of the larger fundraising rounds this year | Seven months after Nimbus Therapeutics sold an experimental autoimmune disease medicine to Takeda Pharmaceuticals for up to $6 billion, the Boston biotech said Wednesday it has raised $210 million in venture capital to advance its pipeline ... |
| 26.08.2023 | A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a highway in Vermont after it stalled in flight | Travel A hot air balloon made an emergency landing on a highway in Vermont after it stalled in flight
Jyoti Mann
2023-08-26T10:25:18Z
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| 24.08.2023 | Krystal Cascetta, Lindsay Clancy, and the impossibility of being a mom in American medicine | In Igbo-Nigerian culture, new moms receive exquisite care from their own mothers, mothers-in-law, or surrogate mothers for the first few months postpartum. After each of my daughters was born, I was blessed to participate in this tradition,... |
| 17.08.2023 | Massachusetts' Congressional delegation's average age is 60 | Note: Overall U.S. data based on 2021 resident population estimates; Includes non-voting Congress members; Data: Quorum, U.S. Census Bureau, Axios research; Chart: Simran Parwani/Axios
Baby Boomers make up nearly half of Congress — despite ... |
| 16.08.2023 | State Auditor DiZoglio Issues Letter to Attorney General Campbell Regarding MA Legislative Audit | Boston — In March 2023, I announced that our office was conducting an audit of the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives (together, the “Legislature”). The audit includes budgetary, hiring, spending, and procurement information,... |
| 10.08.2023 | Mass. and Cass encampment crisis escalates, officials promise action | It's been a bad summer at Mass. and Cass, the troubled stretch of the Newmarket area near Boston Medical Center.
The tent city there has become the heart of the opioid epidemic and a public safety nightmare.
Driving the news: Nonprofits wor... |
| 09.08.2023 | Cybersecurity giant Rapid7 announces sweeping layoffs as losses mount | U.S. cybersecurity giant Rapid7 has announced plans to lay off 18% of its workforce, affecting more than 400 global employees.
In a regulatory filing, the Boston-based cybersecurity company said its restructuring effort is “designed to impr... |
| 09.08.2023 | Public pharma is the best solution to the ongoing problem of drug shortages | Drug shortages in the United States are at a record high. At least 14 essential generic cancer drugs are currently in shortage, forcing patients and doctors to make difficult decisions to delay or ration first-line treatments, or accept sec... |
| 07.08.2023 | Boston's liquor license system is dragging down its nightlife scene | One of the biggest hurdles faced by would-be dining and nightlife entrepreneurs is the limited supply of liquor licenses available in the city.
Why it matters: The dearth of licenses is a major contributor to Boston's languid late-night sce... |
| 03.08.2023 | COVID clawing its way back this summer | Data: MWRA Wastewater COVID-19 Tracking; Chart: Axios Visuals
The sun is finally out and about in Boston. So is our old friend COVID-19.
What's happening: The Deer Island wastewater testing program has been recording an uptick in the virus ... |
| 03.08.2023 | MBTA gets a raise | Gov. Maura Healey is increasing pay and benefits for the MBTA's drivers and repair workers.
Why it matters: The T lost 860 workers last fiscal year — an attrition rate of 13%.
Driving the news: The MBTA Carmen's Union Sunday approved a new ... |
| 01.08.2023 | Boston's complex relationship with race | When U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley took the stage at the NAACP convention last weekend, she said first-time visitors may wonder: "Are there any Black folks in Boston? Let this moment be a resounding and decisive yes."
Why it matters: ... |
| 01.08.2023 | Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Streaming TV Tax to Fund Local TV | Massachusetts lawmakers are taking aim at streaming TV platforms, proposing a tax that would help fund local TV.
Local TV stations and programming are increasingly falling victim to streaming TV platforms as more consumers “cut the cord.” M... |
| 29.07.2023 | Save lives: CPR is easier than you remember | Data: American Heart Association; Diagram: Lindsey Bailey/Axios
If Bronny James hadn't received immediate medical attention after going into cardiac arrest on Monday, the outcome might have been different.
Why it matters: Life and death for... |
| 27.07.2023 | Automakers Try To Bullshit Their Way Past ‘Right To Repair’ Standoff In Massachusetts | Giant automakers continue to try and scuttle a popular Massachusetts law aimed at making repairing your own cars easier and more affordable. And they’re once again using some familiar, misleading tactics to do it. |
| 24.07.2023 | Doomer AI advisor joins Musk’s xAI, the 4th top research lab focused on AI apocalypse | Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here
Elon Musk has brought on Dan Hendrycks, a machine learning researcher who serves as the director of the nonprofit Center for AI Safety, as an advisor ... |
| 23.07.2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Tarun Gopalakrishnan: Using green banks to solve housing and climate crises at the same time | By Tarun Gopalakrishnan, Bethany Tietjen and Seth Owusu-Mante
Green banks are starting to draw attention in the U.S., particularly since the federal government announced its first grant competitions under a national green bank program to br... |