Every year, LexisNexis publishes a list that the financial and scientific world tends to treat as a quiet but credible report card on global innovation. The Top 100 Global Innovators ranking does not measure press releases or funding rounds or how many times a CEO appeared on a podcast. It is built on something harder […]
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There is a company headquartered in Boston that manages more money than the GDP of every country on earth except the United States and China. It employs more than 78,000 people. It administers $17.5 trillion in assets and oversees $6.8 trillion in discretionary investments. It processes millions of trades every single day, manages retirement accounts
While most of the tech world spent the first weeks of 2026 announcing layoffs, Boston’s WHOOP went in the opposite direction. On March 4, the Kenmore Square-based wearable health company announced it would add more than 600 new employees over the course of the year — a move that would increase its current workforce of
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There is a number that has come to define ambition in the startup world: one billion dollars. The threshold that separates a promising company from a unicorn — a privately held startup valued at $1 billion or more. The term was coined in 2013 by venture capitalist Aileen Lee, who at the time identified just
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The FDA doesn’t always say no with a single word — sometimes it sends a letter. But for Watertown-based Disc Medicine, the Complete Response Letter it received this month for its lead drug bitopertin had the same effect: a hard stop that forced the company to rethink its near-term future, and to part ways with
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There is a stretch of Cambridge, Massachusetts — barely a square mile in size — that has quietly become the most consequential piece of real estate in global science. On any given morning, the Red Line deposits researchers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and executives from companies like Moderna, Biogen, Google, and Takeda onto the same sidewalks.
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In Boston’s business landscape, few stories illustrate the transition from the “old economy” to the Big Data era better than Wayfair’s. What is now a giant dominating e-commerce for household goods, with billions in annual revenue and an imposing headquarters on Copley Place, began in the most pragmatic way possible: in a college dorm room
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If anyone was looking for a sign that Massachusetts’ economic engine is running at full power, the end of February 2026 has dispelled any doubts. In just 28 days, startups in Greater Boston have managed to raise nearly $1 billion in funding rounds, a “treasure trove” that positions the region as a leader in highly
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The recent intensification of the conflict in Iran has ceased to be a foreign policy news story and has become a cash flow concern for Massachusetts businesses. Following the latest attacks and the threat of a shutdown at key energy logistics hubs, the price of a barrel of oil has reacted with a volatility unseen
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The Boston real estate market has just sent a loud message to the world: demand for historic prestige is higher than ever. The iconic townhome at 46 Chestnut Street has officially shattered local records, selling for a staggering price that underscores Beacon Hill’s status as one of the most resilient and valuable neighborhoods in the
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