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This Boston Startup Just Won One of the Most Competitive Pitch Competitions in the World

Every March, Austin, Texas becomes the temporary capital of the global startup world. South by Southwest draws thousands of founders, investors, and technology executives from more than 100 countries, and the SXSW Pitch competition — now in its 18th year — has become one of the most watched startup showcases on the planet. Since 2009, […]

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A Billion-Dollar AI Startup Is Expanding in Boston: 100 Jobs Are Coming With It

Business News, Startups

When a company that reached unicorn status just thirteen months ago announces it is expanding its U.S. headquarters and adding 100 jobs in a single move, it is worth paying attention. That is exactly what Tines did this week — and the story behind the announcement is more interesting than the headline number.

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A New Study Says Rent Control Would Shrink Boston Property Values

Business News, Real Estate Market

Massachusetts is heading toward one of the most consequential housing policy battles in its recent history — and a new study dropped this week to make sure everyone knows exactly what is at stake. The Greater Boston Real Estate Board, one of the most powerful real estate lobbying groups in the state, commissioned a report

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Massachusetts Healthcare Costs Are Growing at Their Fastest Rate in a Decade

Business News

The number that matters most right now is 11.5%. That is the average premium increase hitting Massachusetts residents who buy insurance through the state’s own marketplace in 2026 — and it is just the headline figure. Point32Health, one of the state’s largest insurers, is raising premiums for employers with more than 50 workers by between

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Massachusetts Business Confidence Just Turned Positive — But the Timing Couldn’t Be More Complicated

Business News

Good news arrived in Massachusetts this week, and it came with an asterisk the size of a Middle East conflict. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index climbed to 52 in February — the first reading above the neutral threshold of 50 in a full year. For a state that has spent the better

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Gillette Announces Nearly $1 Billion Boston Headquarters in Fort Point

Business News, Real Estate Market

For a company that has called South Boston home for more than 125 years, Gillette is not going quietly into its next chapter. It is going with a nearly billion-dollar construction crane and a nine-story building on the Fort Point Channel waterfront. Procter & Gamble’s Gillette division announced Tuesday that it plans to purchase the

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Boston-Based Vertex Pharmaceuticals Just Delivered a Kidney Disease Breakthrough

Business News

While most of Wall Street was still digesting the weekend business news, Vertex Pharmaceuticals dropped a clinical data release that sent its stock jumping more than 6% in premarket trading. The reason: povetacicept, the company’s experimental drug for a serious and poorly treated kidney disease, just hit its primary endpoint in a Phase 3 trial

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Fed Survey Shows a Frozen Labor Market — And Boston’s Startups Should Pay Attention

Around the world, Business News

There is a number buried in the Federal Reserve’s latest consumer survey that deserves more attention than it is getting. The share of American workers who expect to voluntarily quit their jobs in the next twelve months has just hit a record low — dropping to 15.9%, the lowest reading since the New York Fed

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Circle Furniture Is Auctioning Everything — Stores Close After Bankruptcy

Business News

There is something quietly sad about watching a furniture store get auctioned off piece by piece. A sofa that someone spent weeks choosing. A desk that sat in a showroom for months waiting for the right buyer. Staging artwork that dressed up windows in eight different Massachusetts towns. For Circle Furniture — a retailer that

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A Brand-New Foxborough Apartment Complex Just Sold for $20.4 Million

Business News, Real Estate Market

Foxborough is better known for Gillette Stadium and Patriots game days than for headline-grabbing real estate deals. But a transaction that quietly closed this week is putting the town on the investment map for a very different reason. Foxmeadow Farm, a luxury apartment community at 29 Wall Street in the heart of Foxboro, has changed

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