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Thursday, October 19, 2017
Leominster offers 400 acres, $405M to Amazon
The City of Leominster is offering more than 400 acres of public and private land and a tax breaks worth up to $405 million to lure online commerce giant Amazon.
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Can going private save Staples?
Nothing has worked quite yet to help the Framingham office retailer dig out of its troubles. Now, the company has gone private.
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MetroWest coalition offers 6.6M sq. ft. to Amazon
Marlborough is leading a coalition of five MetroWest communities in a bid to land Amazon's HQ2.
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MathWorks donates $10M for museum exhibit
Natick computer software developer MathWorks will gift $10 million to the Boston Museum of Science, the museum announced Thursday.
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Health restaurant is one of three new Front Street tenants
A health-conscious chain restaurant is one of three new, ground-level tenants at 145 Front St. at City Square in downtown Worcester.
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Mass. adds 9,300 jobs in September
Massachusetts added 9,300 jobs in September, driving the unemployment rate back below 4 percent.
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Baker: Opioid prescription monitoring tools helps drive down scripts by 28%
The state's revamped prescription monitoring system contributed to a roughly 28-percent decline in opioid prescriptions in about two years, Gov. Charlie Baker's office said.
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Regional Roundup
Question of the Week
Tuesday we asked: A September report from the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council said although men and women are entering the life sciences sector in equal proportion, the gender gap in the industry grows at all career stages, with women comprising 24 percent of C-suite positions and 14 percent of board seats.
Should life sciences companies do more to promote women into executive positions?
  • As more women graduate from STEM education there will be more women in Bio.
  • Jobs should go to the best qualified candidates regardless of gender. It isn't rocket science.
  • - This is not to look good, it's smart business.
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