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BOSTON – Mayor Marty Walsh on Wednesday named two city employees to key positions in his Economic Development Cabinet, to help bring new businesses to the Hub and assist those already established in the city. Shaun Blugh becomes director of growth strategies while Lauren Jones moves up to director of business
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A commission approved a $22 million loan and grant package on Friday to help the world's largest hedge fund upgrade and expand its offices despite questions about whether the deal makes financial sense for a state facing continued budget problems. Democratic Gov. Dan Malloy said
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BOSTON — Paddling a canoe across Massachusetts with a message for the state's most prized new corporate arrival to clean up the Housatonic River, an environmentalist on Wednesday said he had seen improvements to the Bay State's waterways over the past three decades. Wearing a backwards camouflage
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Still in the rippling wake of General Electric's January decision to move its headquarters from Fairfield, Connecticut, to Boston's Seaport District, another nationwide organization is contemplating a move from the Nutmeg State. According to documents obtained by an open records request with the city of Boston
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BOSTON – Corporate giant General Electric on Monday said a related foundation will donate $50 million to Boston-area causes over the next five years, including $25 million for Boston Public Schools. That money is intended to reach every Boston high school student through computer science courses and "GE Brilliant Career
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One of the main group of activists that opposed Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics is trying to lead a charge against GE's recently announced intentions to move to the Hub, according to a Politico report. According to the report, No Boston 2024 — a group
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Will "Taxachusetts" soon join the undead? On Wednesday, lawmakers on Beacon Hill have an opportunity to drive a stake through the heart of that long-derided state nickname, by refusing to vote for a new 4 percent surcharge on million-dollar incomes. If legislators give the proposed constitutional amendment the
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Maybe Yale should move. That's the reaction of at least one Yale graduate, the Cato Institute's Walter Olson, to the news that the Connecticut state legislature is reportedly considering imposing a new tax on endowment income of universities with endowments larger than $10 billion.
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