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How BU's B-school plans to take on Harvard and MIT
An impartial observer couldn't even call this a David vs. Goliath match, but Boston University's B-school dean has very big plans, starting with a major revamp of the MBA curriculum. By John A. Byrne...
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The great surveillance boom
Video surveillance is already big business. In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, expect it to get even bigger.
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Why Boston is attracting great entrepreneurs
By Brent Grinna, contributor Earlier this week I read Jon Laispostdetailing the reasons why many of his peers at Harvard Business School arent interested in building companies in Boston. Jon cited an...
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To Boston and its people, ancient and substantial (Fortune, 1933)
Editor’s note:Every Sunday,Fortunepublishes a favorite storyfrom our magazine archives. As Boston begins what will ultimately be a long healing process in the wake of the April 15 marathon bombings, we...
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One-on-one with Abby Johnson, Fidelity’s ultra-private president
Abby Johnson, president of FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments, told a room full of entrepreneurs that being a privately held business (FMR is owned by employees and the Johnson family)...
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Solar cells charge cell phones on Boston’s new ‘smart’ benches
Benches in several Boston parks are about to get a little fancy. Through a partnership with aMassachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab spinoff, Changing Environments, the city announced Friday...
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Google unveils maps to track natural gas leaks below city streets
Google has unveiled a series of interactive maps which allow users to track natural gas leaks beneath the streets of Boston, Indianapolis and Staten Island. Google Earth Outreach, teaming up on the...
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What the Market Basket deal says about American workers
Imagine high-level executives, store managers, clerks, and warehouse workers standing outside their stores side by side for a month demanding their CEO be reinstated and the business model that made...
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How Uber could help end traffic jams
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Sam Frizell, TIME Uber said Tuesday that it will share its transportation data with Boston officials in...
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Boston’s ban on anti-Olympics talk is unproductive
If you work for the City of Boston and you're not 100% keen on the idea of the city hosting the 2024 Olympic games--think of the crowds! the construction!--Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants you to keep all...
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Boston is using big data to solve traffic jams
Boston’s traffic issues are well-known and now the city is taking on one primary scourge--double-parking--with real-time data analysis and old-fashioned police work. The city is testing a pilot program...
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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh welcomes Acquia to the hub
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh hopes Acquia’s move from the ‘burbs downtown presages wave of similar migrations. Acquia, which runs a commercial business around open-source Drupal content management...
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Cops declare Boston Fourth of July a no-drone zone
Anyone planning to fly an unmanned aerial vehicle during the big Boston July fourth shindig, better rethink that plan. Drones, private or official, are barred from the event on the river Charles, state...
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Boston mayor ‘cannot commit’ to Olympics bid
The pursuit of a Boston Olympic Games looks more and more like a long shot. In a press conference held on Monday morning, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said he couldn’t support the city’s bid to potentially...
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That’s more like it: Boston drivers are the worst
The world is back on its axis. New data shows that Boston drivers are the worst in the nation. That news comes a day after other research found that Massachusetts wasn’t even among the 10 worst states...
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This city just banned smokeless tobacco in all ballparks
A staple of professional baseball--smokeless tobacco--was just banned from one of the sport’s most iconic ballparks. On Wednesday, the Boston City Council voted to prohibit chewing tobacco and other...
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This British low-cost fast-fashion chain is set to invade the U.S.
British fast fashion is invading the U.S. Primark, the U.K.’s version of a Forever 21 or H&M, is opening its first store across the pond in Boston’s Downtown Crossing Thursday, the Wall Street...
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Uber and Lyft face a new challenger in Boston
With millions of active passengers, more than a million drivers, and a five-year head start, why on Earth would anyone want to challenge ride-hailing giant Uber? We’re not sure, but Boston-based Fasten...
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Exclusive: EzCater closes $28 million in funding from Insight Venture Partners
EzCater, a Boston-based business catering platform, has closed a $28 million round of Series C funding led by Insight Venture Partners. The round includes a $13 million tranche that closed in March....
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Is Your Least-Favorite Traffic Bottleneck on This List?
Everyone thinks their city has the worst traffic choke points, but not everyone can be a winner--if that’s the right word. A new study published by the American Highway Users Alliance lists the...
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