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Boston Business Journal. Co-author of We Are Market Basket. UConn Journalism.

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"When our back is up against the wall, we’ll make sure that we’re fighting hard to preserve everything that we hold dear in our country, starting with our democratic institutions.." Boston's Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate moves further beyond a field trip destination. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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The unveiling of The Embrace monument on Boston Common a year ago was not just a milestone, but the start of a broader effort by a nonprofit that will now be spun out on its own. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Boston's boloco planned to close its last two city restaurants at the end of 2023. It has gotten a reprieve, but its founder doesn't expect a return to Boloco's heyday. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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"We’ve got great darts. We know how to make darts. We have great indoor entertainment games. What is the next logical expansion from there?" A Lynn-based dart maker sees growth opportunity, both in darts and other games. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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QR codes? Paper menus? Self check-in? Four years after the pandemic hit, the hospitality industry is still figuring out how best to tech, including the odd circumstance of taking some tech away in favor of personal service. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Take a look at endowments of the 20 richest Massachusetts colleges and how they've trended in recent years. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Amid a big housing shortage in the Boston area, take a look at the largest residential developments under construction, along with others soon to come. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Boston Beer Co. is marking its 40th anniversary this weekend. Sam Adams founder Jim Koch says he doesn't like looking back, but he did for just the occasion. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Two small faith-based colleges in Massachusetts have come under stricter financial oversight by the state’s Department of Higher Education, which has warned it "cannot confirm" that either school has enough resources to last through next school year. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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A Formula 1 racing simulator arcade is set to open in the Seaport next month— the latest indoor activity venue to open in the neighborhood. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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A former piece of UMass Lowell's campus on the Lowell-Chelmsford line is being developed into 340 units of housing. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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"I knew that what I didn't want to do was create a store that was exactly like everybody else's." The head of Waltham-based Alltown Fresh talks about the upscale convenience stores — marketplaces, as they put it — and what's next. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Boston is getting its third direct flight to the Middle East later this month, and first to Abu Dhabi, when Etihad begins flying out of Logan. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Two Boston-area schools are the first local higher education institutions to break $90,000 in annual student costs. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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🧵One year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

🧵One year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan
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The official campus bookstore for Harvard and MIT, The Harvard Coop, will undergo its first leadership change in more than three decades in September. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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Sam Adams? Harpoon? Night Shift? Untold? How these Massachusetts breweries picked their names. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…