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Beth Healy

Healy rejoined the Business section to do financial investigations in 2008. She spent several years with the Spotlight team, where their 2006 investigative series, "Debtor's Hell,'' was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. She won an enterprise award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2010.

Latest stories

Gabriel Gomez reports 6 years of income to be $10.1 million

By Stephanie Ebbert and Beth Healy , Globe Staff

The Republican nominee for the US Senate special election paid an effective tax rate of 21 percent over that period.

Tech firms are the guiding stars for the Mass. economy

By Beth Healy , Globe Staff

Technology companies — whether biotech or big data — dominate the Globe 100 list again this year, but other sectors are following their lead.

Harvard endowment chief sees big boost in pay

By Beth Healy , Globe Staff

Harvard University endowment chief Jane Mendillo earned $5.3 million in 2011, up 52 percent from the previous year.

Keith F. Higgins is named director of SEC’s Division of Corporate Finance

By Beth Healy , Globe Staff

Boston attorney Keith F. Higgins of the firm Ropes & Gray was named director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporate Finance. Higgins, 61, has been with Ropes since 1983 and has worked on more than 50 initial public offerings for corporations. He also has advised public companies on mergers and acquisitions, compliance and corporate governance. In joining the SEC, he would be in charge of rules to help make sure investors are provided all the information they need about companies to make sound investment decisions. His group also is in charge of reviewing filings and ensuring that companies meet their disclosure obligations. He will assume the new job next month.