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Diversity-focused Boston VC firm raises first fund

Visible Hands says it will invest $10.5 million in startups founded by women and people of color.

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Brown University is planning a new life sciences building in Providence’s Jewelry District
An architect, exact location, and timeline have not yet been chosen by the university. Construction could take “about four to five years.”

CVS and Rite Aid limit emergency contraceptive purchases as demand surges after Roe ruling
CVS and Rite Aid pharmacies are limiting purchases of emergency contraceptive pills as demand for the medication surged following the US Supreme Court decision that struck down the constitutional right to abortion.

Former AG Martha Coakley heads back to Foley Hoag after stint at Juul Labs
Former state Attorney General Martha Coakley has rejoined Boston law firm Foley Hoag, as co-chair of the firm’s State Attorney General practice, after leaving Juul Labs.

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Airbus close to winning $5.5 billion order from Jet Airways

The potential order comes as Jet Airways, once India’s top private airline, is preparing to return to the skies.

Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills

Social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect on Friday.

Russia appears closer to defaulting on its international debt as grace period ends

Russia seemed closer to an international debt default as a grace period to make a payment expired, exhibiting how isolated Russia has become from global financial markets.

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Trump’s social network deal is under grand jury scrutiny

The public listing of former president Donald Trump’s social media company took a fresh blow Monday when the cash-rich shell company merging with Trump’s company disclosed in a regulatory filing that a federal grand jury in New York recently issued subpoenas to the company and its directors.

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Startups need more women in the board room

In 2019, when Corbin Petro helped get Waltham startup Eleanor Health off the ground, she and her two female co-founders found themselves working with a board of directors with four white men. Petro wanted to change that.

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GE CEO Culp takes reins of aviation unit as Slattery loses top post

General Electric Co.’s chairman and chief executive will assume responsibility for its jet engine unit.