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Amazon hires outside firm to investigate internal discrimination
Amazon.com Inc. is investigating reports of toxic employee behavior in its cloud-computing unit, a move that follows an internal petition from employees claiming systemic harassment, bullying and bias against women and underrepresented groups.
Luxury apartment tower in Everett clears city permitting
V10′s project, dubbed Sky Everett, makes it a pioneer in that part of the city. Whether other developers will follow remains to be seen.
Delays, more masks and mandatory shots: Virus surge disrupts office-return plans
Individual companies are now being forced to make tough decisions that they had hoped could be avoided, such as whether to reverse reopening plans or institute vaccine mandates for employees. All the while, they continue to grapple with the unpredictable nature of the pandemic.
State’s second-largest health insurer says it won’t cover new Alzheimer’s drug
The company formed by the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is the first insurer in Massachusetts to balk at covering Aduhelm.
COVID explodes in Cancun, Los Cabos as new wave hits Mexico
A third coronavirus wave fueled by the highly contagious delta variant is battering two of Mexico’s most popular tourist destinations on opposite coasts, Los Cabos in the Pacific and Cancun on the Caribbean.
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A Black entrepreneur wanted to find success in the Seaport. Instead she had to go to New York. Her business is taking off
This was a case of lost opportunity. We have so few high-profile Black-owned businesses in Boston that when one gets away, it hurts.
Too much hard seltzer? Boston Beer tumbles on flat sales of fizzy drinks
Expecting a “summer peak,” chief executive Dave Burwick said, Boston Beer had increased the production of Truly. But sales didn’t follow, and now the stuff is piling up.
Study links growth of Airbnb listings in Boston to 911 calls
The Northeastern researchers said they undertook the study because while the question of Airbnb’s link to crime had been posed in writings, no one had “done their due diligence” to test the data.