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This online fitness brand is launching line of shoes and clothing designed by Boston teens
Boston-based NOBULL, an online fitness brand, partnered with Artists for Humanity, a Boston nonprofit that connects under-resourced teens with paid jobs in art and design.
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Airbnb revenue beats estimates, showing demand amid COVID surge
Airbnb showed sales of $859 million in the final three months of 2020, a decline of only 22 percent from a year earlier. Analysts had been projecting $739.7 million.
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DoorDash beats revenue estimates amid year-end pandemic surge
Sales increased 225 percent in the three months ended Dec. 31 from a year earlier, totaling $970 million, DoorDash said in its first financial report since becoming a public company in December.
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MassMutual to invest in Black-owned businesses, tech startups
The Springfield-based life insurer unveiled the MM Catalyst Fund on Thursday.
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Merck to buy autoimmune drug developer for $1.85 billion
Merck has agreed to acquire Pandion Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company developing therapies for autoimmune diseases.
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First a closure, now a breakup of the team behind Eastern Standard and Island Creek Oyster Bar
After a decade in business together, the owners of the restaurant group who operated Eastern Standard, Island Creek Oyster Bar, The Hawthorne, and Row 34 are ending their partnership a week after announcing that a trio of their restaurants in Kenmore Square would close.
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House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people
The Democratic-led House passed a bill Thursday that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation’s labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Biden, though the legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate.
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GameStop’s Reddit-driven roller coaster rages on as volume soars
The video-game retailer, whose shares briefly doubled again, rose 19 percent to $108.73, the highest since Feb. 1.