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Senator Elizabeth Warren on Monday called for doubling federal government funding of scientific and biomedical research and for more consistent financing of the National Institutes of Health, which have both helped fuel the state’s innovation economy. Speaking to a forum held by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Monday, the Massachusetts Democrat said increasing investments into medical research can save lives and money. Research into drugs that delay Alzheimer’s disease and cheaper vaccines can reduce the nation’s health care costs, she said. The National Institutes of Health “drives Continue reading >>>

Craig Douglas Managing editor/online vertical products and research- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter In Sunday’s Boston Globe, new owner John Henry penned a 2,800-word guest column to explain his motivation in purchasing the newspaper company, outlining in the process the shared role that both he and the Greater Boston community have in sustaining the Globe going forward. Here are excerpts Continue reading >>>

(NECN) – With the Boston Red Sox in the World Series this year, there is a major impact on the Boston economy, the tourism industry, and city spirit.  Pat Moscaritolo, President CEO of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, talked about how great this is for the city of Boston, and why the visitor economy is on track its best year since 1999. “At this time of year, we see just how big a business sports is. We know it’s a big business for the players and the agents that negotiate the contracts, it’s a big business for Continue reading >>>

Boston’s metropolitan landscape has been 200 years in the making. From its proto-suburban village centers of 1800 to its far-flung, automobile-centric exurbs of today, Boston has been a national pacesetter for suburbanization. Join James O’Connell at the Hingham Public Library at 3 p.m., on Sunday, Nov. 10, for a talk and slide presentation on his new book, “The Hub’s Metropolis: Greater Boston’s Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart Growth.” The program is sponsored by Hingham Public Library. A book signing will follow the presentation. Dubbed, “the Continue reading >>>

BOSTON (CBS) — With the 2013 construction season winding down and daily temperatures falling, the state Department of Transportation is trying to finish several resurfacing projects on Greater Boston highways. On Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. and set to continue through 8 p.m., multiple lane closures were set on the section of Route 128 South/Interstate-93 North in the area between Ponkapoag Trail (Exit 3) and Route 24 (Exit 4) in Milton and Randolph. The road closures allowed work crews to complete roadway paving operations, a DOT spokeswoman said. The ramp from I-93 North to Route 24 Continue reading >>>

A week ago Boston marked the six-month anniversary of the Marathon bombing. That was to be expected but it seems there’s an observance of the April 15 bombing every day in Greater Boston. Every public event, from July 4 to the baseball playoffs, is accompanied by a reference to the bombing. It’s too much. In no way would I detract from the suffering of those families directly affected by the carnage on Boylston Street. For them, the attack is an everyday hardship, an everyday sadness, an everyday anger. Not so for the rest of us; most of us were not involved in a Continue reading >>>

The week before Halloween, Gov. Deval Patrick is giving out transportation projects like candy: New Red and Orange line cars to calm those anxious commuters in Greater Boston who despair of seeing an end to the horror show that is commuting on the MBTA; electronic tolling that will prod drivers who haven’t gotten a transponder to get with the program; and straighter roads at the Allston tolls on the Mass Turnpike. But the South Coast Rail, the one apple Patrick would dearly love to give out, has worms in it. With little to say about concrete progress on South Coast Rail Continue reading >>>

It costs more per person to run the city of Everett than any other city in Greater Boston. That’s a fact. And it’s a sad fact for local residents.  When you combine the high cost of government with the highest commercial industrial tax rate in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you have a city with a very bleak economic future. We spent nearly $4,100 per person in Fiscal Year 2013 to operate city government in Everett.  Compare that with $2,979 per person for Malden; $2,648 for Medford; $3,054 for Revere for and $2,915 for Somerville. These costs were calculated using tax information obtained Continue reading >>>