The philanthropic arm of Walmart Stores Inc. said Friday it will donate $779,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital, the latest in a series of generous donations to area charities that could bolster the Arkansas retail chain’s local reputation after several failed attempts to expand in the Boston market. Since the beginning of the year, the Walmart Foundation has donated more than $900,000 to Greater Boston charities, including $50,000 to the Greater Boston Food Bank and $25,000 to Boston Medical Center. In addition, the mega­retailer provided $5 million in funding to a Brandeis University-run Continue reading >>>

Brooke Daly, a community relations manager with The Computer Merchant, goes over a resume with Army veteran Arthur Grimes during the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s ‘Boots to Business’ event yesterday hosted by Chamber chief Paul Guzzi. The event connects employers with local veterans.

MONDAY: Ben Mezrich (“Sex on the Moon”) reads at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Marjorie Garber (“Loaded Words”) reads at 7 p.m. at Harvard Book Store TUESDAY: Jennifer Weiner (“The Next Best Thing”) reads at 6 p.m. at the Boston Public Library, Copley … Gina Apostol (“Gun Dealers’ Daughter”) and Pagan Kennedy (“The First Man-Made Man”) read at 7 p.m. at Porter Square Books … Carissa Halston (“The Mere Weight of Words”) and Jill McDonough (“Habeas Corpus”) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Tim Chamberlain (“Our Valued Customers: Conversations From Continue reading >>>

Collaborative project hosted at the 2012 National Apartment Association Education Conference Exposition helps The Greater Boston Food Bank provide more than 2,400 meals to those in need Provo, UT (PRWEB) July 12, 2012 Property Solutions International, Inc., the fastest growing property management software provider in the nation, announced its recent contribution to The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), which was made in conjunction with a collective storytelling project the company hosted at the 2012 National Apartment Association (NAA) Education Conference Exposition in Boston, June 28-30, Continue reading >>>

BOSTON -- Massachusetts business leaders are launching a program intended to connect employers with military veterans returning from overseas deployment or active duty. The "Boots to Business" initiative will benefit some of the nearly 13,400 veterans who showed up for services at the state’s career centers last year. Only just over 5,200 of these veterans were employed. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development says Massachusetts has seen a 13 percent increase in the number of veterans discharged from military service within the last three years. The Greater Boston Chamber of Continue reading >>>

BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts business leaders are launching a program intended to connect employers with military veterans returning from overseas deployment or active duty. The "Boots to Business" initiative will benefit some of the nearly 13,400 veterans who showed up for services at the state's career centers last year. Only just over 5,200 of these veterans were employed. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development says Massachusetts has seen a 13% increase in the number of veterans discharged from military service within the Continue reading >>>

As the U.S. war in Afghanistan winds down, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is launching an initiative to connect companies with veterans returning home to a weak job market. Today’s kickoff of “Boots to Business” at the Boston Harbor Hotel aims to show companies the advantages of hiring veterans and introduce veterans to prospective employers and mentors. “Hiring veterans is a win-win,” said Jim Klocke, the chamber’s executive vice president. “They can bring great skills to a company, and companies can help them re-enter the workforce after they’ve completed a tour of duty.” For Continue reading >>>

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iParty Corp. (NYSE Amex: IPT) today announced plans to open two new retail party stores in the Greater Boston Area. The first store will anchor an exciting new center in Waltham, Massachusetts, the Main Street Marketplace. The second store will open in the Westgate Market Place in Plaistow, New Hampshire, and will serve the Haverhill, Massachusetts market. Sal Perisano, iParty’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are extremely pleased to add these two locations to our family of full-line Continue reading >>>

BREW 2012 Is Scheduled for October 15 Through October 26 Boston Region Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) announced today the official start of the 2012 celebration of events that will provide programs and activities around entrepreneurship in Greater Boston and the surrounding communities. With the BREW celebration taking place during the weeks of October 15 - October 26, the BREW committee is currently asking for organizers of entrepreneurial events to register their event details online at http://www.brewboston.org. Events can include such things as educational workshops, Continue reading >>>