The Boston-Cambridge area has much more expertise in technology and innovation than the West Coast, but needs to create a “critical mass” of angel investors and venture capitalists to continue to excel, the director of the MIT Media Lab said today. “If you bet on the right people, and you bet enough, you’ll get a hit,” said Joichi Ito, an early investor in Twitter, told nearly 200 people at a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Ito said he encourages the Media Lab’s 26 faculty members and approximately 150 students to “try something that works in Continue reading >>>

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 11:16am   The Greater Boston office market enjoyed a strong start to the year, according to a new quarterly research publication released this morning by Richards Barry Joyce Partners LLC (RBJP).According to the report by the Boston-based commercial real estate firm, the market posted a solid quarter to start the year, with overall vacancy dropping slightly to 15.3 percent. In the Continue reading >>>

Hotels continued to show improvement in February. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor - Boston Business Journal Email Greater Boston hotels reported steadily improving operating results for February 2012, according to the latest survey from PKF Consulting. The 91 Continue reading >>>

Winslow Towson/for The Boston Globe Junior Andre Rolim is one of the elite middle-distance runners in the country. By Matt Goisman, Globe Correspondent Somerville High School’s outdoor track and field teams will begin their season Thursday afternoon against Everett at Dilboy Stadium. Both the boys’ and girls’ squads went undefeated and claimed Greater Boston League titles last spring, but key losses to both rosters might hurt their chances to repeat this year. “I think we just could be that one or two person short this season,” said girls’ coach Charlie O’Rourke. See our gallery Continue reading >>>

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Home / Real Estate News / We Recommend... Tenants in the Greater Boston office market took more than 963,000 square feet of office space off the market in the first quarter of 2012, the highest quarterly total since 2007.This marks the area's fourth consecutive quarter Continue reading >>>

By Johanna Kaiser, Town Correspondent As Fenway Park celebrates its 100th anniversary and the Red Sox look ahead to a new season, one Boston museum is looking back on the history of the baseball and local African American teams. The Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill’s Joy Street is displaying a new exhibit titled the “The Color of Baseball” set to open this month. The exhibit focuses on the history of black teams, the players, and the sports community during baseball’s early years. On display will be photographs and equipment of the day, including the shoes socks, bags, Continue reading >>>

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