BOSTON, MA - Cathay Pacific Airways today announced at a joint press conference at the Massachusetts State House with Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, Richard Davey, President and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Paul Guzzi, and Thomas P. Glynn, CEO, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), that it will commence a new four-times-weekly nonstop service from Boston Logan International Airport to Hong Kong on May 3, 2015, subject to government approval. The new service will link New England and Hong Kong directly for the first time, and marks Cathay Pacific’s sixth gateway Continue reading >>>

Boston innovation community non-profit, Technology Underwriting Greater Good, will be holding its fourth annual Tech Gives Back day on Wednesday, Sept. 10. This year, the day-long event—at which employees of local tech companies fan out across Greater Boston to help charities with various projects—will feature a new co-host, Silicon Valley Bank. In just two years, the event has grown from having 500 volunteers come out to lend a hand for the community to 2,000 people lined up for this year’s event. TUGG already has more than 40 local companies already involved, including Goodwin Procter, Continue reading >>>

Two-term state Attorney General Martha Coakley is running against state Treasurer Steve Grossman and former health care administrator Donald Berwick for a spot on the November ticket as the Democrat nominee for governor. The Editorial Board of MassLive.com and The Republican will meet with Coakley next week. We want to know what questions you have for the candidate. Please file your questions in the comments section below or email us directly at letters@repub.com. Following is background on Coakley's record as attorney general and her platform as governor, taken from a number of sources: She Continue reading >>>

(BOSTON) – More than 60 Greater Boston theatre companies of all styles and sizes will unite on Tuesday, September 9 in the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts for the second annual Greater Boston Theatre Expo. The public is invited to attend the free event held from 5:30pm to 8:30pm to meet representatives and artists from the region’s fringe, small, mid-sized, and large theatre companies, to get information about upcoming productions, and to take advantage of Expo-only ticket offers and giveaways. “Last year’s Expo exceeded everyone’s expectations both from the large number Continue reading >>>

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By Canton Citizen The FBI’s Violent Crimes Task Force is seeking the public’s assistance to identify an unknown serial bank robber who robbed two banks in the greater Boston area from July 28 to August 11. Surveillance footage from an August 11 robbery in Milton The robber is a black male with a medium athletic build, approximately 25-30 years old, 5’8” to 6’ tall, is clean shaven and may have a tattoo on the right side of his neck. While a weapon has not been displayed during any of the robberies, the suspect has gestured to his waist, as if reaching for a weapon. He is Continue reading >>>

The numbers of anti-infective drugs, such as Cubist's recently-approved Sivextro, have seen the fastest growth in recent years, as cancer drugs have become slightly less dominant. Don Seiffert BioFlash Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  |  Continue reading >>>

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