“I go to school in Boston.”Eyes downcast, feet shuffling, we’ve all uttered this evasive response to that most innocent of questions, “Where do you go to college?” to avoid dropping the H-bomb and inciting  judgment from new acquaintances.To say that Harvard students live in Boston is a lie, some would argue, pointing to that unfathomable chasm between Eliot House and Allston, the mighty Charles. Muddy rivers and municipal limits aside, they are wrong. Geographically, Cambridge is a part of Greater Boston, and culturally, Harvard as an institution Continue reading >>>

Location: MarlboroughAcquired by: IBM September, 2010 Terms: About $1.7 billion “Netezza will expand IBM’s business analytics initiatives to help clients gain faster insights into their business information, with increased performance at a lower cost,” IBM said in a statement. Founded in 2000 as Intelligent Data Engines Inc., Netezza went public in 2007 and had clients from Estee Lauder, Marriott, NYSE Euronext and Virgin Media, the Wall Street Journal reported at the time of the acquisition. The company “provided software and servers– those giant black things crammed in a loud, Continue reading >>>

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SUNDAY: David A. Kelly (“Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud that Changed Baseball”) reads at 1 p.m. at Bestsellers Cafe, 24 High St., Medford … Anthony di Mari and Nora Yoo (“Operative Design: A Catalog of Spatial Verbs”) read at 1 p.m. at the Harvard Coop … William Martin (“The Lincoln Letter”) reads at 2 p.m. at Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St., Duxbury … Ellen Zachos (“Backyard Foraging”) reads at 2 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Elizabeth Graver (“The End of the Point”) reads at 3 p.m. at Concord Bookshop, 65 Main St., Concord … Daniel L. Everett Continue reading >>>

One of the two companies competing to provide Greater Boston’s commuter rail service is threatening to drop out if the MBTA does not provide key information by Friday, potentially leaving the state with only one bidder for the largest contract in Massachusetts history. The MBTA had promised to create an even playing field in the competition for the $1 billion-plus commuter rail contract, even though one of the bidders, Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail, currently runs the system and has close personal ties to state transportation leadership. But the only other bidder, Keolis America Inc., said Continue reading >>>

Elisabeth Rockwood of Ashland, a registered nurse, has been honored for her professionalism, leadership and commitment to excellence in patient care at Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston. Rockwood is a certified hospice and palliative care nurse. Hospice of North Shore and Greater Boston honored Rockwood as part of Certified Nurses Day on March 19. Board certification in hospice and palliative care nursing plays an important role in assuring high standards of care, said Diane T. Stringer, president of Hospice of the North Shore Greater Boston. But beyond this, Continue reading >>>

Home prices in the Boston area increased by 10 percent in February, a survey said.  Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Greater Boston home prices edged up in February by 10.6 percent, slightly better than the Continue reading >>>

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Office vacancies are down slightly in the suburbs, but nearly 24 million square feet of direct available space ­is still available, according to Colliers International.  Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter The Continue reading >>>

By Laura Gomez, Globe Correspondent Church leaders from various Christian institutions in the Greater Boston-area are part of the new “Entrepreneurship in Church Community” course, which coaches these students on effective practices to help community entrepreneurs start their own business. Taught by David Gill in the Center for Urban Ministerial Education in Roxbury, which is the Boston campus of The Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, the course’s goal is to mobilize churches to create new businesses and get involved in generating meaningful employment. “We are working our theological, Continue reading >>>