Thank heavens it’s Election Day, so we won’t have to listen to the people who want to be governor go on and on about the economy anymore.OK, hopefully that got your attention. Charlie Baker and Martha Coakley never stopped talking during the campaign, but the subject of the state’s economy hardly ever came up. Can you remember anything either of them said about it? Continue reading below So here’s a brief but important reminder for the person who will actually become our next governor (you’ll know who you are by this evening): Massachusetts doesn’t have Continue reading >>>

Roger Farrington Tim Ferriss (left) and Steve DiFillippo at the BUILDFest gala. BUILD Greater Boston, an organization that gets young people excited about business by giving them real-life entrepreneurial experiences, honored some supporters at its BUILDFest Gala Fundraiser Student Business Expo last week at the Westin Copley. The honorees were “The 4-Hour Workweek” author and philanthropist Tim Ferriss, Davio’s boss Steve DiFillippo, and the city’s Chief of Economic Development John Barros. (Barros couldn’t make it to the Thursday event Continue reading >>>

Boston tech is in the middle of a passionate love affair with an entire country: France. Today’s announcement that the Publicis Groupe, one of the world’s largest advertising and marketing conglomerates, has acquired Boston-based Sapient for somewhere in the ballpark of $3.7 billion, is just another example of a relationship that is starting to develop into something more than just a few suggestive glances and flirtatious overtures. Sapient, a marketing/consulting firm that offers business, marketing, and technology services, will be incorporated into Publicis.Sapient, a software platform Continue reading >>>

Margie Kern, Sotheby’s International Realty’s lead broker in Newton, MA and a principal of Newton residential real estate company, Karp, Liberman Kern Sotheby’s International Realty, is named by BOSTON TOP 20 as one of its top 20 performing real estate agents for September 2014. According to Ms. Kern “I don’t forget for one minute that my success is due to my happy and satisfied clients as well as the hard working professionals that make up Team Kern. To all of them I just want to say “Thank You”. I think that all of my clients would agree that I, along with all Continue reading >>>

CapeBuilt Development LLC has appointed Renee Hansen operations manager. This and more in today's Around the Region. A summary of recent transactions and personnel news within Greater Boston's real estate community.CapeBuilt Development LLC has appointed Renee Hansen operations manager. Hansen oversees the sales team and coordinates Continue reading >>>

A storm that brought Massachusetts its first snow of the season is beginning to wind down, forecasters said. The storm came with strong winds and rain, causing power outages and coastal flooding.“It’s a classic nor’easter,” said Bill Simpson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Continue reading below By mid-morning, Greater Boston was seeing some snow, which continued into the early afternoon before turning into rain, and clearing out.In southeastern Massachusetts, snow had been falling steadily. Beverly and Hyannis were still experiencing Continue reading >>>

Sunday, November 2, 2014, 3:00am By David Bates Special To Banker Tradesman An advertisement to rent a Boston condominium for a vacation rental never shows photos of the front of the building: it’s a mystery. The precise location of the building also is undisclosed: it’s an enigma. Who owns the condo is a riddle. A valid subscription is required to read the article or use the tool you've Continue reading >>>

A weekend storm that started Saturday morning promised a “one-two punch” expected to last through Sunday afternoon, according to Bill Simpson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.The storm will be “a slow build from here,” Simpson said Saturday morning. Continue reading below North and northwesterly winds and accompanying rain gradually increased Saturday, peaking late in the evening before a lull was expected to lead into another leg of the storm.With the temperature dropping overnight, a dusting of snow was likely in some areas across the state, Continue reading >>>