Publication: Boston Business Journal

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Stonehill College names a new president, Rev. John Denning

Stonehill College announced Friday that it has named Rev. John Denning, its vice president for student affairs, as its tenth President, according to a news release from the Easton, Mass., Catholic college.The announcement followed a unanimous vote by ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Stonehill College, Catholic

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Shaw Group Inc

H.N. Gorin feels the pinch as empty Stoughton property sits

H.N. Gorin Inc., a Boston-based owner and manager of commercial properties, had nearly two years to prepare for the day when its largest tenant, The Shaw Group, was scheduled to exit its 197,000-square-foot space at 100 Technology Center Drive in Stoughton. ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Property, Shaw Group Inc, Federal

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc

Aegerion stock soars on price boost for cholesterol drug, Juxtapid

Shares of Aegerion Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:AEGR) rose more than 30 percent to $61.10 as of 3:45 p.m. Thursday after the company said it would increase the price of Juxtapid, its drug which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: Aegerion Pharmaceuticals Inc, Cholesterol, Drugs

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard University

Harvard Innovation Lab startup helps police with gang mapping software

A team of engineers at a resident startup located in the Harvard Innovation Lab, home to many startups each semester, has developed software to map gang hierarchy. Their app will aid in the police effort to disrupt gang activity.Nucleik has developed ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Startup, Harvard University, Invention

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Amtrak

Is Amtrak's new Wi-Fi upgrade really going to work?

Amtrak announced improved Wi-Fi service on its Acela and Northeast Regional and several other train routes, Thursday – but has the touted upgrade actually fixed Amtrak's widely mocked "why-try" Wi-Fi? Some riders say yes, but technology observers say ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Wi-Fi, Amtrak, BuzzFeed

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Startup focus: Ubersense helps you hone your game

When Krishna Ramchandran started playing golf a few years ago, he admits his game was really bad.He tried using videotapes to capture his form and solicit feedback from instructors, but found the process to be cumbersome.Finally, when video capabilities ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Startup, Boston (Massachusetts, United States)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Wheelock College

Wheelock College brings in a new dean from Connecticut State

Mitchell Sakofs, currently the dean of the school of education and professional studies at Central Connecticut State University, has been named Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Programs at Wheelock College, the college announced Thursd ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Wheelock College, Central Connecticut State University, Education

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Arbella offers discount on text-blocking technology

Arbella Insurance Foundation in Quincy, Mass. plans to fight texting while driving by offering a discount on a text-blocking technology, Trigger.Trigger is made by Baton Rouge, La.-based Cellcontrol, which describes it as a patented, non-pairing Bluetooth-enabled ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Arbella, Baton Rouge (United States), Patent

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Town CFO: Framingham water/sewer rates could rise 21% next year

Mary Ellen Kelly, chief financial officer in the town of Framingham, Mass., outlined a scenario in which water and sewer rates for the average household could rise by about $223 in 2014 – an increase of 21 percent for rate-payers in Massachusetts' largest ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sewer

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Skyword raises $6.7M to expand marketing content biz

Boston-based Skyword, which provides Web content to help large companies with online marketing efforts, said Friday it has closed $6.7 million in growth funding led by previous investor Cox Media Group.Skyword said the funding would be used to increase ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Cox Media Group, Internet Marketing

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Amesbury-based Provident Bank wraps up leadership shuffle

The Provident Bank has shuffled titles among its executives, making the CEO role separate from that of president.Charles Cullen, president and CEO since 2004, was made executive chairman of the Amesbury-based bank. David Mansfield, previously executive ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 16 2013]

Entities: Leadership, David Mansfield, Charles Cullen

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Intuit’s QuickBase moving HQ to Cambridge

QuickBase, a cloud-based software company and a division of Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU), plans to relocate its headquarters to Cambridge this fall.The company has leased 60,884 square feet at 150 Cambridge Park Drive, a 10-story office building in the ... [Published Boston Business Journal - May 15 2013]

Entities: Intuit Inc, Alewife

Quotes

"I noted much improvement on my trip upup on NE Regional, on Tuesday" BuzzFeed reporter Chris Geidner wrote in a tweet, Thursday

Is Amtrak's new Wi-Fi upgrade really going to work? [Published Boston Business Journal - May 17 2013]

The departure this week of Walt Doyle as general manager of the PayPal Media Network in Boston had been planned, and the company will "continue to do good things for Boston and PayPal overall" moving forward, PayPal's David Chang said Wednesday

Walt Doyle leaving PayPal 'in good shape,' exec says [Published Boston Business Journal - May 15 2013]

Liam Donohue, general partner at .406, said in an email that the investment is "part of my broader investment theme on technologies that improve clinical delivery."

In brief: .406 backs behavioral health startup; Leaf releases new version of small biz tablet [Published Boston Business Journal - May 14 2013]

"I gave Karen the President title in June of 2007, which sent a clear message that she would some day succeed me. And that day is here" Sheehan said in a statement

Transfer of power: Karen Kaplan to CEO at Hill Holliday [Published Boston Business Journal - May 14 2013]

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