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Available positions at establishments with fewer than 10 workers rose almost 20% in recent months.
AG seeks consumer protections from ‘junk’ fees

December 1, 2023 | By Christian M. Wade | Statehouse Reporter

BOSTON — The state’s top law enforcement officer is taking aim at “junk” fees for products and services that advocates say are fleecing consumers out of tens of billions of…
Business Confidence Flat in November

December 1, 2023 | Alexis_

Business confidence remained essentially flat during November amid a softening labor market, cooling wage growth and moderating inflation…. The post Business Confidence Flat in November appeared first on Associated Industries…
Boston’s office vacancy stands at its highest rate since the pandemic, yet a number of firms have committed to major office footprints in Boston in the past year.
Investors, who often have the advantage of paying in cash to elbow out the competition, have accounted for a third of purchases in neighborhoods like Chelsea and Lynn in the…
LYNN — The Essex County Community Foundation is partnering with Healing Abuse Working for Change to help survivors of domestic violence. ECCF will provide funding for HAWC to offer free…
Restaurants and retailers still struggling to meet the terms of leases they signed before COVID are approaching landlords with creative proposals to restructure their monthly rent check. The answers often…
Business owners of color are struggling to access capital at even higher rates than they were pre-pandemic, according to a new report by The Boston Foundation.
The event “is driving a net increase in giving” globally, according to organizers.