WGBH Will the Boston Globe tighten its John Henry disclosure policy? Q: Does the Boston Globe disclose that John Henry owns the paper whenever it reports on one of his other business interests? Or does it omit that information, leaving less-savvy readers in the dark? A: Yes. Tuesday was a case in point. On page one, the Globe’s Brian MacQuarrie reported that the Stop Handgun Violence billboard on Lansdowne […]
International Business Times Quality crisis at GM: The worst year for recalls since 2004 General Motors Co.’s (NYSE:GM) problems have gotten so bad that this year it has recalled more vehicles than it’s sold since the company’s 2009 bankruptcy, raising questions about whether the century-old carmaker has made any progress under U.S. taxpayer support. The last time GM had a recall even close to this year’s 13.7 million vehicle […]
Forbes The biggest myth about family business There seems to be no shortage of myths about family business, but they all seem to start with one. This myth has been written and repeated so many times for so many years – by leading experts in the field, no less – that an alarming number of people accept it as fact. That myth […]
Business Insider How Warren Buffett made me smarter about charity I bet that, like me, when you’ve donated to charity you’ve had a slightly queasy feeling. You probably wrestled with questions like: Will my donation do any good? Is the charity well run? Is this the most effective way I can help a cause I care about? I’m actually now feeling more confident about being an effective […]
WGBH Trying times: Paper fires Jill Abramson The popular advice now for women who want to succeed in the workplace is to “lean in.” But this week, former New York Times editor Jill Abramson learned the hard way that while that approach can take you to the top, it can also bring you down.
The Christian Science Monitor The art of public mourning Memorial Day in the United States was established not long after the Civil War as a way for the nation to honor members of the military who lost their lives in service. Amid other traditions that have sprung out of the holiday – parades, picnics, and concerts on the lawn – people still pay solemn […]
Door by door, colleges install systems for online control of building access Northeastern University was using traditional metal keys for about half its dorm rooms, with an offline access system—using swipe cards that communicate only with designated locks—for the rest three years ago, when officials there began looking into alternatives. This summer the university will install about 2,400 online locks in its residential facilities, in addition to […]
Boston.com Watch this year’s notable commencement speakers Janet Napolitano gave the Northeastern University commencement speech.
Northeastern adds Boundless exec Nick Ducoff as vice president for new ventures Northeastern University has appointed entrepreneur Nick Ducoff to the newly created position of vice president for new ventures. Ducoff comes to Northeastern from Boundless Learning Inc., an education technology firm based in Boston’s Leather District that provides open source digital learning content such as textbooks and customizable teaching platforms for students and educators. Ducoff has led the […]
An incomplete rainbow When I came out, at 16, in those fashion-challenged late 70s when tweedy jackets and pinky rings had to do hard labor in signifying lesbian identity, my (liberal) mother sent me to a shrink before she began her queer re-education and joined the cause, righteous pink triangle pinned on her ample bosom. I knew not […]
Forbes Urban teens publicly debate financial topics that will shape their futures and ours Regarding the merits of a four-year college degree, a Pew Research Poll, which I highlighted earlier this month, shows that workers with a Bachelor’s degree or higher earn on average $17,000 more annually than their peers with only a high school diploma. In addition, college graduates have significantly lower rates of poverty and unemployment that those without a degree. […]
Are Tesla’s plans for a giant battery factory realistic? Tesla Motors Inc. plans to build one of the world’s largest factories of any kind in the U.S. But it wouldn’t build its electric cars there—it would make the batteries to power them. The plant, slated for completion by 2020 at a cost of as much as $5 billion, would be able to turn out […]