Harlan Platt, a finance professor at Northeastern University, says that, from a customer-experience point of view, the Delta remodeling is largely “cosmetic.” “They fail to touch on the big three concerns of most passengers: legroom, access to bins, and fair prices and fees,” he says. “Like most oligopolistic industries, this is what we can expect […]

The attacks in Paris last week that killed 17 people and wounded dozens were inspired by al Qaeda in Yemen, the group’s leaders officially claimed Wednesday, but one of the main tools used to recruit the attackers, the treatment of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, is becoming less valuable, experts say. Jihadi leaders from al Qaeda […]

I have an idea for how to fix Boston.com, whose executives on Wednesday found themselves apologizing yet again — this time for some juvenile humor about House Speaker John Boehner’s alleged drinking problem following a death threat against him. The screw-up has gotten widespread coverage from, among others, Politico, the Boston Herald (where the story […]

The military designed the missiles and the bunkers that housed them with the utmost urgency, working at a moment when the concern over national security was so severe that it bordered on panic, said Gretchen Heefner, a history professor at Northeastern University in Boston and author of the book “The Missile Next Door.” “They had […]

Boston startup Elsen is looking to accelerate the speed of computer processing at hedge funds and other financial institutions—and now has some funding of its own. The company, founded in 2013 by threeNortheastern University grads, on Wednesday planned to announce that it’s raised $400,000 from local angel investor Bret Siarkowski and Atlas Venture’s Boston Syndicates […]

“To win the public’s approval, however, those who would lead this project must show the permanent payoff. How will the T be improved? How about infrastructure improvements? How will Boston in 2034 be a better place because of the Olympics of 2024?” — Roger I. Abrams, Richardson Professor of Law, Northeastern University, via HuffPost Sports

The kindness of strangers. How wonderful it is when, out of the pure goodness of their hearts, complete strangers step in to rescue us in moments of peril. When it occurs, unvarnished altruism is remarkable. Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will […]

The survey found family-owned businesses with solid, formal succession plans are scarce. Nearly 75 percent said they do not have a documented succession plan in place for senior roles in the company, PwC said. This maybe because many businesses think succession plans are a long, drawn-out process, said Ted Clark, executive director of the Northeastern […]

Daniel Medwed, a professor of criminal law at Northeastern University School of Law, told BostInno he doesn’t expect Tsnaraev to take the stand. There’s a higher chance he will during the sentencing phase of the trial, but not during cross-examination. “The cross-examination would be withering,” said Medwed. Of taking the stand during the sentencing phase, he said […]

When Abubakr Shenkau’s Boko Haram followers killed an estimated 2000 people in 16 communities last week, few of us barely noticed. Our attention riveted instead on acts of terror in Paris. Today we look into that collective blind spot when it comes to Nigeria’s terror and ask about the parallels between ISIS and Boko Haram.

The Hub is all a’twitter about its selection as the United States’ candidate city for the 2024 Olympics. Those of us who call Boston home understand why it has progressed so far in the selection process. It has a great sports tradition. It can fulfill its promise in a timely and efficient manner. Yet, the […]

Before 9/11, terrorists had a safe haven to plan, recruit and train, Clint Watts, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, said in an interview. Following the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. government and its western allies implemented robust measures to prevent a similar attack. They installed machines in airports that scanned for materials that could be […]