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Print Edition: Week of October 21, 2009

Previous: October 7, 2009

Exclusive Reports

• New England tech events slide in 2009; Boston and Cambridge venues hit hardest
• Top 10 Boston tech community locales
• 10 tips for techies: How to network effectively
• Free meeting spaces crop up in Greater Boston
• Telepresence videoconferencing saves money and time, say backers
• IBM’s Center for Social Software looks at the next stage
• Live events still abound, but virtual meetings on the rise
• Clothing design, sales and swaps find a home online
• The Pitch: Atropha aims to make biofuels to withstand harsh climate
• Tech Citizenship: Local techs lending a hand
• The Mover: Harper's angling skills handy as Abt Associate's CIO
• Changing Places: Who's coming? Who's going? Who's changing places?

Opinion

• In connections, face to face still counts
• How I See It: Increasing NIH funding means jobs and reputation for New England
• Policy Tracker: Patrick creates Mass. STEM council; Nonprofits, schools vie for innovation grants
• How I See It: Networking for 20-somethings requires lesson in introductions
• Invest for the long run in employee training during an economic downturn

Latest News

• Mass. claims $2M for statewide broadband service [Friday]
• STR Holdings in IPO after 65 years [Friday]
• LogMeIn aims for $60M offering [Friday]
• Boston Scientific pays $296M to settle Guidant allegations [Friday]
• Gloucester Pharmaceuticals’ lymphoma drug wins FDA OK [Friday]
• Beerman takes CEO post at RXi Pharmaceuticals [Friday]
• Past and present innovators take center stage at MassTLC Awards [Friday]
• Facet Solutions acquires Archus Orthopedics [Friday]
• N.E. researchers share grants for infectious diseases [Friday]
• Mass. solar installers worry over end of rebates [Friday]
• Struggling Textron finds success with drone planes [Friday]
• ARPA-E awards $33M to Mass. cleantech firms [Friday]
• Online heating oil price reports aim for lowest cost delivery [Friday]
• EnerNOC posts first quarterly profit [Thursday]
• Zeemote shuts down, plans sale of assets [Thursday]
• PerkinElmer newborn screening platform gets FDA clearance [Thursday]
• Shire's Gaucher drug gets FDA priority review [Thursday]
• Health IT firm Quantros opens Marlborough office, plans new hires [Thursday]
• Bitwave dips into debt funding for $1.3M [Thursday]
• Evergreen Solar moves manufacturing to China [Thursday]
• Block Engineering’s explosive detection tech grabs federal funding [Thursday]
• World Energy to receive up to $2.5M from stock sale [Thursday]
• Medical device firm Facet Solutions pulls in $3.6M [Thursday]
• Google CEO Schmidt: On tech, innovation, Google Wave and Maps Navigation [Wednesday]
• Microsoft announces 800 layoffs; 4% of Mass. workers affected [Wednesday]
• Pro-Pharmaceuticals grabs another piece of $6M funding round [Wednesday]
• Synta sees profit gain on broken GSK deal [Wednesday]
• Job cuts help CombinatoRx narrow Q3 loss [Wednesday]
• Werner Schaefer joins Neuroptix board [Wednesday]
• Google enables customized content with Friend Connect [Wednesday]
• Cattini takes helm at social media firm Awareness [Wednesday]
• Boston Millennia, Polaris benefit in $400M Athenix buyout [Wednesday]
• General Dynamics, Raytheon in $17M gun system deal [Wednesday]
• Sullivan takes Textron Systems’ CFO reins; Condon retires [Wednesday]
• Chipmaker Adapteva grabs $1.5M in first funding [Wednesday]
• MassTLC honoree Beranek traces a trail of tech and business achievement [Wednesday]
• Startup Litl launches Internet-enabled computer [Wednesday]
• GenArts buys digital animation firm Wondertouch [Wednesday]
• MassTLC merges MassNetComms into the fold [Tuesday]
• Alnara appoints chief medical officer Brettman [Tuesday]
• SV Life Sciences appoints new partners Ryan and Wachtman [Tuesday]
• J&J to cut 7,000; Mass. impact unclear [Tuesday]
• Startup Watch: Five you should follow [Tuesday]
• Harvard boosts wind power usage [Tuesday]
• Nanocomp award extends bullet-proof armor contract [Tuesday]
• Genzyme manufacturing plant gets EU OK [Tuesday]
• DataLogix moves to Colo. following NextAction merger [Tuesday]
• Personalized cancer therapy firm On-Q-ity lands $21M [Tuesday]
• Boston Scientific stent gets European approval [Tuesday]
• John Frederick takes CFO role at Open Solutions [Tuesday]
• CashStar snags $5M, Home Depot retailing; plans new engineering hires [Monday]
• Greylock Partners establishes West Coast presence with $575M fund [Monday]
• Insulet aims for $61.5M public stock offering [Monday]
• Harvard students win mobile app contest [Monday]
• Seaside launches trial for autism treatment [Monday]
• RunMyErrand attracts West Coast first-round funds [Monday]
• RNAi startup Cequent raises $3.4M [Monday]
• GTC Biotherapeutics pulls in $10M from shareholder [Monday]
• Nano-concrete idea cements win in MIT pitch contest [Monday]
• Pulmatrix lands $32M in multiple fundings [Monday]