Jon Chesto
Managing Editor, Boston Business Journal
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Boston-based journalist on the hunt for Bay State business news, the perfect marathon, long-lost '80s tunes, and the planet's best chocolate frappe.
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tweets MT @ConciergeBoston The Grand Canal liquor license suspended for 2 days due to free beer (via @universalhub). bitly.com/11lQuJw
No free beer: Bar has license suspended over handouts of Coors Lite
universalhub.com — Grand Canal, already facing mounting license suspensions over bouncer beatdowns, had its license suspended for two more days after detectives found customers ordering Coors Lite bottles getting second bottles for free.@tfrocahill My sense is anything GoT-related is a license to print money. For now. Computer game business is tough on investors though.
Google Ventures invests in Framingham firm's "Game of Thrones" game development. bit.ly/16EMEvE
Disruptor Beam gets Google Ventures funding to expand 'Game of Thrones Ascent'
bizjournals.com — Framingham-based Disruptor Beam, developer of a popular online game based on "Game of Thrones," said Tuesday it has added Google Ventures as an investor to help support further growth. The size of the new funding round isn't being disclosed. Other investors in the round included Romulus Capital and CommonAngels, Disruptor Beam said.RT @markpothier: Reading between the lines here, it looks like jobs cuts are on the way at biotech #Millennium. b.globe.com/16cQ6wR via …
New Millennium CEO Protopapas offers reassurance, but no answers on how cuts will affect company
bostonglobe.com — CAMBRIDGE - When you take over one of the Boston area's largest biopharmaceutical companies after the longtime chief executive has quit abruptly - and as its parent company is shrinking research and development globally - you will be peppered with inquiries.Biggest jump in assessed values in Boston was in Beacon Hill, while slowest increase was in W. Roxbury bit.ly/11vJ2rL
MAP: Boston property tax assessment increases by ZIP code (BBJ DataCenter)
bizjournals.com — Real estate owners in the 02114 ZIP code saw the biggest average property tax assessment increase in Boston this year, 5.71 percent at the median. With an average household income of $111,000, the land owners of Beacon Hill, the West End, Bulfinch Triangle and the North End can better afford it than most Bostonians.The Union Leader, New Hampshire's largest daily, shuts down printing presses to outsource the work. bit.ly/17jpHC1
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unionleader.com — New era begins, but sad to see old one go Published Jun 17, 2013 at 3:00 am (Updated Jun 17, 2013) Differences in the physical newspaper itself will be hard to notice. The width of the page will be a shade narrower, and the offset printing process should provide deeper black headlines.Donations to @OneFundBoston clear the $50M mark, and 250 bombing victims have already applied for aid bit.ly/13Ql0e4
One Fund's size and impact come into focus as marathon victims apply for help
bizjournals.com — The June 15 deadline for applications has come and gone, and so far some 247 people have requested compensation from the $51 million raised so far by the One Fund for victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. According to Camille Biros, One Fund's deputy administrator, more applications are expected as new mail deliveries are received in the days ahead.Great map by @CurbedBoston of Boston's priciest parking spaces. bit.ly/198uhQR My sister paid less for her Pa. house.
The Priciest Parking Spaces in Modern Boston History
boston.curbed.com — Given that a woman did, indeed, agree to pay $560,000 on Thursday for two parking spaces at 298 Commonwealth Avenue, we thought we'd map every parking space (or pair of parking spaces) that has gone for more than $100,000.RT @PhillipsCandy Who saw the amazing double rainbow last night! Did you know it ended at the Candy House? :) fb.me/1JN5leoLj
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facebook.com — Who saw the amazing double rainbow last night! Did you know it ended at the Candy House? :)RT @CM_Douglas: Liberty Mutual eyes $600M debt sale, taps new exec to drive policy in Washington bizjournals.com/boston/blog/ma… via @BostonBizNews
Liberty Mutual eyes $600M debt sale, taps new Washington lobbyist
bizjournals.com — Count Liberty Mutual Group of Boston among the area's largest employers taking advantage of rock-bottom interest rates while they last. According to financial filings, the local insurance giant is preparing to float $600 million in senior, unsecured notes to refinance existing debt and raise extra capital for general operating purposes.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Business and Finance, Metro Boston and more.
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