By Jay Fitzgerald – A blog about Boston, Hub of the Universe, and everything else.


Headline shorts: Harvard’s Bitcoin bust … Real estate moguls against rent-control … Healey’s pipeline boasts … Merchant sailor salaries: $200K? … The other SNAP beneficiaries …

— Ah, the best and brightest in finance: “Harvard’s Big Wager on Bitcoin Came Right Before the Bust” (WSJ)

— If polls are right, it may not matter in the end: “Biz execs eye $30 million ad blitz against Mass. rent control proposal” (Contrarian Boston)

— As the article notes, the school is the latest higher ed institution scrambling to raise cash: “Hellenic College Weighs Sale of 25 Acres” (Banker & Tradesman)

— Gov. Healey’s past anti-pipeline comments come back to haunt her: “The Left’s Climate Dreams Hit Energy Reality” (WSJ)

— Whoa. Very touchy subject all these years later: “Boston should return to the neighborhood school” (Globe)

— Bids start at only $2 million for a 300,000 SF building? “Bedford office complex heads to auction after tech HQ deal falls through” (BBJ)

— Your kid can’t find a job? Check out this $200K gig: “Big Paychecks Can’t Woo Enough Sailors for America’s Commercial Fleet” (WSJ)

— Are some employers literally encouraging employees to sign up for SNAP to supplement their income? Sure looks like it: “The government is subsidizing corporate profits’: Who employs the most SNAP recipients in Massachusetts?” (Globe)

— Because it’s Friday? “Here’s why it seems nobody goes into the office on Friday in Boston” (BBJ)

 

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