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Business Headlines
Monday, October 28, 2024
This morning's top stories

New Rhode Island startup uses tech to track underwater threats and noise

Rhode Island-based Crewless Marine provides acoustic devices for uncrewed surface vehicles and undersea vehicles.  Continue reading →

‘Stand up for what’s right’: In Globe interview, Marty Baron blasts Washington Post decision not to endorse presidential candidate

The Globe spoke to Baron over the weekend about the Post’s decision, his experience working with Bezos and overseeing a newsroom that covered Trump, and what this moment says about the future of legacy news organizations.  Continue reading →

Inside the Washington Post’s decision to stop presidential endorsements

The newspaper's move to end its practice of presidential endorsements yielded criticism inside the newsroom and outside it.  Continue reading →

Elon Musk says the real threat to democracy is the people who accuse Trump of endangering it

Tech mogul Elon Musk is playing down the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.  Continue reading →

Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed 7

“There are lines everywhere you go,” city resident Carlos López said. “You get to a place and there are obstacles and obstacles.”  Continue reading →

Chinese hackers targeted phones of Trump, Vance, people associated with Harris campaign, sources tell the AP

It was not immediately clear what data if any may have been taken, but US officials are investigating.  Continue reading →

‘Don’t assume you are safe’: Data breaches soar, with nearly 7 million Mass. accounts hit in 2023

More personal data is being stored online, while hackers are becoming more sophisticated.  Continue reading →

Pawtucket’s Tidewater soccer stadium faces contruction setback — again

The Rhode Island FC’s permandent home is now set to open sometime in April 2025.  Continue reading →

Entrepreneur John McQuillan invests $10 million for new center to study interplay of science and society

The owner of Somerville-based Triumvirate Environmental is backing a new research institute with Harvard roots.  Continue reading →

‘We’re going to see more closures’: UMass Memorial Health CEO warns of hospital problems to come

Eric Dickson has a grim diagnosis for the state’s health care system, including nonprofit hospitals.  Continue reading →