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As Boston continues establishing itself as a fintech hub, several companies are leading the charge with innovative solutions and impressive growth. In the lead-up to the Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards 2024, let’s take a closer look at some of the rising fintech stars in Boston....

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a trend of workers preferring remote work to in-person office attendance. Meanwhile, commercial real estate across the U.S. has suffered as companies do not value expansive office spaces as they did before. The Data: A post on X relayed data from Arbor Data...

Hurricane Lee hit Bermuda early Thursday morning, bringing heavy rain and high winds to the region. The storm is picking up pace and moving faster than what some experts anticipated. The storm is expected to hit parts of the U.S. North East, including Maine and Massachusetts, according to CNN....

Cannabis marketing agency Qonkur is opening its newest office in Boston, Massachusetts. The expansion will allow Qonkur to offer its expert marketing, branding, packaging, media buying, and website design services to the thriving cannabis community in the city, the Boston-based company said on...

As founder and CEO of The Heritage Club, a mission-driven Boston cannabis dispensary, Nike John is the youngest dispensary owner in Boston and the first Black woman to own a dispensary in a major city on the East coast. At 29 years old, John founded the cannabis dispensary and its...

Ayr Wellness Inc. (CSE: AYR.A) (OTCQX: AYRWF) is opening a new store in Watertown, its second retail location selling recreational marijuana in the Greater Boston area. The company will launch sales on Tuesday, July 12. Located at 48 North Beacon Street, Watertown, Massachusetts, the store...

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) is now flying nonstop from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR), with the first flight arriving in British Columbia tonight. “The addition of Vancouver to our route map marks an...

Woody Harrelson Kicks Off West Hollywood Cannabis Dispensary Actor and cannabis legalization activist Woody Harrelson recently launched a new business in West Hollywood. Located at 8271 Santa Monica Blvd, The Woods sells everything from smoking apparatuses to flowers and edibles, reported the...

The Brooklyn Nets beat the Boston Celtics 104-93 in game one of this Eastern Conference first-round matchup. It was Joe Harris who statistically put up the best line, posting a +/- of +22, the best out of all players. The Series’ Storyline: Can Jayson Tatum really stop the Nets Big 3? How To...

Boston Suburbs Look To Decriminalize Natural Psychedelics Two Boston suburbs are the latest U.S. jurisdictions to eliminate penalties on the possession and cultivation of entheogenic plants and fungi. That includes psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, the peyote cacti and the iboga...

A Boston suburb recently became the latest U.S. jurisdiction to eliminate penalties on the possession and cultivation of entheogenic plants and fungi, including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, the peyote cacti and the iboga plant. Cambridge, Massachusetts, which has a population of over 105,...

The group behind Drizly, a Boston-based alcohol e-commerce, has launched Lantern, a website that serves as a third-party cannabis provider, providing online ordering and delivery of cannabis to certified medical cannabis patients in Boston. The company guarantees a 60-minutes-or-less delivery time...

Vertically-integrated cannabis company, Ascend Wellness Holdings said Thursday its subsidiary, Ascend Mass, obtained provisional license from the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission for its dispensary. The company said this will be the biggest dispensary on the East Cost, and the first...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On this day 234 years ago, John Hancock co-founded the Bank of Massachusetts. Where The Market Was The Bank of Massachusetts predates the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P...

The opportunity to watch the Toronto Raptors try to close out the NBA Finals on Monday night and witness Canadian basketball history won't come cheap. In fact, the tickets are so expensive on the secondary market, TicketIQ says it's the most expensive finals game they have ever tracked in...