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Anyone wondering why it feels like grocery shopping requires taking out a small loan isn’t imagining things. Grocery prices, which soared due to pandemic-era inflation, are still just too blankity-blanking high, and the federal government suspects food producers might be engaged in some lucrative price-gouging.   

Black businesses need to be top of mind for financial institutions every month, not just during August, which is National Black Business Month, according to Kimberly Lyle, the CEO of Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corp.

As the cost of living continues to rise, a Bankrate survey found that over half of workers have taken on second jobs in the past three years.

New businesses are still forming far above pre-pandemic levels despite high interest rates — although elevated rates are weighing on young businesses.

On July 15, Eastern Bankshares, Inc., the stock holding company for Eastern Bank, announced its merger with Cambridge Bancorp, the parent company of Cambridge Trust.

July is Disability Pride Month, a time to champion everyone who has a disability and to acknowledge the tremendous diversity within this community. For businesses, this month should be about not only recognizing the community, but learning how the disability community can bring value to the economy.

Since 2012, the owner of Larry J’s BBQ Cafe, Larry Jimerson, has provided Bostonians with mouthwatering barbecue.

Despite AAPI businesses being the fastest-growing sector in Massachusetts, these businesses often encounter significant obstacles, ranging from exclusionary policies to hate-based violence.

If you are a Black resident of Massachusetts, your economic opportunities may be worse inside of Boston compared to the rest of the state, according to a report released by the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility.

Getting a liquor license in Boston is a complicated affair. Nearly 100-year-old legislation that limits the number in the city, alongside longstanding racial wealth gaps, has meant that many of the city’s licenses to sell wine, beer and other forms of alcohol have ended up in Boston’s whiter neighborhoods.

Rapper 2 Chainz has been tapped as the newest franchisee for the Texas-based chain that is making a major expansion move in Massachusetts.

After retiring from her job of more than 20 years at Santander Bank, Robbie DeBarros joined sibling Tracy DeBarros in developing the innovative music platform that the two had been dreaming about for 10 years.