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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.

In the late 1980s, Darrell Byers ran a small business designing and selling air filtration systems to companies across the country. In the four years he ran his business, he said, he faced barriers that hindered his journey, including being disregarded when it came to lucrative business contracts.

A judge has tossed a lawsuit targeting Progressive Insurance and small-business funding platform Hello Alice for a grant program offered to Black small business owners.

In today’s ever-changing world, education and professional advancement are intrinsic steps in an individual’s growth as a person and as a member of society. Yet systemic barriers are continuously preventing underrepresented communities from accessing higher education and leadership opportunities. Leadership Brainery aims to change this.