http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss Boston Business Journal : breaking news from Boston http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily74.html?ana=from_rss nTag Interactive Corp., a startup that caught the widespread attention for its interactive name tag technology, has filed for bankruptcy. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:48:20 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily73.html?ana=from_rss The members of the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic Development (MassEcon) announced it elected directors for 2009 on Friday. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:30:33 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily72.html?ana=from_rss The House of Blues, which will reopen in Boston in the coming weeks, plans to hire more than 200 workers to staff the new operation, the club chain said this week. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:16:28 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily71.html?ana=from_rss ImmunoGen Inc. (Nasdaq: IMGN), a Waltham, Mass.-based pharmaceutical company that develops cancer drugs, announced Friday that Gregory Perry has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:01:53 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily70.html?ana=from_rss Salaries for top executives at medical imaging company Hologic Inc. surged in 2008, led by Chairman and CEO John Cumming’s 81 percent jump to $925,000. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:52:27 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily69.html?ana=from_rss The Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority has seen a steady stream of applications for its fixed-rate student loans since they became available in September. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:49:49 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily68.html?ana=from_rss Biopharmaceutical company Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc., an RNAi therapeutics company, will collaborate to develop and commercialize several Alnylam therapies, including a treatment for lung infections, the companies said on Friday. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:40:02 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily67.html?ana=from_rss Commonwealth Care Alliance, Justice Resource Institute Inc., and Skyhook Wireless Inc. signed office lease expansions totaling 20,845 square feet in several Boston buildings. CresaPartners, a tenant representation real estate firm with offices in Boston, made the announcement this week, represented the tenants in the transactions. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:55:46 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily66.html?ana=from_rss Advertising agency Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos Inc. has cut ten employees, less than three percent of its total staff, in its Boston office, the agency confirmed on Thursday. (BAC) Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:50:29 GMT Boston Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/01/05/daily65.html?ana=from_rss Some 400 nonprofit and foundation leaders packed a sellout breakfast meeting Thursday to brainstorm strategies for surviving the troubled economy, concluding that nothing short of crisis intervention is what the sector needs in this troubled economy — and that maybe some organizations are not destined to survive. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:56:30 GMT Boston Business Journal