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When Kamala Harris was sworn in as the country’s first female vice president, the Natick-based women’s clothing company Nic + Zoe celebrated the milestone on Instagram.

When Matt Zicaro joined forces with Michael O’Brien of Galaxy Development, they launched a new development firm – Galaxy Life Sciences – committed to building out the bioscience industry in Central Massachusetts.

With the incoming President Joe Biden Administration, fresh resources will be brought to bear to accelerate testing and tracing programs, as well as new plans for mass inoculations.

It comes down to the definitions of small businesses and the favoritism banks – notably Bank of America, which is now facing multiple lawsuits – have shown to the biggest of small businesses.

People are on the move at UMass Medical School, North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce and more.

Workplace bias might be overt (a comment such as, “You do such good work for a woman”) or less so, such as a team member surprised an older colleague is adept at technology.

The cannabis business is exploding. The worldwide market will grow to $57 billion by 2027, up from $9.2 billion currently.

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The last 10 months finally caught up to me in December, and I was over everything.

Worcester may have improbably managed to keep shoppers coming into the city in the age of new highways and suburbanization, but it didn’t last. In the past decade or two, Worcester has seemed to lose its place as the shopping heart of Worcester County.