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Print Edition: Week of October 10, 2008

Previous: October 3, 2008

Exclusive Reports

• Alkermes shifts gears; plans own drug lines
• From Winphoria cradle, execs migrate to new startups
• Fuel cell startup CTP runs out of gas
• Corporate security startup attracts $12M
• DOE deals $17M to two Bay State solar technology firms
• The Pitch: SagePoint seeks up to $4M to find worker compatibility
• MIT spawns tech that succeeds when GPS fails
• Skyhook, Broadcom combine GPS and wi-fi in location-based services
• Ironwood aims for area’s next blockbuster drug
• Emfrasys hopes to bring Internet 0 home to market
• Scuderi finds auto part partners for hybrid engine
• MIT’s latest robot sub is geared for long-term submergence
• Dexrex’s tech puts you in IM control
• Boston Scientific settles tangled patent lawsuits
• Cyber-thieves have you targeted: Is your company ready?
• Tech Citizenship: Local techs lending a hand
• The Mover: Richstone leaves retirement for Luminus’ CFO seat
• Changing Places: Who's coming? Who's going? Who's changing places?

News Columns

• Cache & Packets: Ocean power renews interest in local techs

Inside

• Inside Clean Technology: Clean tech startups pull execs from diverse backgrounds
• Inside Clean Technology: Green tech reminiscent of biotech
• Inside Clean Technology: Training is a key to a winning green strategy

Opinion

• How We See It: Tech sales feeling pinch of economic crisis
• How I See It: Focus needed on state tax incentive for angel funding
• Policy Tracker: Economists: Mass. faces long financial impact

Latest News

• Babson brings in $10.8M gift to promote social entrepreneurship [Friday]
• Boston Scientific stent gets FDA approval [Friday]
• Biogen withdraws arthritis drug after trial failures [Friday]
• Kronos Advanced Technologies shuts down [Friday]
• MIT to host d-Arbeloff remembrance gathering [Friday]
• Second Wind sweeps up $500K Renewable Energy Trust loan [Friday]
• Synageva selects Genzyme’s Goldberg for board seat [Friday]
• UTC elects Kangas to the board [Friday]
• Draper taps retired general John Gordon as board chair [Friday]
• AG fines South Coast wind turbine installer company [Friday]
• Beacon Power plans to raise $7.9 million through securities sale [Friday]
• CPS Technologies tapped for Army armor R&D deal [Friday]
• GSI Group sells optic unit for $21M [Friday]
• Army signs on General Dynamics in $85M rocket deal [Friday]
• UMass Dartmouth scores $750K worth of STEM teaching scholarships [Thursday]
• Boston Scientific done gathering patients for newest stent trials [Thursday]
• ECI Biotech lands NIH-sponsored mentorship [Thursday]
• UMaine to use pedal power to drive SiCortex supercomputers [Thursday]
• CLC bio wins Venter Institute as bioinformatics customer [Thursday]
• Nuance and Nokia sign multi-year agreement [Thursday]
• Alfama pulls in $14.7M for carbon monoxide-releasing therapy [Thursday]
• Local VCs add to Kineto Wireless’ $15.5M funding [Thursday]
• Sverica to buy Denver’s Accuvant from PNC [Thursday]
• Bain gets third strike from Huawei [Thursday]
• Disaster recovery firm Acronis attracts West Coast serial CEO [Thursday]
• Seattle execs indicted; Sigma Partners stiffed [Wednesday]
• MIT’s Deshpande Center awards research grants [Wednesday]
• Nano-Terra and Merck extend nanomaterial development partnership [Wednesday]
• Cisbio US expands Bedford drug-screening site [Wednesday]
• Marine Biological Lab professor wins Nobel Prize in chemistry [Wednesday]
• Air Force awards $4.8M inventory contract to DRC [Wednesday]
• Millipore opens manufacturing site in Ireland [Wednesday]
• Army awards area General Dynamics units $66M for grenade launchers [Wednesday]
• Angel investments up over last year [Wednesday]
• Harvard’s largest gift of $125M funds biologically inspired engineering institute [Wednesday]
• AMSC teams with China’s XJ Group on wind turbine development [Wednesday]
• Unica calls on ex-Cognos exec Shone for CFO [Wednesday]
• Texas court rules for Palomar over Candela in laser patent suit [Wednesday]
• UTC Power buys building energy consultant AEC [Wednesday]
• Levitronix heart pump gets FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption [Tuesday]
• Mascoma wins $26M in DOE funds for Michigan plant [Tuesday]
• Advanced Cell Tech sells $500K in bonds [Tuesday]
• Ariad appoints Radaelli and Wilson to board [Tuesday]
• Report: Boston Scientific appeal rejected [Tuesday]
• MIT creates interdisciplinary green research council [Tuesday]
• Valpey-Fisher rearranges management positions [Tuesday]
• Milk testing firm buy does Advanced Instruments good [Tuesday]
• HepaLife buys HepatAssist tech, other assets from Arbios [Tuesday]
• General Motors scientist joins Mascoma panel [Tuesday]
• Konarka opens New Bedford solar manufacturing site [Tuesday]
• Alnylam wins $20M payment from partner Takeda [Tuesday]
• TA Associates completes $60M e-Rewards funding [Tuesday]
• Implant Sciences in second SBIR contract, worth $750K [Tuesday]
• Report: VCs on track to raise more funds than last year, bucking economic trends [Tuesday]
• Local VCs help fund CollegeWikis [Tuesday]
• Clarus leads cap of $60M funding for Biolex [Tuesday]