PR Newswire: Massachusetts

Landstar To Participate In Keybanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive & Transportation Conference

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:50:00 EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Landstar System, Inc. (NASDAQ-LSTR), a non-asset based provider of integrated supply chain solutions delivering safe, specialized transportation and logistics services, announced today its participation in KeyBanc Capital Markets...

Defense Acquisition Board approves Standard Missile-6 full-rate production

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:00 EDT

TUCSON, Ariz., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Defense Acquisition Board approved full-rate production of Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6. Once operational in 2013, the SM-6 will provide U.S. Navy vessels extended range protection against fixed- and rotary-wing...

Industry Leader John Reynders Joins Moderna Therapeutics as Chief Information Officer

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:30:00 EDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Moderna Therapeutics, the pioneering company developing messenger RNA therapeutics™, a revolutionary new treatment modality to enable the in vivo production of therapeutic proteins, announced today that John Reynders will join...

Shortage of Housing Inventory Leading to Much Higher Prices in Metro Areas across the Country

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:19:00 EDT

WALTHAM, Mass., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Pro Teck Valuation Services' May Home Value Forecast (HVF) Update analyzes the shortage of available housing inventory and its impact on home prices by examining one of the leading market indicators for predicting home prices - the...

Omeros to Present at Two Upcoming Conferences

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:00 EDT

SEATTLE, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ: OMER), a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing products focused on inflammation, bleeding and disorders of the central nervous system, today announced that Gregory A....

BNY Mellon Plans to Increase its Wealth Management Sales Force by 50%

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:00 EDT

NEW YORK and BOSTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, is rolling out a major two-year recruiting campaign to increase BNY Mellon Wealth Management's sales force by 50 percent. In addition, the firm intends to...

NxStage Announces New Agreements with DaVita

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:00 EDT

LAWRENCE, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that it has entered into new agreements covering its supply of home, critical care and in-center products to DaVita, the kidney...

Changing Cancer's Environment To Halt Its Spread

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:00 EDT

BOSTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- By studying the roles two proteins, thrombospondin-1 and prosaposin, play in discouraging cancer metastasis, a trans-Atlantic research team has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin that significantly reduces metastatic spread...

Orthopaedic Synergy Inc. meldet bedeutenden Zuwachs im Vorstand

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:21:00 EDT

EAST TAUNTON, Massachusetts, 21. Mai 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Der Vorstand der Orthopaedic Synergy Inc. („OSI"), die die Firmen OMNIlife science® Inc., Enztec Ltd. und Praxim SA zu ihren Tochtergesellschaften zählt, hat zwei neue, erfahrene Mitglieder in die...

The Hanover Insurance Group Responds To Devastation In Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:02:00 EDT

WORCESTER, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG), a leading provider of property and casualty insurance to businesses, families and individuals countrywide, today announced its catastrophe response team is on the ground to assist...

Orthopaedic Synergy, Inc. anuncia nuevas incorporaciones a la junta directiva

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:24:00 EDT

EAST TAUNTON, Massachusetts, 21 de mayo de 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- La junta directiva de Orthopaedic Synergy, Inc. ("OSI"), cuyas compañías filiales incluyen OMNIlife science®, Inc., Enztec, Ltd. y Praxim, SA, han seleccionado a dos directores experimentados...

Orthopaedic Synergy, Inc. annonce l'arrivée de membres influents au conseil d'administration

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:00 EDT

EAST TAUNTON, Massachusetts, 21 mai 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Le conseil d'administration de la société Orthopaedic Synergy, Inc. (« OSI »), qui possède les filiales OMNIlife science®, Inc., Enztec, Ltd., et Praxim SA, a...

Graduate Students Embrace Video to Foster Public Understanding of Science

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:15:00 EDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 240 graduate students enrolled in 119 National Science Foundation-funded, interdisciplinary, Ph.D. programs present their cutting-edge research online in the 2013 IGERT Online Video and Poster Competition, May 21-24....

Cambridge College Announces 2013 Honorary Degree Recipients and Commencement Speaker

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:00 EDT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Cambridge College announced that an honorary doctor of humane letters will be presented to Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, and Dr. Ian Smith, best-selling author, physician and TV personality. The 42nd Commencement...

Bloomberg Businessweek Rates Babson Among Best Undergraduate B-Schools For Sustainability

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:55:00 EDT

WELLESLEY, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Babson College has been ranked among Bloomberg Businessweek's 2013 Top 10 Best Undergraduate Business schools for Sustainability. The ranking is based on student responses to surveys asking them to rate their program's...

Concerns About Poor Patient Care Conditions Forces UMass Medical Center Nurses To Conduct One-Day Strike on Thursday, May 23

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT

WORCESTER, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to deteriorating patient care conditions, the 1,100 registered nurses who work at the University Hospital campus of UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) in Worcester plan to conduct a one-day strike on Thursday,...

Health workers say funding disparities pose major threat to Massachusetts community hospitals

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:48:00 EDT

BOSTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new advocacy campaign by the state's largest healthcare union is targeting what caregivers say is a major threat to the quality healthcare services that the public has come to depend on from local community and safety net...

UniFirst Recognized for Outstanding Financial Performance...25 Years in a Row

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:00 EDT

WILMINGTON, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- For the 25th consecutive year, UniFirst has been named to the prestigious "Globe 100" list, which ranks Massachusetts-based public companies based on the previous calendar year's return on average equity, one-year percentage change in...

John Hancock Introduces Industry-first Web-based LTC Sales System

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:01:00 EDT

BOSTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today John Hancock launched LTC Captivate, its new web-based long-term care (LTC) insurance selling system designed to expand sales opportunities by improving the customer experience and enabling remote selling. LTC Captivate allows financial...

Boston Scientific Long Term Data Demonstrate Bronchial Thermoplasty Treatment Benefits Persist Out to Five Years in Patients with Severe Asthma

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:46:00 EDT

NATICK, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Five-year data from the Asthma Intervention Research 2 (AIR2) clinical trial presented today demonstrated that the Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) Alair® Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT) System continues to show therapy benefits in...