Updates and news pertaining to ABG Realty
Seventy five years ago Robert Slate began selling paper and pencils at 8 Holyoke St. in Harvard Square as Bob Slate, Stationer. He persevered, survived the depression, nurtured his shop through the forties, thrived in the fifties, and unknown to himself created a legacy by orchestrating a seamless transition of responsibility to his sons Justin […]
Harvard University’s mysterious ruling body will face term limits for the first time and double in size following a lengthy study launched in the wake of a devastating 27 percent endowment drop and billions in investment losses last year. In a letter to the Harvard community, President Drew Faust said the Harvard Corp. will be […]
Jim May, standing at the left, has spent nearly 30 years building a company around the sweet leaves of the stevia plant grown in Paraguay. Now, with the U.S. market open, he’s looking to Europe. Image: Courtesy of SweetLeaf Jim May’s business, Wisdom Natural Brands, started international, with the odds against it and some of […]
Helix Therapeutics LLC, a New Haven, Conn.-based biopharmaceutical company, has landed $2.5 million in new funding from venture firm Canaan Partners and the quasi-public state funding entity Connecticut Innovations. According to Helix officials, the new funds will be used to move forward its proprietary targeted gene modification (TGM) technology platform, which the company says can […]
