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Fri. Nov. 30, 2012 Andy Husbands named visiting chef at Logan Airport Andy Husbands, chef/owner of the South End restaurant Tremont 647 and former “Hell’s Kitchen” contestant, is the latest local visiting chef to be featured at Dine Boston at Logan International Airport.	Advertisement
Nanotechnology company Nantero secures $10m funding round Nantero Inc., a Woburn nanotechnology company, announced the closing of an over $10 million Series D financing round. The round was led by two new strategic corporate investors currently engaged in strategic development and partnerships with Nantero, the company said. The round also includes existing investors such as Charles River Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Globespan Capital Partners, Stata Venture Partners, and Harris & Harris Group. Nantero is using carbon nanotubes for the development of next-generation semiconductor products.
Medical device company NeuroMetrix gets FDA clearance to market a pain management system NeuroMetrix Inc., a Waltham-based medical device company, said it has gotten regulatory clearance to market a device that helps manage chronic pain in the lower leg or foot. The device is called the SENSUS Pain Management System, and it’s a lightweight electrical nerve stimulator that is worn on the upper calf and activated by the press of a button. According to the company’s website, trancutaneous electrical nerve stimulation has been shown to provide pain relief for patients with diabetes.
Jumptap completes relocation from Cambridge to Boston’s Innovation District Jumptap Inc., a company specializing in targeted mobile advertising, has completed its relocation from Kendall Square in Cambridge to Boston’s Innovation District, said a broker involved in the transaction. The broker is CB Richard Ellis–N.E. Partners LP, which represented Jumptap in the leasing of 33,000 square feet of space at 155 Seaport Boulevard. Jumptap said its rapid growth necessitated the need for more space.
Aflac chief Dan Amos credits duck for branding success Heard of Aflac? Credit the white animated duck. In the 1990s, just one in 10 people in the United States were familiar with the Columbus, Ga., insurance company. But longtime Aflac chief executive Daniel Amos said Thursday in a speech in Boston that all changed in 2000 after Aflac introduced its new
Planes, trains, automobiles ... and Dunkin’ Donuts joe Citing a jump in airline tickets bought for the upcoming Christmas-to-New Year’s holiday period, Dunkin’ Donuts wants to alert travelers that it now has stores strategically placed at many airports as well as at many bus and train terminals. The Canton-based coffee-and-baked-goods chain says airport and other “non-traditional locations” continue to be strong growth areas for the company. A chain with 10,000 restaurants around the world says it now has more than 500 Dunkin’ outlets at non-traditional locations.
TJX: Same-store sales rose 3% in November TJX Cos., the Framingham-based company that operates such retail chains as T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods, said Thursday that same-store sales rose 3 percent in November when compared to sales in the same month a year ago; that gain was “above plan,” TJX said. But Wall Street analysts were expecting a bit more. Same-store sales --- or sales at stores open at least a year --- are regarded by analysts as a strong indicator of a retailer’s performance.
Sebastian Pariath will head John Hancock Operations John Hancock Financial said that Sebastian Pariath has been named as the head of John Hancock Operations, a newly created role in which he will lead the company’s information-services department. Pariath, whose appointment is effective Jan. 1, will report to Craig Bromley, president of John Hancock Financial. John Hancock is a Boston-based division of Manulife Financial Corp., a large financial services company headquartered in Toronto.
Acquia, a Burlington software company, completes $30m financing Acquia Inc., a Burlington company that offers products and services to help customers build websites using an open source publishing platform called Drupal, said it has completed a $30 million financing round, bringing total investment in the company to $68.5 million. Led by new investor Investor Growth Capital, the round includes Goldman Sachs and Accolade Partners, as well as all of Acquia’s current investors, North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners, and Tenaya Capital.
HP Hood’s ‘soup boutique’ food truck will be dishing free samples in Harvard Square Bisque buffs and soup lovers may want to be on the lookout in Harvard Square Thursday; that’s when the HP Hood Soup Boutique is scheduled to be on the scene, at the Grafton Street Pub & Grill, dishing up soups that make creative use of Hood cream. This soup boutique is on wheels --- not to put too fine a point on it, the boutique is a food truck officially titled the Soup Boutique, Inspired by Hood Cream.
New England economy growing, but slowing The New England economy continues to grow, but not as fast as other regions across the nation, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. The report, known as the “Beige Book,” cited a slowdown in several key areas of the New England economy, including home sales and the region’s important technology sector.
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