Friday, March 8, 2013

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Daily Business Update Fri. Mar. 08, 2013
 
SynapDx, Illumina form autism alliance
SynapDx Corp., a Lexington company currently developing diagnostics for the earlier detection of autism, said it has formed an alliance with Illumina Inc., a California company that specializes in life sciences tools. A goal of the alliance is to combine SynapDx’s proprietary autism technologies with Illumina’s sequencing platform to develop early detection tools for autism spectrum disorders.
Downtown Crossing pushcarts to leave soon
The Downtown Boston Business Improvement District is shuttering a pushcart program that has operated for more than three decades at the end of March -- a move that is angering many of the 26 vendors who have stuck through Downtown Crossing’s difficult transition.
URDANG taps Jones Lang LaSalle to be leasing agent for Two Liberty Square
URDANG, the real estate investment specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management, has appointed the commercial real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle as the exclusive leasing agent, construction manager, and property management agent for Two Liberty Square, an office building in Boston’s Financial District. Designed in the Beaux Arts style, Two Liberty Square was built in 1913. It is an 11-story building with just over 64,000 square feet of space. Two Liberty Square is 81 percent occupied.
HarborOne Credit Union members to vote Monday on bank conversion
HarborOne Credit Union, the second largest credit union in Massachusetts, is moving closer to becoming a bank. Credit union members are slated to vote Monday on a proposal for HarborOne to become a mutual owned bank. The credit union board of directors ratified the plan last year
New Balance uses 3D printing technique to customize track shoes
Boston-based New Balance said it is now using 3D printing to customize high performance running shoes for athletes. In a press release, New Balance said it has “developed a proprietary process for utilizing a runner’s individual biomechanical data to create hyper-customized spike plates designed to improve performance. The process requires race-simulation biomechanical data which the New Balance Sports Research Lab collects using a force plate, in-shoe sensors, and a motion capture system. Advanced algorithms and software are then applied to translate this data into custom 3D printed spike designs.”
Staples Advantage survey: More telecommuting has employees yelling, ‘Yahoo!’
A recent survey from Staples Inc. seems to have a suggestion for Marissa Mayer, the Yahoo CEO who wants to repeal the company’s policy on telecommuting: Keep letting employees work from home. Telecommuting makes for happier and more productive employees, partly by lowering stress, concludes a survey of employers and employees by Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Framingham-based Staples.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters adds Lipton Tea to its single-serve line-up
Vermont’s Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. said that it has reached an agreement that will allow it to offer Lipton Tea in single-serve packs for its Keurig and Vue brewing systems. Those brewing systems allow users to brew one cup at a time, and they’ve become very popular in recent years. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters made an agreement with Unilever North America, whose brand portfolio includes Lipton Tea, along with others such as Ben & Jerry’s, Good Humor, and Hellmann’s.
 
 

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