Good news for teenage job seekers: You don’t really need a college degree to work at a Massachusetts McDonald’s. A report buzzing around the Internet Thursday claimed the McDonald’s restaurant in Winchendon had posted an opening for a cashier position that said applicants must have a bachelor’s degree and two years experience. Boston will become the first market to get a new generation of Bank of America automatic teller machines that will offer video chats with tellers and other services. The state is suing a Brockton for-profit school, saying it falsely promised to train graduates for well-paying positions in the medical industry, made misleading claims about job-placement success rates, and left many students mired in debt. The presidents of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Clinic told employees and affiliates Wednesday they are in preliminary talks with each other and three doctors groups about an alliance that could rival Partners HealthCare in scale and reach. In a letter to vice presidents, physicians, and managers that was obtained by the Globe, new Beth Israel Deaconess president Kevin Tabb said the hospital is “exploring new possibilities to benefit our patients and the communities we serve.” Lahey chief executive Howard Grant told colleagues, “Our organizations share the same vision of providing outstanding care in the right place at the right time.” Besides Beth Israel and Lahey, the parties involved include the Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMC group, the Lahey Clinic Physicians Group, and Atrius Health. BIND Therapeutics said Wednesday that Pfizer Inc. has agreed to pay it $160 million per drug as part of a collaboration to develop targeted medicines using nanotechnology which use particles measured in billionths of a meter. The Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is suing Sullivan & Cogliano Training Centers Inc. over allegations that the Brockton-based for-profit school has misled students with deceptive ads that suggest that school graduates had great success in landing jobs. Honey Dew Donuts, a Plainville-based chain with about 150 locations, is unveiling the Willow Tree Chicken Salad sandwich as it looks to alert the public that it now offers a lunch option along with such traditional breakfast fare as coffee and donuts. According to the chain, this is its “very first official lunch sandwich.” And it may be a sandwich with some culinary credibility. The sandwich’s main ingredient comes from Willow Tree Poultry Farm in Attleboro The farm is known for its chicken salad, which has been sold in select grocery stores and the Willow Tree Farm retail shop for many years. After beta-testing the chicken salad sandwich at about a dozen stores, Honey Dew has decided to roll it out chain-wide. | | |
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