Women & Power

The 2017 top 100 women-led businesses in Massachusetts

Illustration by Gail Anderson and Joe Newton for The Boston Globe

The Commonwealth Institute and the Globe Magazine partner to name the most noteworthy companies and nonprofits helmed by women.

Women & Power

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Leaders included in the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts share advice they?ve gotten and given.

Shirley Leung

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Candidate Scott Lennon tried to highlight his experience as a civil servant. Instead he dissed stay-at-home moms.

CHAD FINN I SPORTS MEDIA

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The strong suspicion here is that ESPN management was well aware of Barstool?s history.

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She was allowed to golf with the boys, but under the rules not allowed to beat them.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bid1.jpg The HQ2 effect on Mass., no matter what Amazon decides

Here?s everything you need to know about the potential fallout in Massachusetts from the high-tech giant?s choice of a new headquarters location.

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Apple began accepting early orders for its iPhone X overnight, and within minutes shipping times quickly lengthened to as much as six weeks.

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For months, the two sailors sent out daily distress calls that no one heard, until the US Navy rescued them thousands of miles off course.

Laurie Cabot reflected in a mirror inside her home in Salem.

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She brought magic to Salem. She has mixed feelings about it

The chaos that is Salem at Halloween all began 47 years ago with a witch, a black cat, and a call to the local newspaper.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/RinaldiPats09.jpg Belichick says Patriots will miss Dont?a Hightower on and off the field

The Patriots? coach said multiple players will get opportunities as a result of Hightower?s season-ending injury.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_patriotspractice_sports467.jpg Just when the Patriots? defense was shaping up, a big setback hits

Veteran linebacker Dont?a Hightower, who is out for the season, will be missed in a variety of ways.

CVS and Aetna both declined to comment on the report, saying they don?t discuss rumors.

CVS considers buying health insurer Aetna

The deal between the Rhode Island pharmacy benefits manager and the insurer could be worth $66 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Indy, a 1-year-old Great Pyrenees mix, was found Thursday.

Things to Do

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Everything fun to do in Boston and beyond.

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JFK files open a new window on the assassination

The records have made some people even more anxious for the remaining documents to be released.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-9406.jpg The story behind a Mass. woman?s online comment that is sweeping across the Web

Christine McMorrow was using voice-to-text to comment on a New York Times story this week, icing her knee and boiling some eggs, when she was suddenly interrupted.

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Dartmouth College says it has placed three psychology professors on paid leave and restricted their access to campus pending the conclusion of investigations into allegations of ?serious misconduct.?

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The bill aims to reduce the number of people ensnared in the thicket of the criminal justice system and ease the tough-on-crime approach of decades past. Prosecutors are crying foul.

Flora Harris with Sullivan County sheriff?s detectives Ed Clouse (left) and Rich Morgan.

Sullivan County Sheriff's Office

Four decades later, a missing woman is found in Lowell

The New York woman who went missing 42 years ago was found living with dementia in a nursing facility in Lowell.

Spain?s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (bottom left) sat with Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria attended the vote of article 155 at the Upper House of Parliament in Madrid, Friday. The vote gave the Spanish Prime Minister unprecedented power to take over the region of Catalonia following their vote for independence.

US backs Spain in stopping Catalan independence

The United States says it is backing Spain after Catalonia?s parliament voted for independence.

Tom Steyer greeted an attendee during a rally and press conference in San Francisco Wednesday.

Trump responds to California billionaire urging his impeachment

President Trump used Twitter to call Tom Steyer, who has vowed to spend at least $10 million in advertising calling for the president?s impeachment, ?wacky & totally unhinged.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/9294c7263a3d4d378b14ed8cf92514c5-755ffb18cad94747be5ef5ba841becb9-1.jpg FEMA disavows Puerto Rico power contract awarded to tiny company

Whitefish, which received the largest contract yet awarded in the troubled relief effort, had only two full-time employees on the day Maria hit the island.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed.png Boston, Framingham honor Devin Suau?s memory

The cities are honoring the memory of the Framingham six-year-old who died last week, on what would have been his seventh birthday.

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Christina Baker Kline wrote in a Slate article Thursday night that the former president groped her while taking a photo together at a fund-raiser in Houston in 2014.

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Anxious and stressed? So are 42 percent of working adults.

More and more burnt out professionals are turning to yoga and mindfulness practices to unplug and de-stress.

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Ouch - it?s the Injury Edition of Season Ticket! Join host Chris Gasper and his guests as they discuss Dont?a Hightower, Dustin Pedroia, and the banged up Bruins.

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The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Wendy Kaminer

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There?s power in a collective shout of ?me, too.? But, like virtually all power, it?s susceptible to abuse.

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The Amazon bid

newsroom commentary

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An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

STAT

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Wiring cells to kill cancer takes a month and requires a team of 150 doctors, nurses, scientists, and couriers.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.

Real Estate

An eclectic Colonial Revival in Cambridge sold for $7.4 million this week

Built in 1888, the Joseph Thorp House in Cambridge has quite the history, including most recently being home to the former US ambassador to Austria. It sold for $7,400,000 on Friday, Oct. 20, making it the region's biggest sale this week.

Cars

Search This Week's Specials

The future is electric, and the Chevy Bolt is an affordable contender

Boston.com Cars is your go-to resource for coverage of local car news, events, and reviews. In the market for a car or truck? Check out our new car specials and used car specials curated by our local dealer network. Not to be confused with the Chevrolet Volt, which uses a gas generator in conjunction with battery power, the similarly [?]