Council in the News
Massachusetts High Technology Council media coverage.
General Electric Moving Headquarters to Boston
By Peter Howe, Max Reiss and Staff Reports After months of warning it could leave Connecticut for a more business-friendly lower-tax home, General Electric Co. made it official Wednesday, announcing...
Boston-area business leaders react to GE’s Boston headquarters move
By Sara Castellanos “GE’s selection of Boston reinforces the limitless opportunities for economic growth that are available to us when business and political leaders work together to reinforce our...
Biz Group Says Fed Tax Bill Could Boost Mass Jobs
By Michael P. Norton Mark Gallagher, spokesman for the Massachusetts High Technology Council, told the News Service Wednesday that the suspension of the medical device tax, which stems from the...
State, Military Leaders Huddled at State House [+ Video]
By Colin A. Young Gov. Charlie Baker, a handful of lawmakers and others in state government met Friday with officials from the Pentagon to highlight the Bay State's contributions to the Department...
New tool measures Massachusetts tech performance against other states
By Jack Newsham “We developed MATTERS earlier this year as a critical — but previously missing — tool to inform the efforts of the Council and like-minded organizations and individuals,” said MHTC...
EMC and New England’s Economy
Massachusetts High Tech Council President Chris Anderson joins Peter Howe and Mike Nikitas to discuss the implications of the historic and ginormous sale of EMC to Dell. Click here to view.
As Dell Looks To Buy EMC, ‘Troubling’ Trends Seen Keeping Tech Talent In Mass.
By Deborah Becker Hopkinton-based tech giant EMC Corp. has not specifically outlined just what the $67 billion deal with Dell Inc. means for its 9,700 employees here in Massachusetts. To talk about...
EMC sale will hurt, but impact not insurmountable
By Megan Woolhouse "But Christopher Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, a trade group in Waltham, said the prospect of losing the corporate headquarters of EMC, the...
Baker seeks expanded Charter Schools
By Jeremy C. Fox “Rather than having a static cap that ignores the demand for the product,” Anderson said, “the modernization of the state charter school statute would now include . . . what I would...
Panel Makes Case for Aligning Higher Education with Industry
By William C. Belfiore, Contributing Writer Note: This forum was moderated by Council President Chris Anderson and featured Council members Anthony Benoit, of the Benjamin Franklin Institute of...
This high tech exec thinks Mass. employers should support charter schools
By Mary Moore Chris Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Tech Council, is among those behind a petition filed this week for a ballot measure that would pave the way for annual...
Baker warm to charter ballot proposal, but plans to file his own bill
By Matt Murphy "Massachusetts High Technology Council President Chris Anderson, one of the original 10 signers of the petition filed with the attorney general, said the council hoped to play a...
Charter-school proponents petition to put expansion measure on 2016 ballot
By Jeremy C. Fox Charter school proponents filed a petition Wednesday for a ballot measure that would authorize the creation or expansion of up to a dozen charter schools statewide each year. The...
With Olympics bid dead, who’s ahead? And who took a hit?
By Michael Levenson and Mark Arsenault Some of the winners and losers after the crash of the city’s Olympic bid are clear. Governor Charlie Baker has been widely praised for refusing to endorse or...
BBJ’s Top 10 winners from Boston Olympics forfeit
News that the U.S. Olympics Committee has officially dropped Boston as its potential host city for the 2024 Summer Games was unexpected Monday, but not all that surprising when one considers the...
Tech workers turn out on Beacon Hill to decry noncompetes
By Callum Borchers Dan Shore and the executive team at Cambridge startup Onshape Inc. used to require new hires to sign noncompete agreements. But the makers of three-dimensional design software...
Mixed reaction in Mass. to Pacific trade bill
By Megan Woolhouse "The Massachusetts High Technology Council, which represents some of the state’s biggest technology companies, called TPP “a huge opportunity not to be missed.” “These are huge...
Democrats rebuff Obama on trade plans
Resounding loss in House fueled by fears for workers By Tracy Jan WASHINGTON — House Democrats, including the entire Massachusetts delegation, sidelined President Obama’s trade agenda Friday, a...
MBTA reform proposal divides business community
By Dan Adams An MBTA employee worked on a Blue Line car this winter, when the transit agency experienced a service meltdown. Governor Charlie Baker’s proposal to overhaul the beleaguered MBTA has...
Trade bill puts Warren at odds with state’s tech sector
By Jessica Meyers WASHINGTON — The Capitol loomed behind Senator Elizabeth Warren last week as she raised her fist to a crowd of union workers and promised to fight against one of the world’s most...
EMC to face critics who worry it’s stagnating
By Jay Fitzgerald EMC Corp., the largest technology company in Massachusetts, thinks Wall Street doesn’t understand it. So on Tuesday, the Hopkinton company — known best for its data-storage...